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genera in regard to the discrimination of its species. They 
are all closely allied and of a very similar facies, by which 
they may be at once known from those of any other genus. 
They are of a sandy brown colour, generally punctured 
with black punctures, depressed in form with the margins 
of the head and pronotum very thin and foliaceous ; the eyes 
small and black, more or less prominent; the connexivum 
dilated and flat. We have only one species in Britain. 
8. cursitans, F'ab.—Pale ochreous, punctured and more 
or less mottled with black. Head about as long as wide, 
somewhat pointedly rounded in front, antenne slightly 
darker, eyes exserted for a little more than two-thirds 
their diameter; pronotum transverse, deeply sinuate in 
front, the base of the sinuation straight, sides slightly 
rounded, base slightly produced, straight across the base of 
the scutellum, disc closely punctured ; scutellum punctured ; 
elytra with the corium at its apical angle reaching to about 
the length of the scutellum, membrane not reaching to the 
apex of the abdomen; connexivum with transverse dark 
bands; abdomen beneath with a spot on the sixth segment 
anda line along the sides near the centre black ; legsochreous. 
L. 44-6 mm. 
In sandy places ; sandhills, Deal, Sandwich. 
AELIA, Fab. 
The elongate head and pointed nose of the species of this 
eenus are so characteristic that they distinguish them at 
once from those of other genera. We have only one 
species in this country, which is curiously distinguished 
from all the other European species by having two small 
black spots on the intermediate and posterior femora 
beneath, whereas the others have never more than one; this 
may seem a trivial character, but it is very constant. 
A. acuminata, Linn.—Shining, ochreous, longitudinally 
striped with pale and darker stripes, somewhat elongate, 
