144 CANTHARID^ (TELEPHORID^). 



CANTHARID.S: (TELEPHORIDiE). 

 CANTHARIS, Linne (TELEPHORUS, Schaeffer). 



As we have said before, the name Cantharis, L., must be substi- 

 tuted for that of Telei^hortis, and Oanthai'idpe for Telephorid?e. When 

 a new catalogue or new edition of this work is issued, our arrange- 

 ment and nomenclature must be brought, as far as possible, into con- 

 formity with the latest received results although not necessarily into 

 complete agreement with the catalogue of Heyden, Reitter and Weise 

 (190G), which is in some points open to criticism. 



C. figurata, Mann., var. cruachana, Chitty (Ent. Mo. Mag. 

 xxix. (2 Ser. iv.), 1803, 143). This name was given by Mr. A. J. Chitty 

 to a black form of C.figttrata found on or near BenCruachan, Scotland ; 

 it is evidently one of the northern melanic varieties. The specimens 

 ai-e entirely black, with the exception of the labrum, mandibles, knees, 

 claws, extreme side margins of thorax, outside of anterior and inter- 

 mediate tibise, and pubescence. 



The insect standing in our collections as Telephorus {Ancistronyclia) 

 ahdominalis, F., must be referred to the var. cyanipennis, Bach ( = q/anea, 

 Curtis) : the type form, with the thorax of the male entirely black, does 

 not occur in Britain, as far as is known (c/. ISTewbery, Ent. Mo. Mag. 

 1910, 230). 



C. thoracica, 01., var. suturalis, Schilsky (Deutsch. Ent.Zeitsch. 

 1890, p. 178). This form has a yellow splash at the sutui-e which 

 broadens at the base and does not quite reach the apex ; in some 

 specimens the yellow coloration is mainly confined to a transverse patch 

 at the base of each elytron. 



Gosport (Pool) ; Woking (Champion) . Mr. Champion inrecordingthis 

 form (Ent. Mo. Mag. 1911, 17) says that he believes it is not rare in 

 Britain, but I have not seen it in any collections. Mr. Pool swept a large 

 number in one marshy spot near Gosport. 



MALTHODES, Kiesenwetter. 

 M. minimus, L., var. marginicollis, Schilsky (Deutsch. Ent. 

 Zeit. 1892, p. 198). Mr. Donisthorpe swept a male specimen of this 

 variety at Cobham Park in July 1907. Schilsky's description is as 

 follows : " The black colour, in a form which occurs not rarely in 

 Herzegovina (von Hopflgarten), extends so that only the borders of the 

 thoi-ax remain yellow ; in some examples only the hind corners are 

 yellow, whilst the arched side portions of the thorax always remain 

 yellow. The tibise are then also darker, and the first joint of the 

 antennfe alone remains yellow. In this form the insect may easily be 

 confused with il/. 2)eUucidus {v. Donisthorpe, Ent. l\ecord,xx. 1908, 82). 



