SALPINGID.^. — SPH^RIESTES. 



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pedibusque pallidis, thorace punctatissimo, postice utrinque impresso. (Long. 

 Corp. 1^— If lin.) 



Sp. iramaculatus. Steph. Catal 195. No. 2008. 



Castaneous-brown, or ferruginous, glabrous, shining : head rounded : eyes black : 

 thorax very thickly and coarsely punctate, with an obsolete transverse im- 

 pression on each side at the base : elytra punctate-striate, with an impression 

 on the disc towards the base : legs and antenna pale, club of the latter a little 

 dusky. 



In my Catalogue I inadvertently transposed this and the following species, and 

 placed the section B. in the wrong place, indicating the present insect as a 

 supposed variety of Sp- 4-pustulatus, instead of noting Sp. denticoUis as the 

 variety, a mistake that has been servilely followed by Mr. Curtis in his original 

 Guide. 



Extremely common on one fir tree in a plantation on Oekham- 

 heath, in July, 1827; since found near " Norwood." — Mr. Ingall; 

 and I believe in the neighbourhood of Chelsea. 



B. With the sides of the thorax denticulated. 



Sp. 3. quadripustulatus. Plate xxi. f. 5. — Atro-piceus, rostro, thorace pedibus- 

 que ferrugineis, elytris maculis duabus ferrugineis, abdomine nigro. (Long. 

 Corp. \l—\^ lin.) 



Cu. quadripustulatus. Marsham. — Sp. 4-pustulatus. Steph. Catal. 194. No. 

 2007. 



Dark piceous, sometimes castaneous : head and thorax ferruginous, the latter 

 thickly punctured, with the lateral margins finely crenulated in the middle • 

 elytra black, striated, with two ferruginous spots, one placed at the base, the 

 other towards the apex, a little behind the middle: abdomen black: antennae 

 dusky at the apex : legs ferruginous. 



Abundant in whitethorn hedges at Hertford in June and July, 

 and not uncommon at Ripley, and in Battersea-fields. " Near 

 Swansea."" — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 4. denticollis. Fuscus, capite, thorace antennis pedibusque testaceis, elytris 



basi pallescentibus, thorace punctatissimo. (Long. corp. 1;| — 1| lin.) 

 Sa. denticolhs. Gyllenhal. — Steph. Catal. 1 95. No. 2009. 



i^Mscoii^, glabrous, shining: head and thorax luteous, the latter thickly punctured^ 

 with the lateral margins crenulated, and the base considerably narrowed, with 

 two obsolete impressions behind the middle : elytra punctate-striate, fuscous- 

 brown, with an oblique pale testaceous spot at the base within : antennae and 

 legs testaceous : eyes black. 



Found in hedges within the metropolitan district, not very un- 

 common : probably a variety of the foregoing insect. 



