300 Mr. Wanders Synopsis of 
1. melanocephalus, Linn. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. 
Hem. pl. x1. fig. 7. 
Elongate, yellow or reddish-yellow, covered with a fine 
golden pubescence. Head black. . Thorax trapeziform. 
Elytra very long, parallel-sided. Membrane rather short, 
slightly dusky. Legs and antenne pale; base of the first 
joint of the latter black. 
Length 24—3 lines. 
On oaks, &e., by beating. 
2. palliceps, Fieb. 
Like the preceding, but haying the head of the same 
colour as the thorax. 
Length 24—3 lines. 
On oaks, &c., by beating. 
I have great doubts as to the distinctness of the two 
above species, but never haying seen any connecting links 
between the forms, I give them separately ; they are found 
in the same places, often on the same trees. 
3. coryli, Linn. Fig. Hahn, Wanz. Ins. i. fig. 16. 
Black-brown, shining, clothed with very short grey 
hairs, similar in general form to the preceding but shorter. 
Elytra slightly punctured. Membrane dusky, with a 
white streak bordering the cuneus. Legs and antenne 
testaceous. 
Length 23 lines. 
On hazel ; not rare. 
4. avellane, H.-Scff. H-Scff. Wanz. Ins. vi. fig. 670. 
Like the preceding but reddish-brown or paler. Cuneus 
always reddish-brown, so that in pale examples it is darker 
than the rest of the elytra, in dark ones lighter; two 
apical joints of antennz also longer proportionately to 
the second than in coryli. 
Length 23 lines. 
On hazel; common. 
ATRACTOTOMUS. 
1. mali, Meyer, Fall. Fig. Dougl. & Scott, Brit. Hem. 
pl. xiv. fig. 4 (magnicornis). 
Black-brown or reddish-brown, covered with fine grey 
hairs, and a dense golden deciduous pubescence. Mem- 
brane blackish, neryes and a spot below the apex of the 
