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Zi. saneruinolenta, L. Elongate, slightly convex, black, with the 

 elytra differing in the Mxei tdothed with gn-yi>h pubescence; antennae 

 blark ; thorax very closely punctured, a little longer than broad, with 

 tin- anterior margin slightly elevated, and the sides furnished with white 

 villose hairs: elytra more sparingly punctured than thorax, and more 

 finely at apex than at base; legs rather long and slender, black. L. 

 10-12 mm. 



Male with the elytra livid testaceous, with the apex broadly, and the 

 exterior margin narrowly, black ; fifth ventral segment of abdomen sub- 

 truncate at apex. 



Female with the elytra sanguineous, with the apical point black, and 

 the fifth ventral segment of abdomen slightly impressed before apex. 



Ou flowers; very rare; recorded by Stephens from Norfolk, Suffolk, and Bickhnm> 

 Devonshire, and also from near London ; Mr. Champion has found one specimen at 

 Aviemore, Monty district, Scotland, but this is the only capture that has been 

 recorded lor nmny years. 



Xi. fulva, De G. (tomentosa, F.). Black, thickly clothed beneath 

 with silvery pubescence, elytra testaceous with the apex black ; head 

 very closely punctured, antennae black ; thorax convex, closely and 

 deeply punctured, strongly constricted just before apex, pilose ; elytra 

 broader in female than in male, distinctly but not strongly punctured, 

 and clothed with scanty yellowish pubescence, which is longer towards 

 base; legs rather stout, black. L. 10-12 mm. 



Male with the fifth ventral segment of abdomen broadly impressed, 

 and bidentate at apex ; posterior tibiae slightly thickened in the middle. 



On flowers; rare; New Forest (Blatch) ; Southampton (Newbery) ; Southsea 

 (Moucreaff) ; Haslar; Ryde ; Kingsbridge, Devon ; Sivuusea. 



Zi. livida, F. (s g. Vadonia, Muls. ; Paclu/i<i liri<1a, Steph.). Much 

 smaller than either of the preceding species, black with the elytra livid 

 testaceous, under-side with silvery pubescence, upper surface rather 

 sparingly clothed with greyish pubescence, thorax pilose ; head strongly 

 punctured, antennae stout and comparatively short, black ; thorax longer 

 than broad, coarsely punctured ; elytra broader in female than in male, 

 rounded at apex, unicolorous, with the punctuation composed of largo 

 shallow puncture*; pygidium exposed; legs black, anterior tibiaj and 

 tarsi ferruginous. L. 6-7 mm. 



( >n flowers ; local ; London district, rather common and generally distributed, 

 W,.\bri<L'', Woking, Darenth, Forest Hill, Lee, Chatham, Tollbridge, Hmx-11, 

 \Vliit-table, Gravesend, Sheernogg ; Essex; Deal; Sandwich; Hastings; Ports- 

 month d^trirt ; N-w Fmvst ; Wi-vmmith ; Devon; Swansea; Suffolk; Hertford; 

 Clacton ; Burnt Wood, Staffordshire ; it does not occur apparently further north 

 than the Muil'ind countien, in which it is very rare. 



(L. rufa, Brulld. Allied to L. tcutellata and of about the same size, 

 with the head, thorax, and antennae black (the first joint of the latter 

 sometimes red), and the elytra brownish-red, punctured coarsely at the 



