82 Flenptera-feteroptera. 
P. fracticollis, Schill_—Head and antenne black, the 
second and third joints of the latter slightly paler except 
at the apex; face clothed with a fine adpressed golden 
pubescence ; pronotum punctured, black in front, base with 
ill-defined ochreous spots, sides constricted behind the 
middle, dise with a deep transverse impression, the con- 
tinuation of the lateral constriction ; surface almost gla- 
brous, but with a short scattered golden pubescence visible 
through a strong power ; scutellum black, impressed at the 
base, the apex ochreous and the sides with a small reddish 
spot on each; elytra with the clavus and corium ochreous, 
punctured with black, and with dark lines bordering some 
of the nerves; abdomen black, legs ochreous red, with a 
more or less dark apical band on the femora, anterior 
femora with two large strong teeth, each with one or more 
smaller ones on its distal side, anterior tibia straight in 
both sexes. 
L. 5 mm. 
Sweeping herbage, ditch sides, Horning Fen, Edwards ; 
Wicken and Ranworth, Champion ; New Forest, Fowler ; 
Whittlesea Mere, Dale. 
P. luridus, Hahn.—Much darker in colour than the 
preceding, finely pilose with upright hairs. Head black, 
antenne brownish, pilose, apical joint longer than the 
second ; pronotum reddish brown, velvety, of a rather 
brighter red on each side of the disc, sides very much 
rounded in front, making the waist very much more dis- 
tinct than in fracticollis, it is also placed rather nearer the 
posterior angles; scutellum black; elytra with the clavus 
and corium ochreous, much suffused with brown towards 
the apex ; abdomen brown, rather lighter towards the sides ; 
lees testaceous brown, anterior femora with three long 
spines and several smaller ones, anterior tibia curved in 
the ¢. 
L. 44-5 mm. 
In Sphagnum, Chobham ; New Forest. 
