The trophi of Elodes are very different to those of Dascillus 

 (pi. 216.), to which it is considered to be allied ; and the labial 

 palpi have sometimes a furcate appearance from the apical 

 joint being inserted at the middle of the antecedent one, but 

 as this character does not seem to be common to all, it may 

 be only a sexual or specific distinction. 

 The following are British species. 



1 . melanurus Fab. — pallida Mars. p. 227. n. 20. 



" Inhabits the white-thorn and umbelliferous plants." Sam. 

 June, Isle of Wight ; July, GlengarifF; Aug., alders, Lynd- 

 hurst. J. C. 



2. laetus Panz.fasc. 8. n. 8. 



June, out of an oak near Lyndhurst. J. C. 



3. lividus F. — mollis Mars. — assim ills and testaceus5/e. vars.? 

 Panzer's -pallida fas. 8. 7. seems to be this species, although 

 his description is that o^ melanurus. 



March, Coomb Wood ; June, Shooter's Hill : J. C. " June 

 on the leaves of willows and alders." Dill. 



4. obscurus Ste. " A single specimen caught within the me- 

 tropolitan district." 



5. marginatus Fab. — nimbata Panz. 24. 15. 



June, alders, near Ambleside, J. C. ; Leeds, Mr. Atkinson; 

 " on various plants in moist parts of the Penllergare woods." 

 Dill. 



6. pubescens Fab. — Cryp. dorsalis Mars. 

 Common everywhere on reeds and alders. 



7. griseus F. — coarctatus Pk. — nigricans and concolor ikfar^. 

 vars. 



Common everywhere. June, meadows, near Ambleside. 



8. Fadi Linn. — discolor Panz. 99. 8. 

 Common in Norfolk and around London. 



9. ater Ste. " Found near London." 



10. ochraceus Sie. Taken at Ripley. 



1 1 . immunis Sle. Found near Windsor. 



12. Pini Curt. B. E. pi. 602. 



This insect has so much the habit of S. hemispharicus that 

 it forms a connecting link between it and Elodes : I have found 

 it in Scotland, and in great numbers in July 1835, on the 

 Larches at Castle Connel near Limerick. It agrees with Gyl- 

 lenhal's var. b o( E. griseus, but not with Marsham's C. nigri- 

 cans, and as I have not detected a single variety I have no 

 doubt of its being a distinct species. 



1 3. angulosus Mars. 228. 24. June, rare in woods, Surrey. 



14. dubius Sie. June, rare in woods, Kent. 



The Plant is Verbascim nigrum (Black Mullein). 



