ENTOMOLOGICAL CABIN RT. 



HETEROCERUS LtEVIGATUS. Fabr. 



Fuscus, glossy, finely punctured and slightly hairy : 

 head and thorax without spots : elytra with the mar- 

 gin and several large, subquadrate, pale reddish spots, 

 disposed in three irregular bands : these spots are 

 very variable in form and size ; they are sometimes 

 nearly confluent, at others distinct, and are usually 

 placed two longitudinally towards the scutellum, two 

 others behind these, near the suture, and a third pair 

 towards the apex of each elytron ; the pale outer 

 margin of the latter is indented opposite the inter- 

 mediate space : the body is frequently red beneath, 

 and the legs pale testaceous, with the tibia sometimes 

 dusky. 



Length 2 lines. 



Inhabits the muddy banks of ponds. 



Mr. Stephens has enumerated five species of Hete- 

 rocerus which are found in this country ; they are by 

 no means common, but may occasionally be found 

 during the spring months on the mud of ponds and 

 rivers, and may be obtained by trampling on the 

 ground, when these insects, aroused by the sudden 

 shock, make their appearance on the surface, but 

 soon again retire beneath the mud, or hide themselves 

 in the crevices formed by the drying of the latter. 

 One of our specimens was found near a pond on the 

 South gate Road, and another on Wandsworth Com- 

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