'AGti Mr. E. Saunders' Si/nojysis of British 



spine ; abdomen dull in the <? , more or less shining in $ , 

 1st segment very largely and coarsely punctured, the 

 rest more finely so ; apex of the abdomen in the S' 

 bidentate ; basal segment above and all the segments 

 beneath densely clothed with silvery hairs in the <^ ; legs 

 finely pubescent. 

 Length 10—12 mill. 



Hah. — Widely distributed, and often common. 



2. inter nqjtiis, Fab. Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 266. Fig. 



Panz. Faun. Germ. 77, 18 (dissectus). 



Very like the preceding, but shorter and more compact, 

 and has the antennse only a little longer than the head, 

 and the tubercles yellow. 



Length 8—9 mill. 



Hah. — Hampstead and Highgate, and London district. 



3. trimaculatus, Rossi. Faun. Etrusc. ii. p. 95. (PL VIIL 



fig. 35). 



Shorter and broader than either of the above ; thorax 

 with a line at the base of the prothorax, and the tubercles 

 yellow ; scutellum sometimes with a yellow line ; abdo- 

 men with a yellow spot at the side of the 1st, 2nd, and 

 3rd segments ; legs black, knees and apex of tibiae 

 narrowly brown. Head and thorax largely and rugosely 

 punctured, and covered with short whitish hairs ; basal 

 area of metathorax shining, with a series of parallel 

 ridges ; abdomen shining, largely and remotely punc- 

 tured, especially on the basal segment, the puncturation 

 becoming finer towards the apical segment, which is very 

 finely and closely punctured ; penultimate joint of the 

 antennae in the ^ much larger than the apical joint, which 

 is sinuate and excavated beneath. 



? varies occasionally in having the base of the abdo- 

 men red. 



Length 8—9 mill. 



Hah. — Piare ; Battersea, Southgate, Weybridge, &c. 

 F. Smith says: — "I have most frequently captured 

 this insect when beating bushes for Coleoptera ; it 

 mimics death in the same way as Hedychrum and 

 Chrysis.'" 



