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same between this and margin, upper surface rather coarsely punctured, 

 the spaces between the punctures being finely reticulate ; antennae 

 and legs clothed with more or less distinct greenish pubescence. 

 L. 14-1G mm. 



On poplars and aspens; rare ; it has chiefly been found in the Manchester district, 

 where it has been taken in some numbers at Agecroft, Filkington, Middleton, Hough 

 End, &c.; Cockermouth and Ltingley's pastures, Northumberland and Durham district ; 

 Stephens records it as very rare in the neighbourhood of London, but this record U 

 probably erroneous ; it must not, however, be rejected without consideration, as I once 

 Mil u beautiful specimen, which had evidently just emerged, from alder in Bn-tby 

 Wood, near Bepton, Burton-on-Trent, on July 10th, 1879; it has never occurred in 

 or near the district before or since, and in fact this is the only Midland record ;* 

 when quite fresh the insect bus a most beautiful golden-green appearance, very 

 ditl'i-rent from that of older specimens. 



S. populnea, L. Elongate, subcylindrical, villose, black, under- 

 side clothed with thick yellowish-grey pubescence ; head as broad as 

 thorax, thickly punctured and pubescent; thorax nearly as long as 

 broad, with three longitudinal lines of yellowish pubescence, the central 

 one being abbreviated and often more or less obsolete, with the punc- 

 tuation coarse but shallow ; scutellum thickly pubescent ; elytra with 

 rather scanty yellowish pubescence, and besides with several dots and 

 patches of the same on each, of which one or two in the middle are often 

 most distinct, apex more or less dehiscent, punctuation very coarse ; an- 

 tennae rather long, ringed with white ; legs stout, pubescent. L. 10-14 mm. 



On fallows, aspens, poplars, willows, Ac. ; usually in woods; local, but not 

 uncommon ; St. James's Park, London; Dan-nth Wood, Dulwich Wood, Micklebam, 

 Highgnte; Hastings; Glanvilles Wootton ; Southampton; Bewdley Forest ; Knowle, 

 near Birmingham; Cliartley Moss and Burnt Wood, Staffordshire ; Whittlesea 

 Mere ; Bepton; Lincolu, Laugworth Wood ; I know of no record of the capture of 

 this insect further north than the last-mentioned locality, in which I have found it 

 sparingly. 



TETROPS, Stephens. (Poly&psia, Mulsant.) 

 Nine species are comprised in this genus ; they appear to occur 

 exclusively in Europe, the Caucasus district, and North America ; they 

 may be known by having the eyes entirely divided, by their small size, 

 and by their antennas, which are black and thickly pilose, and not, or 

 scarcely, longer than the body ; the anterior coxal cavities are narrowly 

 closed behind, and the tarsi are very short ; the larvae live in decaying 

 wood of various deciduous trees, and the perfect insects are found on 

 flowers. 



T. preeusta, L. (ttsfulata, Hag.). A very small species, which 

 bears a considerable resemblance at first sight to Telqihorus liiribaitui : 

 linear, subcylindrical, with the head, thorax and under-side black, and 

 the elytra testaceous with the apex rather broadly black ; pubescence 

 strong and coarse, villose ; head as broad as thorax, antennae stout, 



* The s|tecic-8 has just been recorded (Kut. Monthly, Mag., Oct. 1889) by Mr. \V. 

 G. Blatch, from Sherwood Forest. 



