SALPlNGIDiE. 215 



Br. seminarius. LinnS.—Steph. Catal. 193. No. 1999. 



Oblong-oval, black, clothed and somewhat variegated with agriseous pile : head 

 oblong: thorax with the lateral margins entire, oblique ; the disc clothed with 

 a griseous pubescence, most dense opposite to the scutellum : elytra punctate- 

 striate, the interstices clothed with a rather long pubescence : /owr awferzor 

 legs slender, rufo-testaceous, with the femora from the base to beyond the 

 middle black : the tarsi dusky-ferruginous : the hinder longer and stouter, 

 entirely black, with the femora unarmed : antenn<e with the four basal joints 

 rufo-testaceous. 



Rare : it has been found near London and in other parts. " Ep- 

 ping." — Mr. Douhleday. 



Sp. 7. Cisti. Ovatus niger, tenue griseo-pubescens, antennis basi obscure fer^ 



rugineis. (Long. corp. 1— l;j lin.) 

 Br. Cisti. Fabricius.—Steph. Catal. 193. No. 2000. 



Black, delicately clothed throughout with a fine griseous pile : thorax transverse, 

 with the lateral margins oblique, entire, the disc rugose-punctate: elytra 

 black, punctate-striate, sprinkled with a fine griseous pubescence, immaculate ; 

 abdomen at the apex, and body beneath black : legs entirely black: antennae 

 with the four basal joints dull ferruginous, their upper edge dusky. 



Extremely" abundant in some localities within the metropolitan 

 district; especially at Coombe and Darenth Woods in June. 



Family XLIV.— SALPINGID^, Leach. 



Tarsi heteromerous, the four anterior 5-jointed ; the two posterior 4-jointed ; 

 head produced anteriorly into a rostrum, which is sometimes elongate, with 

 the mouth at the apex ; palpi obvious ; eyes large, prominent ; antennce elongate, 

 cylindric, subovate; or short, moniliform, thickened exteriorly, the apex 

 forming an evident club. 



The insects of this family — with the exception of the first genus, 

 which is somewhat discrepant from the remainder — are usually of 

 small size, and are found beneath the bark of decaying trees, upon 

 which they subsist — those of the first genus are found upon flowers. 



The indigenous species may be thus distributed into genera : 



^4wfew«cE filiformes, elongatsB : . . • 358. Mycterus. 

 clavatffi, breves. 



iiorfrttOT plus minus elongatum : . . 359. Salpijtgus. 



breve, latum : . • 360. SPHiERiESTES. 



