DOLERUS SCOTICUS. 169 



species, again, is smaller, has the legs always black, 

 tlic antennas shorter and more distinctly thickened 

 from third joint, mesonotum almost smooth and 

 shining, &c. 



Eare. Cladich, Loch Awe in June. 



Switzerland. 



11. DOLERUS SCOTICUS. 

 PI. XIX, fig. 1, Saw. 



Dolerus scoticus, Cam., E. M. M., xvii, 206 (1880). 



Black ; tegulse, four anterior knees and apex of tibiae reddish ; the 

 red on the middle legs being more obscure than on the front pair. 

 Head, thorax and apex of abdomen covered with a long white pubescence. 

 Head, pleurae and mesonotum punctured all over. Antennae nearly as 

 long as the abdomen, scarcely attenuated at apex. Wings hyaline; 

 costa and stigma black, the latter pale on the underside. ? . 



Length 3 lines. 



Agrees with puncticollis in the punctured meso- 

 notum, but the puncturing is more distinct, body 

 shorter, abdomen more inflated, antennae longer, and 

 the radial nervure is received further from the second 

 cubital. 



A rare species. Taken by Dr. Sharp at Braemar in 

 June. 



12. DOLERUS TINCTIPENNIS. 

 PL XIX, fig. 2, Saw. 



Dolerus tinctipennis, Cam., Tr., Ent. Soc., 1881, 574. 



Deep black, shining, covered on head and thorax with a close, white 

 and long pubescence ; head and mesonotum punctured, the head 

 roughly, scutellum and middle lobe clearly, but not deeply nor closely, 

 the lateral lobes on inner sides faintly, and on outer scarcely at all. 

 Sutures on vertex scarcely visible. Antennae not much longer than 

 abdomen ; third joint not much thinner than the following and one- 

 fourth longer than the fourth joint, which is a very little longer than 

 the fifth ; the joints from the fourth distinctly thickened; two apical a 

 very little thinner than the preceding, but still thicker than the third. 

 Cenchri large, greyish white. Base of abdomen smooth, unpunctured. 

 Wings with deep black nervures and stigma; apical half in both wings 

 smoky brown; inner half almost hyaline; accessory nervure in hind 



