140 SERRICORNIA, [ Telephorus. 
abdomen, and the posterior, and sometimes the intermediate knees, 
black; head large, about as broad as thorax, not or scarcely narrowed 
behind eyes, antennz comparatively short, with third joint long, much 
longer than second ; thorax about as long as broad, feebly rounded at 
sides, anterior angles rounded, posterior angles very blunt; elytra 
distinctly pubescent, finely and rugosely punctured, with traces of 
raised lines; femora robust, external tarsal claw armed with a strong 
tooth nearly reaching middle. L. 6-7 mm. 
Male with joints 4-10 of the antennz furnished with a smooth im- 
pressed line behind, and the third joint longer in proportion to the 
second. 
On flowers, &c.; also on oak and other trees; common and generally distributed 
th:oughout the kingdom. 
T. hemorrhoidalis, F. (clypeatus, Ill.). Testaceous, with the 
head, except front, and a discoidal spot on thorax, black; the latter is 
well defined, and is broader at base and narrowed in front; the breast 
and the abdomen, except the apex and the sides and margins of the 
segments, are also black, and the scutellary region is sometimes darker; 
head narrower than thorax, antennz slender, slightly fuscous with base 
lighter; thorax subquadrate; elytra pubescent, somewhat obsoletely 
rugose; legs testaceous, with the posterior femora often more or less 
dark, external tarsal claw armed with a strong sharp tooth almost reach- 
ing middle. L. 5-6 mm. 
Male with joints 5-9 of the antenne with a smooth impressed line, 
third joint longer in proportion to second. 
On flowers, &e.; local; London district, not uncommon; Hastings; Dover; 
New Forest; Glanvilles Wootton; Swansea; Chat Moss; Birmingham district ; 
Repton; York; Lancaster; Northumberland and Durham district ; Scotland, Solway 
district, and probably other localities. 
T. oralis, Germ. (lateralis, L.?). Head black, with front yellow, 
as broad as, or broader than, thorax; antenne yellowish-red, longer in 
male than in female; thorax subquadrate, parallel-sided, reddish-testa- 
ceous with margins lighter ; elytra black, with margins yellow, clothed 
with thick greyish pubescence, which gives them a leaden appearance, 
and with a mixture of longer whitish-yellow hairs, some spots or patches 
being left bare and raised, especially at base, upper surface finely rugose ; 
under-side of head reddish-yellow, with a black marking, breast black, 
abdomen black with the apex, sides, and margins of segments yellow ; 
legs reddish-yellow. L. 33-5 mm. 
Male with joints 4—9 furnished with a smooth impressed line behind, 
and with the third joint not much longer than second; external tarsal 
claw armed at base with an erect tooth. 
On flowers, grass, rushes, &¢c.; local and commoner on and near the coast than 
inland ; London district, Kent and Surrey not uncommon; Mickleham, Caterham, 
Shirley, Lee, Chatham, Sheerness, Gravesend, Southend, Epping, Tottenham, Dagen- 
