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side at base, and the posterior angles not acute ; the chief character, 

 however, lies in the anal spine, Avhich is short and blunt and more or 

 less truncate at apex ; the posterior tibiae, moreover, are marked with 

 four oblique strigosities instead of with three only as in M. pumila. L. 

 3-4 mm. 



On flowers, &c.; especially in chalky districts ; very local, but occasionally common 

 where found ; Mickleliam, Reigate, Caterham, Maidstone, Chatham ; Folkestone ; 

 Eastbourne ; it appears to be confined to the London and South-eastern counties. 



HZ. parvula, Gyll. ; v. incequdlis, Muls. Smaller than the two pre- 

 ceding, which it resembles in colour and general appearance ; it is easily 

 distinguished from both by its plainer and coarser pubescence and the 

 very slight sinuation at each side of base of thorax, the space between 

 the sinuations being much broader and shorter ; in the type form the 

 posterior angles of the thorax are obtusely rounded, and the anal process 

 is thick, conical and acuminate, about half as long again as the anus or 

 hypopygidium ; the var. iiKsqualis, however, appears to be the only 

 variety of the species that occurs in Britain, and this has the anal process 

 twice as long as the hypopygidium, and the posterior angles of the 

 thorax scarcely rounded, the size also being a little larger ; the posterior 

 tibiae are furnished with three strongly oblique strigosities, the first 

 being very large and traversing almost the whole side of the tibia?. L. 

 2|-3 mm. 



On Artemisia maritime,, and probably on A. vulgaris ; rarely on flowers ; very 

 local, but occasionally taken in numbers ; Weybridge ; Thames Ditton ; Bushey ; 

 Sheerness (in abundance, Champion and Walker) ; Deal ; Folkestone ; Sandown ; 

 Hants ; Glanvilles Wootton. 



It is worthy of note that not a single species of the Mordellidce, 

 except those belonging to the genus Anaspis, has been recorded from 

 further north than the midland counties, and the majority are confined 

 to the southern districts. 



ANASPINA. 



The species belonging to this tribe are small and delicate insects, 

 without an anal style ; the body is rather fusiform than cuneiform or 

 wedge-shaped as in the Mordellina ; the hind coxae are not very large; 

 the posterior tibiae are armed with strong spurs ; the thorax has the sides 

 not margined in front ; the eyes are slightly ernarginate and coarsely 

 granulated, and the elytra have the epipleurae, which in the preceding 

 tribe are absent, narrow but evident ; three genera, Pentaria, Cyrta- 

 lutspif, and Anaspis, are found in Europe, the latter of which is repre- 

 sented in Britain by several species. 



ANASPZS, Geoffroy. 



About seventy species are comprised in this genus, of which thirty- 

 nine or forty are found in Europe, and nearly all the remainder in North 

 America and Northern Asia ; the Australian region has furnished one 

 species ; the characters given for the tribe will serve to distinguish the 



