CYPHONIDiE. — CYPHON. 285 



day. " Not uncommon in June, on the leaves of willows and 

 alders (near Swansea)." — L. W. D'rfkoyn, Esq. 



Sp. 6. testaceus. Ovalis, corpore antennarumque totb (oculis nigns exceptis) 



testaceis, subtiis pallidiore. (Long. corp. if— 2 lin.) 

 Cy. testaceus. Steph. Catal. 129. No. 1303. 



Oval, with the body above and below entirely of a pale-testaceous hue, im- 

 maculate : the eyes alone black ; the under surface paler than the upper. 



Rather less than the foregoing, which it somewhat resembles in form, but differs 

 in colour ; and the thorax appears somewhat longer. 



Taken near London and in Somersetshire; also, I believe, in 

 Devonshire. 



Sp. 7. obscurus. Suboblongo-ovalis, testaceus, subpubescens, oculis nigris, thorace 



medio fuscescenti, elytris fusco-nigris. (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 

 Cy. obscurus. Steph. Catal. 1 29. No. 1304. 



Somewhat elongate-ovate, testaceous, slightly pubescent : head fuscescent, eyes 

 black: thorax with the anterior margin nearly straight; the disc slightly 

 clouded with fuscous ; elytra fuscous-black, rather coarsely and transversely 

 rugose; legs and three basal joints of antennae testaceous, the rest of the 

 antennae black. 



As long, and of the same form with the foregoing, but differs in having the 

 head and the disc of the elytra dusky-black, and the anterior margin of the 

 thorax nearly straight. 



A single specimen caught within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 8. marginatus. Ovalis, nigro-fuscus, pubescens, antennarum basi, thoracis 



margine later all et antico, tibiisque testaceis. (Long. corp. 1^ — 2 lin.) 

 Cy. marginatus. Fabricius. — Steph. Catal. 129. No. 1305. 



Oval, fuscous-black, pubescent, with the base of the antennae, the lateral and 



anterior margins of the thorax and the tibiae testaceous. 

 The elytra have frequently a broad testaceous longitudinal patch on the disc, 



and the abdomen has sometimes a cloud of the same colour at the base. 



Rare : specimens were first given to me by my friend L. W. 

 Dillwyn, Esq., who says it is "not uncommon in summer on various 

 plants in moist parts of the Penllergare-woods, and particularly 

 about the large oak near the lower bridge." " Yorkshire." — Mr. 

 Chant. " Liverpool." — Mr. J. Hutchinson. 



Sp. 9. pubescens. O vat us, nigro-fuscus, subpubescens, thorace brevissimo sinuato, 



supra elytris tibiisque griseo-testaceis. (Long. corp. lj — 1^ lin.) 

 Ci. pubescens. Fabricius.— Steph. Catal. 129. No. 130G. 



