158 sEimiooRNiA. [Axinotarsua. 



the preceding, bat with the elytra rather strongly widened behind, and 

 easily distinguished by having the thorax entirely red ; head large, dark 

 green, antennae black with the under-sides of the joints, to a greater or 

 leas extent, yellowish ; thorax a little narrower than elytra, slightly 

 transverse, impressed near posterior angles ; elytra very finely punc- 

 tured, alutaceous, dark green with apex yellow ; legs dark, anterior tarsi 

 brown. L. 3 mm. 



Male with the antennae longer and the apex of elytra strongly and 

 bluntly reflexed obliquely, with a small black appendage. 



In grassy places ; by sweeping ; local, but sometimes found in numbers where it 

 occurs ; London district, not uncommon, Beckenham, Weybridge, Kipley, Dulwich, 

 Richmond, Reigate, Erith, Loughton, Tonbridge, &c. ; Hertford ; Brandon, Suffolk ; 

 it has also been recorded from Bristol, but appears to be almost entirely confined to 

 the London and South-eastern districts. 



ANTHOCOMUS, Erichson. 



The species belonging to this genus much resemble those belonging 

 to the preceding, but differ in the insertion of the antennae, and the 

 simple anterior tarsi of the male ; they are about thirty in number, and 

 are widely distributed, occurring in Europe, Africa, North, Central and 

 South America, &c. ; they are small insects, as a rule very brightly and 

 prettily coloured, and are found by sweeping flowers and herbage in 

 damp or marshy localities ; of the seven European species three are 

 found in Britain, one of which is referred by Mulsant to his sub-genus 

 Carapheles. 



I. Antenna? short, feebly serrate; thorax more or less 



dark. 



1. Thorax dark with sides broadly red ; elytra red . . A. ETJFUS, Herbtt. 



(sanguinolentus, F.) 



2. Thorax entirely dark ; elytra dark with red fascia9 . A. PASCIATUS, L. 



II. Antennas longer, filiform ; thorax entirely red ... A. TEBMINATUS, 



A. rufua, Herbst. (sanguinolentus, F.). Kather elongate and 

 parallel-sided, dull, extremely finely and scarcely visibly punctured, 

 clothed with very short and fine pubescence; head greenish-black, 

 large, antennae rather short, black, serrate ; thorax greenish-black with 

 sides rather broadly red, about as broad as elytra, and with the length 

 and breadth almost equal, sides gently rounded ; scutellum small ; 

 elytra dull scarlet, subparallel, very slightly broader at apex ; legs dark. 

 L. 3-4 mm. 



Male with the elytra reflexed at apex, and furnished with a small 

 black spinifonn membranous appendage. 



By sweeping aquatic plants, &c. ; almost entirely confined to the fen districts ; 

 WickenFen; Whittlesea Mere; Yaxley Mere; Bexley Mere; Ashwicken; Horning 

 Fen ; Crymlyn Bog, Swansea ; Stephens records it as " rare near London ; has been 

 taken at Baling on barley," but this appears doubtful. 



