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sided, fully developed in the ¢, rarely so inthe ¢; legs 
elongate, hairy. There are only three European species, of 
which we have two in Britain. 
1. Colour black, brown and reddish, tibia with 
shorter semi-erect hairs A s 
2. Colour black and yellow, tibize with long erect 
hairs ; : : : . 2 : . DOLOBRATA. 
FERRUGATA. 
L. ferrugata, Fall—Head pronotum and _ scutellum 
black in the ¢, a line along the inner margin of each eye, 
produced to the base of the head, the lateral margins and 
central line of the pronotum whitish; ¢ with the head 
pronotum and scutellum pale, two lines down the middle of 
the head, a spot on each side of the pronotam in front, and 
the sides and base of the scutellum more or less black ; 
elytra in both sexes pinkish brown, the nerves red ; legs 
ochreous, femora spotted with black. Antenne brown, 
black at the base in the @, finely hairy in the d, densely so 
in the 2; scutellum very large, in the developed forms as 
wide as the base of the pronotum ; elytra longer than the 
abdomen in the 3, about equalling it in the developed 9, 
about twice and a half as long as the scutellum in the 
undeveloped 2; legs very hairy, but the hairs only semi- 
erect, and shorter than in dolobrata. 
L. 8-9 mm. 
Common by sweeping in dry grassy places, and generally 
distributed. 
L. dolobrata, Linn.—Head black with five yellow 
spots inthe d, or yellow with the disc black in the ¢, hairy, 
antennee hairy, black in the ¢, dusky brown in the ?; 
pronotum clothed with erect hairs, pale, with a black 
band down each side, leaving the dorsal line and lateral 
margins pale, these latter sinuate, base nearly straight, 
rounded at the lateral angles ; scutellum not so wide as the 
base of the pronotum, the posterior angles in the ?, and 
these as well as the sides in the 6, widely black; elytra 
yellowish in the $, orange yellow in the d, clothed with 
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