08 1: Mr. E. Saunders' Si/nopsis of 



extreme base and a])ex; 1st and 2nd pairs each with an 

 obscure median ring; tarsi black at the apex. Antennae: 

 1st and 2nd joints testaceous, 3rd and 4th black. 



Length 2 lines. 



Not common ; Isle of "Wight, Newcastle, Cumberland, 

 Isle of jNIan, &c. 



The short oval shape, straight-sided thorax and banded 

 tibia), distinguish this species fi-om all the others. 



12. arenicola, Scholz. (PI. XII. fig. 5.) 



Deep black; thorax with the sides slightly I'ounded. 

 Elytra with scattered golden depressed hairs, especially 

 on the clavns; clavus with a small pale spot near the 

 apex; corium with a lai'ge transverse spot near the middle 

 of its lateral margin, a smaller one near the a])ex and 

 numerous others on the posterior portion of the disk pale 

 whitish. Membrane dark at the base, the cell nerves 

 black; cells pale, Avith an oblong dark spot in each; 

 below the apex of the cuneus is a small pale spot, and 

 immediately below it a longitudinal black one. Thighs 

 pale, with a black line beneath and a row of black spots 

 above; front tibiic pale, sometimes with a black longitu- 

 dinal line ; 2nd and 3rd pairs black, Avitli a narrow apical 

 ring pale, sometimes also pale at the base ; tarsi black at 

 the apex. 



Length 2 lines. 



Rare ; Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Isle of Wight, &c. 



The almost Avhite markings, the large transverse mar- 

 ginal spot on the corium, and the dark tibias, separate this 

 readily from S. saltaturia, &c. 



13. pallipes, Fab. 



= jtalustris, Dougl. 

 Black, more or less covered Avith adpressed golden hairs. 

 Thorax Avith the sides slightly rounded; base widely sinu- 

 ate, discal impression distinct and narroAv. Scutelhun 

 •with a semihmate impression. Elytra short oval or 

 elongate oval, Avith the cost;© more or less pale; claAais 

 with a small yellowish-Avhite spot near the apex; corium 

 with pale markings, very variable, the spots and markings 

 often {pallipes) becoming confluent, and sometimes leaA'- 

 ing the Avhole corium, Avith the exception of the base 

 and a fcAv lateral spots, pale. IVIembranc i)aie, smoky ; 

 sometimes darker at the base, with the cell-nerves black; 

 cells Avith an oval dark spot in each. Legs pale, thighs 



