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anterior angles laterally acute, posterior angles slightly 
prominent, base sinuate, disc with a pale dorsal line ; scu- 
tellum and elytra punctured, the former with a dorsal line, 
and a basal callosity on each side, pale; abdomen beneath 
bronzy, punctured with black ; legs reddish ochreous, spotted 
with black at the apex of the femora, 
L. 4-44 mm. 
By sweeping, Bromley, Woking; Weybridge, Virginia 
Water, Darenth Wood, Headley Lane, Deal, Billups ; 
Battle and Dallington Forest, Butler; Howe Grove, 
Norfolk, Edwards ; Bewdley Forest, Tonbridge, Bourne- 
mouth, Blatch ; New Forest, Champion ; White Sand Bay, 
near Plymouth, J. J. Walker; Folkestone, Iye ; Glanvilles 
Wootton, Portland, Dale. 
EYSARCORIS, Hahn. 
A genus of short, wide, convex species, of a dull bronzy 
ochreous colour, of which we have two in Great Britain, 
they occur by sweeping and are both rare, especially 
eneus. 
(2) 1. Scutellum with a large bronzy basal spot 
pee pale callosities —. 5 - MELANOCEPHALUS, 
(1) 2. Scutellum without a basal ane but with 
two lateral white callosities at the base . m®NBEUS. 
E. melancocephalus, /'ab.—Greenish ochreous, strongly 
punctured with bronzy punctures, Head purplish bronzy, 
very closely punctured, central lobe as long as the cheeks, 
antenne with the fourth and fifth joints black, pale only at 
the extreme base; pronotum slightly sinuate in front, 
anterior angles produced into a very small lateral point ; 
sides nearly straight, posterior angles rounded, base pro- 
duced, nearly straight across the scutellum, disc raised 
posteriorly, deeply punctured, near the front margin are 
two purphsh spots; scutellum punctured, with a large 
bronzy purple basal spot; elytra punctured, membrane 
