Two allied genera, Mezium and Gibbiiim, have been already 

 illustrated in this Work, and they are so well characterized by 

 their connate elytra and indistinct scutels that I need only 

 refer to Plates 232 and 3 i2, where they are represented. The 

 following are our species of the genus Plinus. 



1. imperialis Linn. — Panz. 5. 7. — Sam.pl. \.f. 6. 



June, hedges, Darent and Birch Woods, and on paling in 

 the spring in Norfolk and Suffolk, J. C. On White-thorn 

 blossoms, end of May, Mr. Dale, and Coomb Wood, J. C. ; 

 near Bristol, Mr. Waring ; near Burgh Castle, Mr. Paget. 



2. germanus Linn. — Oliv. v. 2. no. \1.pl, \. f. 6. 



June, on old posts, Carrow Abbey near Norwich, and Bun- 

 gay, Suffolk, J. C. ; Swansea, Mr. Dillwyn. 

 3.' rufipes Fab. — Oliv. pi. ^.f. 8. — elegans Fab. ? . 



May, hedges. 



4. sex-punctatus Fab. — Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 64-6. ? . — Muse- 



orum Leach. 



This handsome species is at once distinguished from the fol- 

 lowing by the form of the thorax, which is not channelled : it 

 is of a dark chocolate colour, the crown of the head is distinctly 

 whitish, and the white spots on the elytra are dissimilar. 



The only specimen 1 have seen I took many years since in 

 Norfolk, but Mr. Dale thinks he captured one at Furleigh near 

 Beaminster the end of June ; May, Edinburgh, Dr. Leach. 



5. Fur Linn. — Don. v. 12. pi. 422. — testaceus Mars. ^ . — cla- 



vipes Panz. 99. 4. — Latro Fab. 

 September and the winter months, common in houses every- 

 where. 



6. crenatus Fab. — ovatus Mars. — Cerevisiae Mars. ? — testa- 



ceus Oliv.? pi. 2./. 9. 

 April and August, houses, Norfolk, Hurne and Glanville's 

 Wootton. 



7. Lichenum Mars. 89. 26. — similis Mars. 90. 30. ? .— bidens 



Oliv.pl. 2./. 10. 

 May, Thetford, and in old houses at Drayton, in Norfolk. I 

 have frequently taken both sexes in May on old paling at 

 Wandsworth, but I could only find the males in the middle of 

 June. 



For specimens of the rare Plant figured, Veronica /ii/brida, 

 Welch Speedwell, I am indebted to W. C. Hewitson, Esq., 

 who gathered them the end of last August on St. Vincent's 

 Rocks near Bristol. 



