Microcara. | ‘SERRICORNIA, 121 
V. Bohemanni, Mannh. This variety, which by Thomson and 
other authors is considered a separate species, differs from the type 
form in being smaller and rather more shining, and in having the dise 
of the thorax more or less broadly nigro-fuscous ; the lateral margins of 
the thorax are also more elevated. L. 33 mm. 
Much less common than the type; it has occurred near Birmingham and Dumfries, 
and in other localities. 
CYPHON, Paykull. 
This genus contains about fifty or sixty species of small and insignifi- 
cant insects, which in many instances closely resemble each other and 
are difficult to determine ; from the allied genera Helodes and Microcara 
they may be known by their shorter antenne and generally smaller size ; 
twenty-five species inhabit Europe, of which six occur in Britain; of the 
remainder a considerable proportion have been found in North America ; 
several have been described from Chili, and representatives have been 
recorded from Senegal, Ceylon, Cuba, Patagonia, and Tasmania, so that 
the genus is evidently a widely distributed and extensive one; the 
species, however, are so exceedingly fragile and perishable that it is very 
hard to preserve them in anything like good condition, and they are 
therefore much neglected by collectors. 
I. Elytra with thiee feeble raised longitudinal lines on 
each. 
i. Elytra more closely and finely punctured ; upper 
FUHACO NEW ame 5 5 6 6 & 6 6 6 oc 
ii. Elytra less closely and more strongly punctured ; 
upper surface more shining . . . . . . . . C.NITIDULUS, Thoms. 
IJ. Elytra without raised lines. 
i, Average length 2-23 mm. 
1. Punctuation fine and comparatively close . . C. VARIABILIS, Thunb. 
2. Punctuation coarse and not close . . . . . C, PUNCTIPENNIS, Sharp. 
ii, Average length 13-14 mm. 
1. Fourth joint of antenne one and a half times 
as long as third; elytra without distinct dark 
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2. Fourth joint of antennze twice as long as third ; 
elytra with suture, sides, and base more or less 
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C. COARCTATUS, Payk. 
C. PALLIDULUS, Boh. 
Cc. coarctatus, Payk. (2 fuscicornis, Thoms.; griseus, Gyll. ; 
palustris, Thoms.). Oval, moderately convex, but depressed on disc, 
clothed with rather long greyish pubescence, of a lighter or darker 
reddish-brown colour, which is variable ; head rather large, eyes promi- 
nent, black; antenne yellowish, fuscous towards apex; thorax very 
short, narrower than elytra, posterior angles almost right angles, base 
sinuate; scutellum large, punctured; elytra thickly and distinctly 
punctured, with three raised lines on each, shoulders strongly marked ; 
legs testaceous. L. 2-23 mm. 
