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with a griseous pubescence : abdomen black: femora black, with the apex 

 broadly flavescent or pale-testaceous ; tibiae entirely of the latter colour ; tarsi 

 fuscescent : antennae with the three basal joints flavescent, the rest black. 

 In some examples the thorax has the disc almost totally rufous; but these 

 varieties may be known by the dusky base of the femora from the preceding 

 insect. 



Not uncommon in June and July in woody and damp situations. 

 " GlanvibVs Wootton."— J. C. Dale, Esq. 



Sp. 6. flavilabris. Oblongus, niger, ore, antennarum basi, thoracis limbo, tibiis 



anoque pallide rufo-testaceis. (Long. corp. 3 — 3§ lin.) 

 Ca. flavilabris. Fallen.— Te. flavilabris. Steph. Catal. 131. No. 1323. 

 Oblong, black : with the mouth, the three basal joints of the antennae, the 



margins of the thorax, the disc of which is very glossy, the tibiae and apex 



of the abdomen pale rufo-testaceous : palpi fuscous. 

 Variable in the colour of the thorax, which is sometimes rufous, with a small 



central black patch ; the legs are occasionally without the dusky base of the 



femora, and the palpi but slightly fuscous. 

 This closely resembles the preceding species, but it is of a deeper black, &c. 



Less abundant than the three or four last-mentioned species, 

 though far from uncommon within the metropolitan district. 

 " Waterford, in Ireland." — Dr. Leach. " On flowers (near Swan- 

 sea), not common." — L. W. Dilhoyn, Esq. 



Sp. 7. pulicarius. Oblongus, niger, mandibulis, thoracis limbo toto, abdominis 



margine, anoque testaceis. (Long. corp. 2 — 2^ lin.) 

 Te. pulicarius. Olivier ?— Steph. Catal. 131. No. 1324. 



Oblong : head black, with the mandibles testaceous : thorax with the disc 

 black, shining, the margins testaceous-yellow, the lateral margins being 

 most broadly edged: scutellum and elytra black, the latter finely rugose- 

 punctate and densely pubescent; beneath black, with the margins of the 

 abdomen narrowly, and the apex broadly, testaceous: legs entirely black, 

 with the claws alone testaceous: antennae with the basal joints testaceous 

 beneath, the rest black. 



Of this species I possess a pair, taken either in the north of 

 England or in Scotland by Mr. Dale, who presented me with the 

 specimens. 



2. Antennae with the second and tliird joints nearly of equal length. 

 Sp. 8. lateralis. Niger, capite anticc, antennis inferne, thorace toto, abdominis 

 limbo pedibusque rufo-testaceis, ehjtrorum margine laterali apiceque Jlavis- 

 (Long. corp. 2 — 2^ lin.) 



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