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rather more deeply punctate. The mouth, the antenne, the legs, and a patch on each 
elytron reddish yellow. Sometimes the head, or the head and thorax, or even the whole 
body is reddish yellow. The elytra are considerably shorter than in C. pedicularius. 
Common in Europe; not rare in England. 
Var. suturauis (Motsch.). Fortiter punctatus, testaceus, elytris dilutioribus, scutello 
elytrorumque apice et macula triangulari circa scutellum brunneis. Long. ł lin., 
lat. + lin. ; 
Habitat in Siberia orientali. 
Received from Count Motschulsky under the above name; but I do not think it is a 
distinct species from C. bipustulatus. The only differences beyond colour which I can see 
are that it is somewhat more deeply punctate, and that the thorax is perhaps a little 
more expanded before the posterior angles. I have placed the specimen in the British 
Museum. 
From Eastern Siberia. 
9. CERCUS OCHRACEUS. 
(Dej. Cat. 136, ed. 1837.) 
C. bipustulato affinis; major, punctatus, flavo pubescens; prothorace transverso, margi- 
nibus rotundatis vix explanatis ; elytris magis parallelis, thorace plus quam sesquiplo 
longioribus; flavus. Long. 1j lin., lat. $ lin. 
Habitat in Volhynia. 
Distinguished from its allied species by its slightly larger size and more parallel form, 
as well as by its colour. It corresponds with the description given by M. Fairmaire of 
his Algerian species C. flavescens, except in the length of the elytra, which he states to 
be shorter than in C. bipustulatus, whereas in this species they are rather longer. The 
colour is bright flavous, the thorax and head a little darker, and a slight obscurity about 
the scutellum. The punctation is distinct, but not very close. 
From Volhynia. 
The only example of this species which I have seen is in the Dejean collection, kindly 
lent to me by the Marquis de Laferté-Sénectére. 
4, CERCUS FLAVICANS. 
Fairm. Ann. Soc. Ent. de France, sér. 3. vili. 166 (1860). 
* Ovato-oblongus, flavus, nitidus, dense punctatus, pygidio sparsim ac tenuiter asperato ; 
antennis sat validis, testaceo-flavis, apice obscurioribus; elytris thorace duplo longi- 
oribus, apice parum rotundatis, angulo suturali obtuso. Long. 1 lin.” 
Habitat in Algeria. 
I have not seen this species: M. Fairmaire mentions that it resembles the female of 
C. pedicularius, but the body is much less convex, the thorax is broader, the antenn:e 
shorter and thicker; the elytra are shorter, more parallel, and the punctation not so deep. 
From Algeria. 
