190 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



elytra. Very abundant in fields from July to September. 

 Fig. 8. 



3. S. lineatus, Panz., 1796. = megacephalum, Steph. ; 

 tenellus, Stoll. ; fischei, Eversm. ; nigro-maculatum, Schseff. ; 

 stigmaticus, Fieb. — This insect often has a white spot on the 

 elytra, but it is a green species, and cannot be confounded with 

 S. rufiiJes, which is never of that colour. Not common ; occur- 

 ring in fields and meadows during August and September. 



4. S. viridulus, L., 1761. = albo-margi7iatum, DeGeer, ? ; 

 rufo-marginatum, DeGeer, $ ; nigro-terminatum, DeGeer, 3' ; 

 ruhicunda (Schaeff.), Gmel. — Occurs in sandy places from June 

 to September. 



5. S. hicolor, Charp., 1825. = vittata, Steph. ; modestum, 

 Seidl. ; murina, Fieb. — Very common and extremely variable in 

 colour. Found in fields from July to September. 



6. S. riifipes, Zett., 1821. — This species may be distinguished 

 from S. hicolor (which resembles it in very often having the 

 elytra spotted) by the posterior tibiae, which in the male of this 

 species are reddish with the extreme base and apex dark, and in 

 the female dark, with the portion just below the base pale ; 

 whereas in S. hicolor they are unicolorous in both sexes. Not 

 uncommon in the South of England ; found in fields and meadows 

 during June and July. 



7. S. higuttatus, Charp. ^zpulla, Fisch. ; higuttulus, Panz. 

 (nee L.) ; riifus, Zett., var. ; elegans, Steph., var. ? ; ericetorius, 

 Steph., var. ?; calidoniensis, Stoll. ; maculatus, Thunb. — Variable 

 in colour. Common on sandy heaths from July to September. 



8. S. rufus, L., 1766. = clavicorne, DeGeer, var. maculatus, 

 Thunb. — This species is figured in Stephens's ' Illustrations of 

 British Entomology,* vi. pi. 28, fig. 6. The antennae are more 

 thickened at the apex than in S. higuttatus. Eather local, occur- 

 ring in the South of England during July and August. 



9. S. sihiricus, L., 1766. = clavimanus. — This insect is 

 figured in Cuvier's 'Eegne Animal,' pi. 86, fig. 3. Stephens 

 says it has been taken on the hills near Netley. 



2. Pezotetrix, Burm., 1839. 



1. P.pedestris, L., 1761. = apterus, DeGeer. — I have never 

 seen this species, which is said by Stephens to be found occa- 

 sionally at the end of July within the metropolitan district. A 

 specimen was taken by Mr. Billups at Bookham, in Surrey, on 

 the 26th of October, 1886. 



3. Stetheophyma, Fisch. 

 = Mecostethus, Fieb. 



1. S. grossa, L., 1766. =: germanicus, Stoll.; ruhripes, 

 DeGeer.— Want of information has compelled me to omit this 



