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By beating sallows, hawthorn blossom, &c., and by sweeping herbage ; not un- 

 common in some localities, but much rarer than the preceding species. London dis- 

 trict, generally distributed, Chatham, Darenth Wood, Wimbledon, Catcrham, Mickle- 

 ham, Claygate, Shirley, Dulwich ; Amberley ; Holm Hush, Brighton; Hastings; 

 Tewkesbury ; Bewdley ; Yardley and Knowle, near Birmingham ; Bretby, near Repton ; 

 Barmouth ; Northumberland district, very rare; Scotland, rare, Solway district; 

 Ireland, near Waterford. 



E. silacea, Er. Larger and less convex than either of the two pre- 

 ceding species, with much wider and stronger margins to the thorax ; of 

 a bright reddish-testaceous or luteous colour, unicolorous ; sides of thorax 

 narrowed in front, contracted and almost sinuate before posterior angles ; 

 punctuation not so strong as in E. melina, but stronger than in E. 

 cestiva ; antennae with the last joint very slightly narrower than the 

 penultimate ; apex of elytra truncate ; legs reddish-testaceous. L. 2 

 mm. 



Male with the intermediate tibiae sinuate. 



Very rare ; Mr. Champion has taken it at Aviemore, Tay district, at sap of birch 

 (Thomson considers it as exclusively attached to flowers) ; it has also occurred at 

 Braemar, and in a rotten birch stump at the foot of Cross Craig, near Camachgouran, 

 Ksmnoch ; it is recorded in McNab's Dublin list as from near Dublin, but this is pro- 

 bably in error, as very large specimens of E. cestiva have sometimes been mistaken 

 for this species. 



E. oblonga, Herbst. Oblong, depressed, testaceous, extremely 

 finely punctured, clothed with fine yellowish-grey pubescence antennse 

 of the same colour as the rest of the body with club darker, last joint 

 distinctly narrower than the penultimate; thorax with the anterior 

 margin almost straight, side margins very distinct especially in front, 

 sides scarcely narrowed towards apex, posterior angles very marked ; 

 elytra more than double as long as thorax, truncate at apex ; legs testa- 

 ceous. L. 2f-3 mm. 



Male with the intermediate tibiae slightly sinuate. 



Under bark and at sap of fir and pine, and apparently confined to these trees ; rare ; 

 Shirley, Surrey (Rye), Button, Stourport and Bewdley (Blatch:; Dunham Park, 

 Manchester (Chappell) ; Northumberland district, Yetholm (Crotch) ; Scotland, very 

 rare, under bark of Scotch fir, Tweed and Dee districts (Sharp and Champion) ; 

 Ireland, near Dublin. 



E. long-ula, Er. Very like the preceding, but distinguished by its 

 stronger punctuation and the darker, almost black, club of its antennae ; 

 from E. florea it may be known by having the anterior margin of the 

 thorax distinctly, although slightly, emarginate, by its longer and 

 narrower form, by the side border of the thorax being broader, and by 

 the dark club of the antennae ; in the male the anterior tibiae are slightly 

 sinuate. L. 2j-3 mm. 



On umbelliferous flowers ; occasionally at sap ; rare ; Esher, Mickleham, Tilgate 

 Forest; Addingtou, in Cossus burrows; Nettlecomb, Somerset; Tewkesbury j 

 Sherwood Forest ; Northumberland district, Gosforth ; not recorded from Scotland. 



