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ham, Rusper; Whitstable; Deal; Hastings; Glanvilles Wootton ; Devon; Bristol ; 
Knowle; Bewdley; Lincoln; Llangollen; Lancaster district ; not recorded from 
the northern counties of England or from Scotland; Ireland, Armagh (one specimen, 
Johnson), 
T. paludosus, Fall. (/oreellus, Zett.). Elongate, black, with the 
mandibles, the basal joints of the antenna, at all events beneath, and 
the knees, yellow, or dusky yellow; antenne long in male, rather short 
in female; thorax quadrangular with the anterior angles rounded, and 
the posterior angles obtuse but marked, margins obscurely yellowish ; 
elytra long, rugosely punctured, with feeble traces of raised lines. L. 
5-6 mm. 
Male with joints 5-10 of the antenne with a smooth impressed line 
behind, third joint double as long as second. 
Female with the antenne simple, and the third joint only a little longer 
than second. 
On flowers, in damp meadows in and near woods, especially on Caltha palustris ; 
usually found in northern and mountainous districts; Snowdon (Brewer); Glossop, 
Derbyshire (Chappell); Northumberland and Durham district; Scotland, local, 
Solway, Tweed, Clyde, Tay, Dee, and Moray districts, 
T. flavilabris, Fall. Colour variable ; elytra and scutellum always 
black, head black with mouth parts yellow; thorax black with pitchy 
or reddish margins, or red with disc black, or entirely red ; antenne 
longer in male than in female, dark, with base yellow; head finely punc- 
tured, nearly as broad as thorax; thorax quadrangular with the anterior 
angles rounded and the posterior angles obtuse; elytra coarsely and 
rugosely sculptured; under-side black with sides, apex, and margins of 
segments more or less red, sometimes entirely red; legs yellow, with 
tarsi pitchy, and femora more or less dark in the specimens with dark 
thorax, external claw armed with a sharp tooth reaching middle. L. 
5-6 mm. 
Male with joints 4-9 of the antenne with a short impressed line 
behind, third joint double as long as second. 
Female with the antenne simple, and the third joint one and a half 
times as long as second. 
On flowers and by general sweeping ; generally distributed and common through- 
out England and Wales; Scotland, local, but widely distributed ; Ireland, Dublin, 
Belfast, Larne, &c., and probably general. 
The variety of this species with the thorax entirely red is often mis- 
taken by beginners for 7. thoracicus, which may, however, be at once 
known by its red scutellum; the dark varieties may be known from 
T. paludosus by their lighter legs and more coarsely sculptured elytra. 
T. thoracicus, Ol. (/ulvicollis, Redt.). A somewhat slender and 
narrow species, which may at once be known from its allies by its red 
seutellum; head black with mouth parts yellow; antenne dark with 
