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Sp. 3. scutellatus. Oblongo-ovatus, niger, subpubescens, antennarum basi pedi- 

 busque rufo-fuscis, tibiis dilutoribus, scutello albido. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 



Or. scutellatus. Wilkin? MSS.~Ta. scutellatus. Steph. Catal. 162. No. 

 1653. 



Oblong-ovate, black, slightly pubescent: head and thorax, as in the foregoing: 

 elytra moderately crenate-striated, the interstices a little rugose, and elevated ; 

 scutellum whitish : legs dull rufo-fuscovs, with the tibiae pubescent, the hinder 

 femora dusky : antennae dull rufo-fuscous at the base, the club dusky. 



Probably a variety of the foregoing insect. 



Taken near London, and in Norfolk. 



Sp. 4. Populi. Oblongo-ovatus, niger, antennis pedibusque pallide testaceis, femo- 



ribus posticis fasciii nigra, pectore albido-puhescente. (Long. corp. \k lin.) 

 Rh. Populi. Fabricius, Eleut. ii. 495 } 



Resembling Orchestes Fagi : oblong-OYate ; black: head finely punctate; eyes 

 brown, meeting on the forehead: thorax transversely convex, depressed 

 towards the base and apex, finely and thickly rugose-punctate : scutellum 

 whitish : elytra a little depressed, deeply crenate-striated, the interstices flat, 

 finely rugose : breast densely clothed with a whitish pubescence : legs pale 

 testaceous, the hinder femora with a black ring : ant ennw pale testaceous. 



I possess a single example of the above insect, which I obtained 

 from the Marshamian Cabinet. 



Sp. 5. rufitarsis. Oblongo-ovatus, niger, nitidus, scutello concolore, antennis 

 tarsisque rufo-testaceis. (Long. corp. ] § lin.) 



Or. rufitarsis. Dc Jean? — Ta. rufitarsis. Steph. Catal. 162. No. 1655. 



OZ>Zow^-ovate, rather depressed, black, shining: rostrum short, rugose at the 

 apex: thorax narrowed anteriorly, with an obsolete transverse impression: 

 scutellum black : elytra rather long, faintly punctate-striate, with the inter- 

 stices a little elevated : legs black, with the tarsi alone rufo-testaceous : 

 antennae entirely pale rufo-testaceous. 



Of this distinct species I have also a single specimen, taken by 

 myself near London several years since. 



Sp. 6. Stigma. Oblongo-ovatus, convexus, niger, scutello niveo-piloso, rosfro 

 longitudine thoracis, elytris profunde crenato-sti'iatis , interstitiis rugosis, 

 oculis coadunatis. (Long. corp. l\ — 1^ lin.) 



Salius Stigma. Germar.—Ta. Stigma. Steph. Catal. 162. No. 1656. 



Oblong-ovate, convex, black: head punctured: eyes dusky, united in front: 

 rostrum thickly rugose-punctate : thorax very narrow anteriorly, the disc 

 moderately convex, thickly rugose-punctate, covered, especially on the sides 

 and beneath, with fine cinereous doiun : scutellum eleyaied, densely clothed 



