recede so far from the type as to have only ten joints : this, 

 however, might be a casual imperfection rather than an ex- 

 ception. The labrum is a mere membranous appendage at- 

 tached beneath the clypeus or nasus, which assumes the shape 

 of an upper lip, and in a great measure, probably, supplies its 

 place. 



The Telephori are found during the months of May, June, 

 and July, upon trees, plants, &c. especially amongst the blos- 

 soms of the Yv'hite Thorn and Umbelliferae, to which they re- 

 sort, — not to feed upon the flowers, but upon the insects which 

 congregate in multitudes in such situations. I have frequently 

 seen them with insects in their mouths ; and last year I ob- 

 served T. lividus eating a small Ichneumon, and took another 

 of the same species holding an Empis between its mandibles, 

 which it had sucked or masticated till nothing of the body, ex- 

 cepting the skin, was left. T. Juscus will prey upon its own 

 species. 



The following are natives of Britain : 



TELEPHORUS. 



14. dispar Fah. Scheef. 16. 9.— livida 



lU.. — rufipes Herb. 

 Cantianus Leach ? 

 pellucidus Fab. Sduef. 16. 12. 

 thoracicus Gyll.—Oliv. ? 2. 1. 1./.2. 



— fulvicollis m. — bicolor Herb. 

 ater Linn. Oliv. 2. t. \.f. 3. 

 flavilabris GylL 



*EthiopszVo6. — Upon grass, moun- 

 tains, Ambleside, 

 fuscicomis 01. 2. t. \. f. 4. — fla- 



vicollis Mar. — melanocepbala 



Fanz. 39. 12. 

 testaceus Linn. — Panz. 57. 4. 

 paUidus Fab. Panz. 85. 7. — pal- 



lipes Fab. Oliv. 2. pi. l.f. 5. 

 lateralis Linn. 

 marginatus Fab, ? 

 longicomis Fab. 

 melanurus Fab. Panz. 85. 6. 

 ruficoUis Fab. Martin, t. 29./. 11. 



Ahr. 11. 9. 



I. alpinus Gi/ll. 

 "■2. cyaneus Nob. 



3. rusticus GyU. — fuscus Oliv. 2. t.\. 15. 



/. 1. 16. 



4. fuscusZmn. — DcG.4. t.2.f.5—15. 17. 



—Sckaf. 16./. 10. 



5. obscurus Linn. Syst. Nat. — GyU. — 18. 



Sch^. 16. 8, 19. 



6. discoideus Elrby's M.SS. 20. 



7. analis Fab.? 

 S. nigricans Fab. — obscura Linn. 21. 



Faun. Suec. — Scheef. 16. 13. 

 9. lituratus Fall. — GyU. — assimLIis 



var.6. Payk.—Sch(Bf.? 16. 14. 22. 



10. clypeatus III. ? GyU. — testacea 5cop. 23. 



— nivea Panz. 57. 5. 



11. rufus itnn. Z" GyU. — livida Panr. 24. 



57. 3. 25. 



12. bicolor Fab. — Panz. 39. 13.— 26. 



Sclicef. 16. 15. 27. 



13. lividus Linn.— Oliv. 2. t. 2. /. 8. 28. 



— Sam. pi. 3./. 4. — flavus DeG. 



T. JEthiops resembles C tristis of Panzer, but is much 

 smaller; and the antennae are only pale beneath at the base. 



T. cijaneus is confined to the northern districts : it has been 

 found in Yorkshire by Mr. Atkinson ; and last June I took 

 three specimens at Ambleside, near some oak-trees. Mr. Mar- 

 shall about the same time captured several flying over the top 

 of an oak in Cumberland. Our insect agrees perfectly with 

 Panzer's figure of C. abdoviinalis^ but it differs from the Fa- 

 brician species in the colour of the thorax ; and its entirely 

 black legs distinguish it from the C. violacea of Paykul and 

 Gyllenhal. 



The beautiful plant represented. Primula farinosa (Moun- 

 tain Auricula) was in flower in abundance on the sides of the 

 mountains near Ambleside at the same time. 



