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(2) 1. Basal joint of posterior tarsi more than twice 
as long as the second and third together . PENESTRATUS. 
(1) 2. Basal joint of posterior tarsi not twice as long 
as the second and third together. 
(4) 3. Mesosternum bituberculate, hairs of  tibiw 
shorter, not at right angles to the tibia . . PODAGRICUS. 
(8) 4, Mesosternum simple, tibial hairs longer, erect . PLEBEIUS. 
E. fenestratus, H. Schf. (erraticus, D. § S.; podugricus, 
Saund. Synops.).—Head and pronotum black, somewhat 
shining, shallowly punctured, nearly glabrous, the latter 
brown across the base, where it is more largely and deeply 
punctured, sides slightly rounded, foliaceous, pale, especially 
behind the middle, posterior angles black, base deeply 
sinuate ; scutellum black, punctured, depressed at the base, 
slightly carinated at the apex ; elytra long, nearly parallel- 
sided, with the clavus and corium punctured, more or less 
ochreous at the base, reddish brown towards the apex, with 
a roundish black spot near the centre; membrane dark 
fuscous, a spot near the apex of the corium and one opposite 
to it and the basal angle white ; abdomen black, connexi- 
vum and apex paler and reddish, posterior margins of the 
pro- and metasternum pale as well as a spot near each coxa ; 
legs, femora black, paler at the extreme apex, tibize obscure 
ochreous, with a few erect hairs on the posterior pair, an- 
terior femora with a strong central tooth arising from a 
row of smaller ones, their tibiae curved; posterior meta- 
tarsi a good deal more than twice as long as the other two 
joints together. 
L. 7 mm. 
Reigate, under Junipers; Caterham, Mickleham, Chat- 
ham, Champion ; Dartmoor, July, Pavyitt ; Croydon and 
Hunstanton, Blatch. 
E. podagricus, /ab.—Shorter and broader than the 
preceding ; elytra distinctly shorter and with its sides more 
rounded ; pronotum more trapeziform, with its sides sinuate, 
surface dull, clothed with semi-erect pubescence, coloured 
much as in fenestratus, only the colours rather brighter ; 
