368 [September, 



Head and antennae black. Pronotum black or dark fuscous, with the lateral 

 margins pale and pellucid. Elytra in <? fully developed, testaceous, with a few 

 brownish blotches and numerous small dark dots. Veins pale. Elytra in ? trun- 

 cate, not reaching beyond the fourth abdominal segment. Wings fully developed 

 in (? , rudimentary in ? . Legs fuscous, with the articulations paler. Abdomen 

 dark fuscous, shining. Length, 8 — 13 mm. 



Lapponica is readily distinguished from Panzeri, Steph., by its 

 larger size, while its much darker colour at once separates it from 

 livida, Fab. 



This species may be looked for through the summer, probably 

 from July to September, under dry leaves and moss, and amongst the 

 undergrowth in woods. I have taken it in the New Forest, and it has 

 been found in several localities in the S. E counties. 



Stephens, Mandib., vi, p. 47, describes perspicillaris, Fues., as 

 British. I have examined his specimen in the British Museum, and 

 regard it as identical with lapponica, L., and this seems also to have 

 been the opinion of L. Fischer. The true perspicillaris, Fues., ought 

 to be referred to livida, Fab. 



2. — Ectobia Panzeri, Steph. 

 Ectobius Panzeri, Steph., Mandib., vi, p. 47 (1835). 

 Blatta ericetorum, Wesmael, Bull. Acad. Brux , v, p. 587, tab. i, fig. 2 



(1838) ; {Ectobius) Fischer, Orth. Europ., p. 110, tab. vii, figs. 



19, 20. 



Ectobia ericetorum, Brunner, Prod, der Eur. Orth., p. 34. 



Bl. germanica, Panzer, Faun. Ins. Germ., ii, fig. 17. 



Ect. nigripes, Steph., Mandib., vi, p. 48 (var.). 



Head and antennae fuscous, vertex pale between the eyes. Pronotum testaceous, 

 with clear margins, and several dark markings on the disc, and a pale central streak 

 running from before backwards. Elytra pale with numerous dark spots ; lanceolate 

 and longer than the abdomen in $ ; truncate in 9 -, not reaching beyond the third 

 abdominal segment. Wings in 3 smoky, in $ rudimentary. Legs testaceous, with 

 fuscous markings. Abdomen pale fuscous, with several rows of black dots above. 

 Larva with a blackish triangular mark occupying the pronotum and mesonotum, 

 and with its base at the posterior margin of the mesonotum, metanotum with the 

 posterior border blackish. Length, 6 — 9 mm. 



June and July. Mr. E. Saunders has taken this species at Hay- 

 ling Island and Deal, and Stephens gives localities on the South Coast 

 and Lyndhurst. It occurs in sandy districts, and seems commonest 

 on the shore sandhills. 



Wesmael's name, ericetorum, is in use amongst continental authors, 

 but as Stephens' name has the prior right, I have adopted it. The 

 form occurring in this country is darker than that from middle and 

 South Europe, and the var. nigripes, Steph. (q. v.), is much darker still. 



