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bam, Rasper; Whitstable ; Deal; Hastings; Glanvilles Wootton ; Devon; Bristol; 

 Knowle; Bewdley; Lincoln; Llangollen ; Lancaster district; not recorded from 

 the northern counties of England or from Scotland ; Ireland, Armagh (one specimen, 

 Johnson). 



T. paludosuB, Fall, (boreellus, Zett.). Elongate, black, with the 

 mandibles, the basal joints of the antennae, at all events beneath, and 

 the knees, yellow, or dusky yellow; antennae long in male, rather short 

 in female; thorax quadrangular with the anterior angles rounded, and 

 the posterior angles obtuse but marked, margins obscurely yellowish ; 

 elytra long, rugosely punctured, with feeble traces of raised lines. L. 

 5-6 mm. 



Male with joints 5-10 of the antennae with a smooth impressed line 

 behind, third joint double as long as second. 



Female with the antennae simple, and the third joint only a little longer 

 than second. 



On flowers, in damp meadows in and near woods, especially on Caltha palustris ; 

 usually found in northern and mountainous districts ; Snowdon (Brewer) ; Olossop, 

 Derbyshire (Chappell) ; Northumberland and Durham district ; Scotland, local, 

 Solway, Tweed, Clyde, Tay, Dee, and Moray districts. 



T. flavilabria, Fall. Colour variable ; elytra and scutellum always 

 black, head black with mouth parts yellow; thorax black with pitchy 

 or reddish margins, or red with disc black, or entirely red ; antenna? 

 longer in male than in female, dark, with base yellow; head finely punc- 

 tured, nearly as broad as thorax; thorax quadrangular with the anterior 

 angles rounded and the posterior angles obtuse; elytra coarsely and 

 rugosely sculptured; under-side black with sides, apex, and margins of 

 segments more or less red, sometimes entirely red; legs yellow, with 

 tarsi pitchy, and femora more or less dark in the specimens with dark 

 thorax, external claw armed with a sharp tooth reaching middle. L. 

 5-6 mm. 



Male with joints 4-9 of the antennae with a short impressed line 

 behind, third joint double as long as second. 



Female with the antennae simple, and the third joint one and a half 

 times as long as second. 



On flowers and by general sweeping ; generally distributed and common through- 

 out Kngland and Wales; Scotland, local, but widely distributed; Ireland, Dublin, 

 Belfast, Lurnc, &c., and probably general. 



The variety of this species with the thorax entirely red is often mis- 

 taken by beginners for T. tltoracicu#, which may, however, be at once 

 known by its red scutellum; the dark varieties may be known from 

 T. paludoeuB by their lighter legs and more coarsely sculptured elytra. 



T. thoracicus, < >1. (fulrirollit, Redt.). A somewhat slender and 

 narrow species, which may at once be known from its allies by its red 

 scutellum; head black with mouth parts yellow; antennae dark with 



