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(Walton) ; not recorded from the extreme northern counties of England ; Scotland, 
rare, Solway and Forth districts ; Ireland, Baldoyle, and near Belfast. 
Mr. Rye (Ent. Monthly Mag. I., p. 232), makes the following re- 
marks regarding this species: ‘‘ Somewhat resembles S. tibialis, but is 
lighter in colour, testaceous, and with longer elytra, which are distinctly 
clothed with slight erect hairs. The darkest specimens are ochreous 
grey, with four broad fuscous lines on the thorax, in a manner con- 
tinued on the elytra; the two middle lines forming a broad mark near 
the scutellum, and then becoming narrower along the suture; these 
bands are slightly mottled with darker colours. The lightest examples 
are pale ochreous grey, exhibiting scarcely a trace of the above mark-_ 
ings; and with the legs entirely testaceous, although the femora and 
apex of the tarsi are usually fuscous. Intermediate conditions are of 
course to be found, some of which have an isolated darker mark on 
the elytra. It is common on tares, especially on the south coast; 
and may be readily known in the sweeping net by its peculiar chalky 
look.” 
S. lineellus, Gyll. Closely allied to §. erinitus, but on an average 
smaller, with the eyes less prominent, the thorax usually more dilated 
in the middle, with the punctuation (though strong) finer and closer, 
and the elytra punctured at apex and with small and short outstanding 
hairs, instead of distinct setz ; the elytra are slightly contracted towards 
the base, thence a little broader to middle, more distinctly and 
strongly punctured, with the striz more deeply impressed, the inter- 
stices being a little convex. The upper surface is brown (except the 
scutellum, which is white), with a white spot, more or less prolonged, 
at the origin of the 5th, 6th, and 7th interstices; the two or three 
last interstices, and the underside, are also white. L. 3-3} mm. 
A northern species ; Heysham and Lancaster (Reston); Northumberland and Dur- 
ham district, rare, ‘‘sea banks north of Whitley, and Hetton Hall, near Belford, W. 
B. Boyd, Esq.” (Bold); Hartlepool (Blatch); Scotland, rare, Solway and Forth 
districts, Aberlady, &c. (Sharp and Hislop). 
This species differs from S. ¢ibdalis in having the legs more uniformly 
rufous, the eyes less prominent, the antenne with a shorter club, the 
elytra with less strong punctured striw, the thorax longer, and the elytra 
less lineated, but more spotted; the hairs at the hinder part of the 
elytra are, also, somewhat longer. 
S. tibialis, Herbst. This species may, as a rule, be easily known 
by the distinct lines of silvery grey scales which are present on both 
thorax and elytra, and the prominent eyes; the form is oblong and 
convex ; head and thorax very closely and rather deeply punctured, the 
latter about as long as broad with the sides slightly rounded: elytra 
with rather fine punctured striae; legs variable, but usually with the 
femora, except base, dark, and the tibie and tarsi red ; occasionally the 
