Mr. Babington on Droinitis. 87 



Taken at Whittlesea Mere, Hunts, and sent from the North of 

 England to the Cambridge Philosophical Society ; also at " Dorking, 

 and on Cardew Mire near Carlisle," Mr. Curtis ; and at " Aberist- 

 wyth," Rev. F. W. Hope. 



10. D. Sturmii. Babington. Plate X. Fig. 4. 



Capite nigro ; thorace subcordato, truncato, rufo ; elytris palli- 

 dis, angulis humeralibus rotundatis, pone medium fascia fusca, 

 sutura pallida ; corpore subtus, antennis pedibusque pallidis. 



" Long 1-f lin." Stu. 



D. fasciatus. Sturm, Deutsch. Faun. vii. j9. 43. t. 69./. C. 



Head black ; thorax subcordate, rufous ; elytra paler than the 

 thorax, the humeral angles rounded, behind the middle a trans- 

 verse fascia slightly dilated at the suture, and very much so at 

 the exterior margins both anteriorly and posteriorly, suture 

 pale ; antetmce, legs, and underside of the body pale. 



This insect I only know from the figure in Sturm's beautiful work 

 above quoted ; but as it is clearly a distinct species, I have ventured 

 to describe it under the above name. It differs from D. fasciatus in 

 having the suture and underside of the body pale, and from sigma- 

 and bipennifer by having the fascia on the elytra not dentate in the 

 middle and dilated both ways on the exterior margins, and the suture 

 pale. 



Sturm's description will agree with either this species, D. sigma, 

 or bipennifer : he says that it was found in Austria. 



11. D. melanocephalus. Dej. 



Pallidus ; capite nigro ; thorace quadrato ; elytris immaculatis ; 



abdomine ferrugineo. 

 Long. l\ — 14, lat. -J- — ^ lin. 

 D. melanocephalus. Dej. Spec. Col. i. 234. ; Iconogr. t. 11./. 5. 



Steph. III. (M.) i. 22. t. ] . /.5. Sturm. Deutsch. Faun. vii. 44. 



t. 169./. D. Aud. et Brulle, Hist. Ins. iv. 188. 

 Leb. linearis, var. b. Gyll. ii. 187.? 

 /3. D. scutellaris. Steph. I. c. 



Head black ; thorax pale red, quadrate ; elytra pale, very faintly 

 striated ; antennee and legs pale ; body beneath rather darker, 

 particularly the abdomen. 

 Var. /3. has a triangular dark spot surrounding the scutellum ; 

 the abdomen and tips of the antennae brown. 



A common species in gravel-pits, under moss, &c. The variety is 

 more rare, but is found in company with the type. 



