Anaspis. | HETEROMERA. 77 
On flowers, &c.; occasionally by beating dead twigs; local, but not uncommon 
in many districts, although, apparently, often overlooked ; Darenth Wood, Leith 
Hill, Mickleham, Cowley ; Portsea ; New Forest ; Glanvilles Wootton; Sutton 
Park and Solihull, near Birmingham ; Repton, Bretby Wood (on wild cherry blossom) ; 
Dunham Park, Manchester ; Northumberland and Durham district, Wallington and 
several other localities ; Scotland, common in flowers, Solway, Tay, Dee, Moray, and 
probably other districts ; it is most likely not uncommon in Ireland, and may be con- 
sidered to be generally distributed, although somewhat local, throughout the greater 
part of the kingdom. 
This species much resembles A. frontalis, but may be known by its 
shorter and stouter moniliform antennae, and evidently stronger sculp- 
ture, as well as by the straighter and narrower appendages of the third 
ventral segment in the male. 
A. melanostoma, Costa (monilicornis, Muls.; s.g. Nasipa, 
Emery). Very like the preceding, but less elongate, and distinguished 
by having the thorax not or scarcely strigose, and the sculpture of the 
elytra very obsolete, as well as by the fact that the third ventral seg- 
ment of the abdomen in the male bears no laciniz, being simple as in 
the female ; the antenne are rather stout and moniliform, with the 
second joint small, and joints 5-10 subtransverse ; the thorax, moreover, 
is shorter than in A. rufilabris, and has the posterior angles less acute 
and more nearly right angles; the formation of the antenne and the 
absence of ventral appendages in the male will separate it from A. 
frontalis ; the colour of the legs is somewhat variable ; in the male the 
fifth ventral segment is split to base, and the anterior tarsi are dilated. 
L. 23-3 mm. 
On flowers, &c.; one specimen in Dr, Power’s collection taken at Darenth Wood on 
June 3, 1860; many years ago Mr, Crotch expressed it as his opinion that it would 
occur in Britain; it appears to be found in most of the districts of France, and is 
rare, according to Thomson, in Norway and Sweden ; it is very likely not uncommon 
in Britain, and may often have been passed over partly through its likeness to 
A. frontalis, and partly owing to the difficulty of determination occasioned by the 
absence of the appendages in male; the split fifth segment, however, is a good character ; 
Mr. Crotch considers Thomson’s character of the nearly smooth thorax and obsoletely 
strigose elytra to require further confirmation, and adds, as an additional character to 
separate it from 4. rufilabris, the fact that the first joint of the anterior tarsi is equal 
to the second, whereas in the last-named species it is much shorter. 
A. Geoffroyi, Mill. (/asciata, Forst.; humeralis, F.; biguttata, 
Rossi). Black, with alarge bright yellow patch at each shoulder, which 
varies in size and sometimes covers the greater part of the elytra; occa- 
sionally there is a small spot also behind the middle of each elytron ; 
the pubescence is more scanty than is usually the case in the species 
belonging to the genus; antenne long, somewhat thickened towards 
apex, not moniliform, black with the base yellow, mouth and palpi 
yellow ; thorax transverse, very finely sculptured ; elytra very finely and 
closely strigose transversely ; legs variable, dark or more or less testa- 
ceous. L. 25-3 mm. 
Male without lacinize at apex of third ventral segment of abdomen, 
