Leptura. | LONGICORNIA. 237 
L. sanguinolenta, L. Elongate, slightly convex, black, with the 
elytra differing in the sexes, clothed with greyish pubescence ; antennz 
black ; thorax very closely punctured, a little longer than broad, with 
the anterior margin slightly elevated, and the sides furnished with white 
villose hairs; elytra more sparingly punctured than thorax, and more 
finely at apex than at base; legs rather long and slender, black. L. 
10-12 mm. 
Male with the elytra livid testaceous, with the apex broadly, and the 
exterior margin narrowly, black ; fifth ventral segment of abdomen sub- 
truncate at apex. 
Female with the elytra sanguineous, with the apical point black, and 
the fifth ventral segment of abdomen slightly impressed before apex. 
On flowers; very rare; recorded by Stephens from Norfolk, Suffolk, and Bickham, 
Devonshire, and also from near London ; Mr. Champion has found one specimen at 
Aviemore, Moray district, Scotland, but this is the only capture that has been 
recorded for many years. 
XL. fulva, De G. (tomentosa, F.). Black, thickly clothed beneath 
with silvery pubescence, elytra testaceous with the apex black; head 
very closely punctured, antenne black; thorax convex, closely and 
deeply punctured, strongly constricted just before apex, pilose ; elytra 
broader in female than in male, distinetly but not strongly punctured, 
and clothed with scanty yellowish pubescence, which is longer towards 
base ; legs rather stout, black. L. 10-12 mm. 
Male with the fifth ventral segment of abdomen broadly impressed, 
and bidentate at apex ; posterior tibiz slightly thickened in the middle. 
On flowers; rare; New Forest (Blatch); Southampton (Newbery); Southsea 
(Moncreaff) ; Haslar; Ryde; Kingsbridge, Devon; Swansea. 
XL. livida, F. (sg. Vadonia, Muls.; Pachyta livida, Steph.). Much 
smaller than either of the preceding species, black with the elytra livid 
testaceous, under-side with silvery pubescence, upper surface rather 
sparingly clothed with greyish pubescence, thorax pilose; head strongly 
punctured, antenne stout and comparatively short, black ; thorax longer 
than broad, coarsely punctured ; elytra broader in female than in male, 
rounded at apex, unicolorous, with the punctuation composed of large 
shallow punctures ; pygidium exposed; legs black, anterior tibiz and 
tarsi ferruginous. LL. 6—7 mm. 
On flowers ; local; London district, rather common and generally distributed, 
Weybridge, Woking, Darenth, Forest Hill, Lee, Chatham, Tonbridge, Horsell, 
Whitstable, Gravesend, Sheerness; Essex; Deal; Sandwich; Hastings; Ports- 
mouth district ; New Forest; Weymouth ; Devon; Swansea; Suffolk; Hertford ; 
Clacton ; Burnt Wood, Staffordshire; it does not occur apparently further north 
than the Midland counties, in which it is very rare. 
(L. rufa, Brullé. Allied to LZ. sewtellata and of about the same size, 
with the head, thorax, and antenne black (the first joint of the latter 
sometimes red), and the elytra brownish-red, punctured coarsely at the 
