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B. Thorax very finely punctured ; size larger ; 

 elytra black with the apex nnd a lon^i- 



tii.liual patch at margins yellow . . . . C. MORJEI, L. 



C. Thorax closely and distinctly strigoae 

 longitudinally ; size small ; elytra yellow 

 with the suture and a longitudinal stripe 



on each black C. BiLlXBATUa, L. 



2. Thorax yellow; elytra variable, often entirely 



ycllotv, bnt with at least the apex yellow. 



A. Elytra with punctured striae continued to 



apex ; prosternuui without labial process . C. FULVCS, Goeta 



(minutu*, F.) 



B. Elytra with punctured striae almost effaced 

 for posterior third ; prosternum with a long 



and sharp labial process C. rrsiLi.rs, F. 



3. Thorax and elytra entirely black. 



A. Thorax smooth ; elytra with the punctured 

 striae, at all events the inner ones, more or 



less effaced for posterior third. 



a. Size smaller; anterior femora in part 



dark C. LABIATU8, L. 



b. Size larger; anterior legs entirely yellow C. QUJEKCBTI, Suffr. 



B. Thorax very finely but distinctly strigose ; 

 elytra with the punctured striae almost, 



if not quite, reaching apex C. KXIGCCS, Schneid. 



( \Vasastjernee, Gyll.) 



4. Thorax black, with anterior margin very 

 narrowly yellow, smooth ; elytra entirely 



black, with punctured striae reaching apex . C. FKONTALIS, Marsh. 



C. primarius, Har. (imperialis, F., nee Laich.). Head, thorax 

 and scutellum black with a more or less distinct bluish reflection, head 

 comparatively strongly punctured, antennae black, with base reddish ; 

 thorax long, thickly and finely punctured ; elytra reddish-yellow with 

 five distinct and comparatively small black spots on each, more coarsely 

 punctured than thorax ; under-side and legs black. L. 4-7 mm. 



On willows and hazels ; extremely rare in Britain ; one specimen was taken by Dr. 

 Power many years ago on the Gogmagog Hills, Cambridgeshire. 



C. coryli, L. Black, with the antennae ferruginous at base, and 

 two lines near eyes yellowish, the thorax black in male and red in 

 female, and the elytra red with the suture and basal margin very 

 narrowly black, and sometimes with a black spot at shoulders, anil 

 rarely one or two on each elytron ; head thickly and finely punctured, 

 impressed in middle ; thorax strongly convex, shining, very finely and 

 not thickly punctured ; scutellum large, black ; elytra with the punctures 

 not strong, and arranged in more or less iro-gular rows, which are more 

 regular in some specimens than in others, and become more irregular 

 behind; legs moderate, deep black. L. 6-7 mm. 



Male with the fifth ventral segment impressed with a more or less 

 obsolete fovea in the middle. 



On young hauls ; in woods in June ; rare ; Darenth Wood, Cobham, Mickleham, 

 Hundley Lane, Honell, Box Hill, Reigate ; Mr. W. U. BUtch has found it on birck 

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