174< CLAVicoRNiA. [Scijmmis. 



S. capitatus, F. {i-ufipes, Bris.; s.g. PvUus, Muls.). Of a rather 

 broader form than the preceding, with the shoulders more strongly marked, 

 and with at most the very extreme apex of elytra lighter ; the thorax 

 is more finely punctured, and the elytra are more closely, and evidently 

 less unevenly, punctured ; the post-coxal fovefe of the first abdominal 

 segment are more lengthened, and the femora are dusky instead of being 

 entirely testaceous ; it somewhat resembles 8. pygmceus, but that species 

 is more oval, and more narrowed in front and behind, and has the elytra 

 evidently more finely punctured ; male with the whole head^ the anterior 

 border of thorax narrowly, and the sides broadly, reddish-yellow ; 

 female with the head except base of vertex, and the anterior angles of 

 thorax, of the same colour; in the female the femora are darker than 

 in the male. L. l|-lf mm. 



By beating hedges, sweeping herbage, &c. ; occasionally found in moss ; not 

 nncominon in many localities ; Shirley, Forest Hill, Claygate, Lee, Faversham, 

 Weybridge, &c. ; Cambridgeshire; Hants; Devon; Swansea; Yardley ; Sutton 

 Park; Knowle ; Bewdley; Cannock Chase; Repton; Scarborough; Carlisle; not 

 recorded from Scotland. 



S. ater, Kug. (s.g. PtcUus, Muls.). Oval, moderately convex, 

 pubescent, entirely black, rather shining, with the antenna?, tibite and 

 tarsi fuscous ; thorax with sides not rounded, elytra contracted from 

 anterior third, distinctly punctured ; it is about the size of S. suturalis, 

 but is a little shorter and more convex, besides being differently coloured ; 

 from S. minimus it may be known liy its more oval form and less widely 

 separated posterior coxce. L. 1-1 ^j mm. 



Sandy places ; at roots of grass, &c. ; rare ; Norwood and Shirley (Power) ; Deal 

 (Champion) ; Northumberland and Durham district, sea-bauks near Blyth and 

 Hartley, rare (Bold). 



S. minimus, Rossi (s.g. Pulliis, Muls.; Stethorus minimus, Weise). 

 Almost hemispherical, convex, shining, black, with the labrum, antennje, 

 tibia? and tarsi, and the apex of the anterior femora yellow or brownish- 

 yellow ; thorax finely punctured ; elytra rather distinctly punctured ; 

 posterior coxaa very widely separated, a character that seems to show that 

 Weise is right in placing it in a distinct sub-genus. L. 1-1 5 mm. 



By beating dead hedges, sweeping herbage, &c. ; very local ; London district, not 

 uncommon; Maidstone, Faversham, Chatham, Cobham, Belvedere, Forest Hill, 

 Shirley, Direnth, Sheerness, Birch Wood, Highgate (on hops), Birdbrook (Essex), 

 Cowley; Hertford; Littlington ; Holm Bush, Brighton ; apparently almost confined 

 to the London and South-eastern districts ; according to Professor Bohemann it 

 occurs on plants belonging to the Asclepias family ; this is closely related to the 

 Apocynace(E or Periwinkle family ; it is entirely exotic, but includes the Stajpelias, 

 lloyas, Stephanotis, &c., of our gardens and greenhouses. 



PIiATVNASPZS, Eedtenbacher. 

 About twenty species belong to this genus ; oug only occurs in Europe 



