136 SEHRICORNIA. [Telephone. 



A. Anti-nun? of male without impressed lines on 



cent nil joints. 



a. Antennae of mala long and slender, with 



the third joint much longer thiin second . T. LITURATC8, Fall. 



b. Antennm of male shorter and stouter, with 

 the third joint not much longer than 



second T. DARWINIANUS, Sharp. 



B. Antennae of male with impressed lines on 



central joints. 



a. Head narrower, considerably contracted 

 towards base ; antenna? longer ; thorax with 

 black markings on disc, or with disc 



entirely hlack T. FIGURATUS, Uannh. 



(v. Scoticus, Sharp.) 



b. Head broader, scarcely narrowed towards 

 base ; entenna? shorter ; thorux unicolorous 



reddish. testaceous T. BICOLOK, F. 



iii. Length 4-6 mm. 



1. Elytra testaceous ; thorax yellow, with a large 



well-defined discoidal patch black T. HJJMORBIIOIDALIS, F. 



2. Elytra black. 



A. Elytra with close greyish pubescence ; 

 thorax red ; third joint of antennas in male 



not much longer than second T. ORALIS, Genn. 



(lateralis, L.?) 



B. Elytra with comparatively scanty pubes- 

 cence ; third joint of antennse in male much 

 longer than second. 



a. Scutellum black. 



a*. Thorax black with extreme margins 



usually yellowish in front T. PALTTDOSUS, Fall. 



b*. Thorax red or black with margins 



reddish or pitchy red T. FLAVILABHIS, Fall. 



b. Scutollum red ; thorax red, unicolorous. T. THORACICUS, Ol. 



T. fuacua, L. A large broad and robust species, black, clothed 

 with distinct greyish pubescence, front of head and sides of abdomen 

 reddish-testaceous ; thorax red with a black patch in front touching, or 

 nearly touching, anterior margin ; head narrower than thorax, scarcely 

 narrowed behind eyes, nigosely punctured, antennae comparatively 

 short, longer in male than in female, third joint much longer than 

 second, black with base red ; thorax subtransverse or almost as long as 

 broad, with sides rounded, rather coarsely punctured ; elytra rugosely 

 punctured, with traces of raised lines ; legs black, with the inner side 

 of the front tibiae and tarsi red, especially in male. L. 11-12 mm. 



By sweeping Umbelliferae, &c. ; local and, as a rule, not common ; Gravesend 

 Tottenham, Penge, Hickleham, Westerham, Sydenham, Horsell, Cowley, Cowfold' 

 Dartford, Shecrness, Tonbridge, &c. ; New Forest; Glnnvilles Wootton; Shipley 

 near Horsham ; it has been recorded from Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, and by Stephens 

 from Edinburgh, but both these localities appear to require further confirmation. 



T. ruaticuB, Fall. Extremely like the preceding, from which it 

 may at once be distinguished by having the dark spot on thorax situated 



