136 SERRICORNIA, [ Zelephorus. 
A. Antenne of male without impressed lines on 
central joints. 
a. Antenne of male long and slender, with 
the third joint much longer than second . T. Liruratus, Fall. 
b. Antenne of male shorter and stouter, with 
the third joint not much lonzer than 
second. . . T. Darwinranus, Sharp. 
B. Antenne of male with impressed ‘Jines_ on 
central joints. 
a. Head narrower, considerably contracted 
towards base; antenne longer; thorax with 
black markings on disc, or with disc 
entirely black . . . . 2... © . « TT. FIGURATUS, Mannh. 
(v. Seoticus, Sharp.) 
b. Head broader, scarcely narrowed towards 
base ; antennez shorter; thorax unicolorous 
reddish-testaceous . . . . . - - « «. L. BICOLOR, F. 
iii. Length 4-6 mm. 
1. Elytra testaceous ; thorax yellow, with a large 
well-defined discoidal patch black . . . . . JT. H#MORRHOIDALIS, I’. 
2. Elytra black. 
A. Elytra with close greyish pubescence ; 
thorax red; third joint of antennz in male 
not much longer than second . . . . . « T. ORALIS, Germ. 
(lateralis, l.?) 
B. Elytra with comparatively scanty pubes- 
cence ; third joint of antenne in male much 
longer than second. 
a. Scutellum black. 
a*, Thorax black with extreme ij bad 
usually yellowish in front. . . . T. patuposus, Fall. 
b*, Thorax red or black with margins 
reddish or pitchy red . . . . . . TT. FLAVILABRIS, Fall. 
b. Scutellum red; thorax red, unicolorous. T. THORACICUS, Ol. 
T. fuscus, L. A large broad and robust species, black, clothed 
with distinct greyish pubescence, front of head and sides of abdomen 
reddish-testaceous ; thorax red with a black patch in front touching, or 
nearly touching, anterior margin; head narrower than thorax, scarcely 
narrowed behind eyes, rugosely punctured, antennze comparatively 
short, longer in male than in female, third joint much longer than 
second, black with base red ; thorax subtransverse or almost as long as 
broad, with sides rounded, rather coarsely punctured ; elytra rugosely 
punctured, with traces of raised lines ; legs black, with the inner side 
of the front tibiz and tarsi red, especially in male. L, 11-12 mm. 
By sweeping Umbellifere, &c.; local and, as a rule, not common; Gravesend» 
Tottenham, Penge, Mickleham, Westerham, Sydenham, Horsell, Cowley, Cowfold> 
Dartford, Sheerness, Tonbridge, &e.; New Forest; Glanvilles Wootton ; Shipley? 
near Horsham ; ; it has been recorded from Cleethor pes, Lincolnshire, and by Stephens 
from Edinburgh, but both these localities appear to require further confirmation. 
T. rusticus, Fall. Extremely like the preceding, from which it 
may at once be distinguished by having the dark spot on thorax situated 
