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Thomson's annidatus I can make nothing, except that, 

 having the squamulae " plerumqiie albidre," it cannot be 

 the present insect. Wesmael's C. annulij^cs <? (exchiding 

 the ? , the variety, and the synonyms) has the mandibles 

 black, the abdomen bimaculated, the middle tibite not 

 annulated at the base, and the wings almost hyaline ; 

 the probability of its being the present species is further 

 diminished by Eeinhard's remark that annuUj^es, Wesm., 

 g = sulcatus, Nees, <? , with 25- {i. e., 24-) jointed 

 antennae. C. scaler, Nees, said by Haliday and Cm'tis 

 to be anmdipes, Wesm., has been already mentioned 

 mider sp. 1. It resembles the present insect in the 

 colour of the hind tibinB. Thomson's anmdipes is de- 

 scribed as having the cheeks dilated, the post-scutellum 

 dentiform, the ? with 2J:-jointed antennae, and is referred 

 to anmdipes, Wesm., doubtfully, without further expla- 

 nation. 



C. ocidatus, Nees, Mon., i., 290, ^ 2 (excluding 

 varieties) differs in the colour of the hind tibiae, but is 

 otherwise nearer to this species than to C. iiianitus, L. 

 Length, 2— 3^ lin. Antennae 3 33- {i. e., 32-) jointed, 

 those of the ? not described. Scutellum smooth at the 

 base, punctate broadly at the apex. Abdomen immacu- 

 late, or (in dubious varieties) spotted; always with 2 

 distinct basal carinas. Hind tibiae rufous tipped with 

 black ; tarsi fuscous, not testaceous at the base, but 

 only on the under side of the 1st joint ; femora black at 

 the base, or entirely black. It will be seen that the 

 size, the number of joints in the antennae, and the 

 colour of the tarsi, do not quadrate with our sp. 1., the 

 numerous examples of which are constant in their 

 characters. 



Two doubtful specimens may here be noticed, which 

 at present it would be useless to describe. A <? taken 

 by Fitch, agreeing with carhonator, except in size 

 (length, 2^ lines), and in the antennae, which are 29- 

 jointed. And a ? equally large, in too bad condition 

 to describe, having the antennae 25-jointed, and the 

 hind tibiae wholly black. The latter I captm-ed in the 

 New Forest. 



