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Anthocomus, Er. 



Resembles the preceding, from wliich the simple tarsi dis- 

 tinguish it. 



1. A. sangiiiiiolentus. Fab. — 2 lines. Dark green ; sides 

 of thorax and the elytra entirely scarlet-red. Local and oc- 

 curring in damp fens. 



2. A. equestris, Fab. — Ig- line. Green ; elytra red, with a 

 black fascia posteriorly. Exists in the old collections, but I 

 know of no recent examples. It is supposed to have occurred 

 at Bristol, and is not unlikely to be re-found, being very- 

 common in Germany, though not occurring in Sweden. 



3. A.fasclalus, L. — If line. Black ; head and thorax 

 green ; elytra with an abbreviated fascia, and the apex red. 

 Common throughout Europe. 



4. A. termitialus, Men., Ksw. Ruficollis, Fab. (nee Oliv.) 

 — 1^ line. Green ; thorax and elytra at the apex broadly- 

 red ; antennae at the base, tibiae and tarsi testaceous. Fern, 

 apterous. Apparently local. Norfolk and Cambridge. Rare 

 on the Continent, occurring in Germany and Greece ; but a 

 recently-described species, the laleplagiatus, Fairm., from 

 S. France, is probably identical with it. ■ The name rufi- 

 coUis being preoccupied, the next oldest has been adopted. 



Attalus, Er. 



A genus very near Anthocomus in some of its characters, 

 and hard to define. 



The only species (A. Cardiacae, L.), found in Northern 

 Europe, is black, with red tips to the elytra, and has the 

 antennae pectinate in the male : it is found, but rarely, 

 throughout Sweden. The southern species are very .nume- 

 rous, especially in Spain and the Canary Islands. 



Eb^us, Er. 



A genus containing several small species, considerably di- 

 lated behind. The second joint of the tarsus is set obliquely 

 in the male. 



1. E. pedicularius,lj. — 1^ — If line. Black; antennae at 

 the base and legs testaceous ; posterior femora black ; elytra 

 with the apex red. Specimens exist in the old collections, 

 but nothing certain seems to be known about them. It 



