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the " double emploi^^ complained of by Mulsant is due to the 

 after-use of the name " fasciata " by Fabricius for another 

 species, now a true Mordella. 



6. A. iJioracica, L,, Muls. 1^ — 1| line. Black, with the 

 head, base of antenna, and thorax testaceous. Appendices 

 of the male straight, elongate ; tarsi simple. Local, but at 

 times not rare. Varieties occur nearly entirely testaceous : 

 these are considered by Thomson as the flava, L. ; Mulsant, 

 however, describes this as a separate species. Testaceous ; 

 elytra obscure at apex ; pygidium, breast and abdomen 

 black. Appendices of the male none ; tarsi dilate. 



7. A. sublestacea, Steph., Muls. I — Ij line. Pale tes- 

 taceous ; eyes, apical joints of antennae, and abdomen be- 

 neath black or brown. Appendices of the male linear-straight, 

 springing from the second segment ; also a bifid appendage 

 to the third segment ; tarsi dilate. Local : I have taken 

 it near London and at Weston. This species is closely 

 allied to A. flava, L., and A. arctica, Zett., but may be known 

 by the characters of the male, the testaceous colour of the 

 breast and pygidium. 



A. arctica, Zett., a species very likely to occur in Scotland, 

 has the coloration of A. flava, except that the elytra are more 

 nebulous ; the male, moreover, has the usual appendages and 

 simple tarsi ; the antennae are also more elongate. 



8. A. meltawpa, Forst. 1771 (maculata, Fourc. 1787, 

 Mills). 1^ — Ig- liue. Testaceous ; eyes, apex of antennae, 

 breast, and abdomen beneath black ; elytra with three ob- 

 scure dark spots, sometimes one or more being obsolete. 

 Appendices of the male linear, reaching to the end of the 

 filth segment ; tarsi dilate. Very common in early spring, 

 gind easily recognised. 



Mulsant has not here attended to priority with his usual 

 care : the careful descriptions of Forster certainly merit that 

 his names shoulc] be retained ; \et hitherto nearly all of 

 them, though for the most part English species, have been 

 ignored. Mr. Wollaston has, however, restored them when- 

 ever he has had to deal with them. The sexual characters 

 above noticed consist of two long linear appendages to the 

 third ventral segment, reaching to the fifth ; in a iew another 

 short pair will be found on the fourth. These segments are 

 also variously bilobed, and in three species are without 



