254 LONGICORNIA. [Tetrops. 



black ; thorax about as long as broad, transversely impressed in front 

 and behind, with disc nearly smooth and front and sides punctured ; 

 elytra strongly and almost regularly punctured ; legs testaceous, with 

 the intermediate and posterior femora black. L. 3|-5 mm. 



Male with the antennae about as long as the body and a little longer 

 than in female, and the forehead furnished with white pilose pubescence. 



On flowers, by beating dead twigs, <fec. ; somewhat local, but not uncommon and 

 generally distributed throughout England from the Midland counties southwards ; 

 less common further north ; Northumberland and Durham district, rare, Gibside 

 (Wailes) ; not recorded from Scotland. 



STENOSTOLA, Mulsant. 



This genus contains five species, which are closely allied to Phytcecia, 

 but differ in having the forehead flatter, and the elytra rather pointed 

 at the extreme apex, and without raised lines, and also in the formation 

 of the antennae and tarsi ; two of these have occurred in Europe, and 

 three in North America ; one is found very rarely in Britain ; the larva 

 of this species seems to differ from most of those that have been noticed 

 in having no visible ocelli ; as a rule there appear to be two rather large 

 ones ; the legs also are quite wanting, whereas in Monocliammus and 

 Saperda they are visible, although very small ; in this point, however, 

 they agree with the majority of the Lamiidas ; the body is considerably 

 narrowed behind, the prothoracic segment being half as broad again as the 

 eighth abdominal segment ; the upper surface is rather thickly pilose ; 

 the larva is found in boughs of Salix caprea. 



8. ferrea, Schrank. (nigripes, F. ; Saperda ferrea, Steph.). Elon- 

 gate, linear, pilose, black, with the elytra of a deep steel-blue or bluish- 

 black colour, thorax sometimes with a metallic reflection ; front and 

 sides of head, scutellum, and sides of breast clothed with white 

 pubescence ; head broad, antenna? rather long ; thorax slightly trans- 

 verse, nearly as long as broad, closely and rather strongly punctured ; 

 elytra with shoulders well marked, coarsely and rugosely punctured ; 

 legs black. L. 7-10 mm. 



Male with the antennas a little longer than in female, and the thorax 

 without distinct bands of pubescence ; female with the thorax furnished 

 on each side at base with a rather distinct band of whitish pubescence. 



On flowers, trees, bushes, &c.; rare; it seems to be particularly fond of the lime. 

 South sea district ; Lords Wood, Southampton ; Warwick ; Bretby Wood, near 

 Repton (W. Garneys); Mutlock, Lovers' Walks (one specimen beaten by myself in 

 June, 1877, from a wild rose bush) ; Newark ; Nottingham ; Benthall Edge, Salop 

 (Blatch) ; Dunham Park, Manchester, on limes (Chappell) ; Northumberland and 

 Durham district, near Gibside (Hardy) ; not recorded from Scotland. 



PHYTCECIA, Mulsant. 



This genus contains rather more than one hundred species, which are 

 widely distributed in Europe, Northern Africa, and Asia; it does not, 



