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beneath at apex only; elytra black with reddish- 
yellow bands; length 10-12mm. .... . 
2. Posterior tarsi with the third joint entirely 
pubescent beneath ; length 7-9 mm. 
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B. Elytra reddish or reddish-yellow with apex and 
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S. aTTENUATA, L. 
S. niera, Z. 
S. MELANURA, LD. 
S. aurulenta, F. (s.g. Stenura, Dej.). A large an conspicuous 
species of a deep velvety black colour, with four transverse reddish- 
yellow bands on elytra, one at base, one a little before middle, a third 
behind middle, and a fourth before apex, usually taking the form of a 
patch, apex black ; sometimes the yellowish colour prevails over the 
black, so that many authors describe them as reddish-yellow with four 
black fasciz ; head closely punctured, depressed between eyes; thorax 
about as long as broad, not very closely punctured, with the anterior 
and posterior margins thickly fringed with yellowish hairs; scutellum 
also thickly clothed with yellowish hairs; elytra finely and asperately 
punctured, clothed with fine yellowish pubescence, strongly emarginate 
and mucronate at apex ; legs elongate. L. 14-22 mm. 
Male narrower and smaller than female, and with the elytra con- 
siderably narrowed behind, and the antenne longer; the antenne and 
legs in this sex are black or mostly black, whereas in the female they 
are more or less red-yellow. 
On flowers; very rare; a considerable number of specimens have been taken by 
Charles Turner and others in the New Forest; Arundel (once, S. Stevens) ; between 
Barnstaple and Bideford, Devon (Stephens) ; Plymouth (J. H. Keys); Briton Ferry, 
near Swansea (Dillwyn). Ireland, ‘‘ male and female taken at Glengariffe in Lord 
Bantry’s demesne by Mr, W. F. de V. Kane (Rev. W. F, Johnson).’’ 
S. quadrifasciata, L. (s.g. Stenwra, Dej.). Allied to the preceding, 
but with a less golden and velvety appearance, and easily distinguished 
by the absence of a thick row of yellowish hairs on anterior and 
posterior margins of thorax, which is rather sparingly clothed with 
greyish pubescence ; antenne black, with the apex reddish in the 
female ; elytra finely and asperately punctured, black with four yellow 
fascie, which are sometimes interrupted, and sometimes cover a great 
part of the elytra, apex black, emarginate, and mucronate; legs black, 
elongate ; in the male the fifth ventral segment is slightly emarginate 
at apex. L. 10-17 mm. 
On flowers; as a rule rare, but sometimes not uncommon locally; Dulwich, 
Darenth Wood, Sittingbourne, Westerham, Chatham, Hainault Forest ; Hastings 
district, rather common; Parkhurst, Isle of Wight; Swansea; Bewdley Forest ; 
Cannock Chase; St. Osyth ; Sherwood Forest ; Northumberland and Durham dis- 
trict, widely distributed, but not common ; Scotland, rare, Solway, Clyde, Tay, and 
Moray districts. Ireland, ‘‘ Glengariffe in Lord Bantry’s demesne, twelve specimens 
taken in half an hour on ragweed by Mr. W. F. de V. Kane (Rey. W. F. Johnson),” 
S. revestita, L. (villica, F.; s.g. Stenwra, Dej.). Ferruginous red, 
