LAMELLICORXIA. Cl 



the spur at apex of tibiae longer, and also with the pubescence of the 

 whole body longer. 



Female with the first joint of the anterior tarsi simple, the spur of 

 the anterior tibiae shorter, and the pubescence of the whole body shorter. 



On flowers ; very local, and, as a rule, decidedly uncommon ; it has been recorded 

 by Dr. Leach from Exeter, and by Mr. Dillwyn as taken in some numbers on umbel- 

 liferous plants near Swansea (P. Stepb. III. iii. 280), and Mr. Llewellyn has con- 

 firmed the latter record by taking it at Neath, South Wales; it occurs, however, 

 principally in the North, and has not been recorded from any localities in England 

 except those above mentioned; it w very pro'mblc that the Welsh record must be 

 referred to the succeeding species ; Scotland, local, Highlands, Tay, Dee, and Moray 

 districts. Mr. Dillwyn's note on his capture of the species at Swansea is worth pre- 

 serving (Catalogue of Swansea Colcoptera, p. 31) : " About forty of these beautiful 

 insects have been taken in the neighbourhood, and I have generally saeii them in 

 pairs. *\Vitli the exception of one pair, which I found on a double Sweet William, 

 they were all taken on umbelliferous plants, and all, or nearly all, on the flower.* of 

 .K'lius.i Cvnapium. It has also been taken both at Coytrahene and St. Hilary, in 

 this county, by my friend the Rev. J. M. Traherne, and one was caught by my sou, 

 Mr. L. LI. Dillwyn." 



According to Erichson the larva is found in decaying trunks of various 

 deciduous trees, such as alders, birches, &c. He does not, however, give 

 any description of it. 



T. abdominalis, Mi'n (gallicus, Heer. ; zonatus, Schmidt). Very 

 like the preceding, but, on an average, smaller, with shorter pubescence, 

 and with the sides of the abdomen almost bare ; the clypeus is shorter 

 and less emarginate, and the thorax is broader, with the posterior angles 

 more marked ; the black fascia at base is always interrupted, and the first 

 yellow band reaches the shoulder ; the intermediate tibiae are less dis- 

 tinctly toothed, and the male has the posterior tibiae slightly clavate at 

 apex. L. 9-12 mm. 



On flowers, &c. I have had four or five specimens in my collection (from the late 

 E. Brown's collection), but I have never been able to mnke out anything satisfactory 

 with regard to their capture, nor do I know of any certain locality for the insect ; 

 Mr. F. Smith introduced T. zonat**, Germ., as British (Zool. p. 2216 [1848]), but did 

 not know the localities of the specimens. Mr. 8. Stevens believes that his examples 

 were taken in Wales. 



The following is Mr. Smith's description of " T. zonatus, Schniidt 

 (gallictu, Dej. Cat.; abdominaJis, var., Schmidt, Dej. Cat."). " Male. 

 The lateral margin of the thorax immaculate, the central segment of the 

 abdomen transversely striated, and having two yellow maculae ; the 

 anterior coxae have a yellow inacule in front. Female. The lateral 

 margins of the thorax yellow, sometimes interrupted ; the ventral 

 segments immaculate. The elytra in both sexes black, having the 

 suture black, with two transverse yellow fasciae united to a longitudinal 

 one, which reaches the angle of the shoulder ; the base never has a 

 transverse black band ; the yellow fascia are nearly or of quite equal 

 width." In T. fcmdatux the anterior coxae in the male are not maculate, 

 nor are the ventnil segments, and in the female the thorax has a lateral 



