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beneath at apex only : ehtra black with reddish- 



yellow b Mills; 1. -nuth 10-12 mm S. ATTEMJATA, //. 



2. Posterior tarsi with the third joint entirely 

 jmtx-Mvi.t Ix-ii'itth ; length 7- l J nun. 



A. Colour entirely blu-k S. MGRA, L. 



B. Elytra nililisli or reddish-yellow with apex and 



suture bluck S. MELAMUKA, L. 



S. aurulenta, F. (s.g. Stenura, Dej.). A large an conspicuous 

 species of a deep velvety black colour, with four transverse reddish- 

 yellow bands on elytra, one at base, one a little before middle, a third 

 behind middle, and a fourth before apex, usually taking the form of a 

 patch, apex black ; sometimes the yellowish colour prevails over the 

 black, so that many authors describe them as reddish-yellow with four 

 black fasciae ; head closely punctured, depressed between eyes ; thorax 

 about as long as broad, not very closely punctured, with the anterior 

 and posterior margins thickly fringed with yellowish hairs ; scutellum 

 also thickly clothed with yellowish hairs ; elytra finely and asperately 

 punctured, clothed with fine yellowish pubescence, strongly emarginate 

 and mucronate at apex ; legs elongate. L. 14-22 mm. 



Male narrower and smaller than female, and with the elytra con- 

 siderably narrowed behind, and the antennae longer ; the antennae and 

 legs in this sex are black or mostly black, whereas in the female tln-y 

 are more or less red-yellow. 



On flowers; very rare; a considerable number of specimens have been taken by 

 Charles Turner anil others in the New Forest; Arundcl (once, S. Sievens) ; between 

 Ham-tuple and Bideford, Devon (Stephens) ; Plymouth (J. H. Keys) ; Briton Ferry, 

 near Swansea (Dillwyn). It eland, " in:ile ami female taken at Uleiigariile in l,ufd 

 Bautry's demesne by Mr. W. F. de V. Kane (Kev. W. F. Johnson)." 



8. quadrifasciata, L. (s.g. Stenura, Dej.). Allied to the preceding, 

 but with a less golden and velvety appearance, and easily distinguished 

 by the absence of a thick row of yellowish hairs on anterior and 

 posterior margins of thorax, which is rather sparingly clothed with 

 gn-yish pubescence ; antennae black, with the apex reddish in the 

 fi-iuale ; elytra finely and asperately punctured, black with four yellow 

 fasciae, which are sometimes interrupted, and sometimes cover a great 

 part of the elytra, apex black, emarginate, and mucronate ; legs black, 

 elongate ; in the male the fifth ventral segment is slightly emarginate 

 at apex. L. 10-17 mm. 



On flowers ; as a rule rare, but sometimes not uncommon locally ; Dulwicb, 

 Dan-nth \Vood, Sittingbourne, Westerhiiui, Chatham, Huinuult Forest; Hastings 

 district, rather common; Parkhurst, Ile of Might; Swansea; Bewdlev Forest; 

 Cannock Cnasc; St. Osyth ; Sherwood Forest; Northumberland and Durham dis- 

 trict, widely distributed, hut not common ; Scotland, rare, Solway, Clyde, Tay, and 

 Moray districts. Ireland, " dengm-iffe in Lord Bautry's demesne, twelve specimens 

 taken in half an hour on ragweed by Mr. W. F. de V. Kane (Kev. W. F. Johnson)." 



8. revestlta, L. (rillica, F. ; s.g. Stenura, Pi'j.). Ferruginous red, 



