CERAMBYCID^. — CLYTUS. 243 



approximating striga, densely clothed with a^Y-white pubescence: on the 

 sides of the breast are also some oblique lines of similar hue : legs elongate ; 

 tarsi piceous. 

 It varies in having the flexuous strigas united into broad patches of pubescence, 

 and in having the base of the elytra more or less rufous, and sometimes en- 

 tirely black : this last variety is rare. 



Abundant throughout the neighbourhood of London, in woods, 

 hedges, and gardens, in the summer. " Bottisham." — C. Danoin, 

 Esq. "York."— ir. C Hezvitson, Esq. 



Sp. 3. Arietis. Niger, obscurus, thorace antice et posticc Jlavo marginato, 

 elytrisfasciis tribus, secundd antrorsum arcuatd, apice scuielloque Jlavis, an~ 

 tennis pedibiisque ferrugineis. (Long. corp. 3 — 6 lin.) 



Le. Arietis. Linne. — Don. i. pi. 27.— CI. Arietis. Steph. Caial. 201. No. 2058. 



Black, obscure : thorax with the anterior and posterior margins slightly bor- 

 dered with yellow : the last frequently interrupted in the middle : scutellum 

 yellow : eli/fra ivith the apex and three na.rrow Jascioe also yellow, the basal 

 fascia exterior and not reaching to the suture, the second curved anteriorly 

 and united near the scutellum, the third continuous and broader : abdomen 

 annulated with yellow and black : antennae and legs ferruginous ; the femora 

 sometimes more or less piceous. 



The fasciae vary a little, and in some instances, of which I possess a remarkable 

 specimen, are almost totally obliterated. 



The most abundant species of this genus throughout the metro- 

 politan district, frequenting gardens, hedges, and woods. " Cum- 

 mersdale, Newby-cross, &c." — T. C. Hey sham., Esq. " Bottisham 

 and Ely, not uncommon." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " York." — W. C. Hezmt- 

 son, Esq. " Gibside, Meldon-park and Keswick." — G. Wailes, 

 Esq. 



■Sp. 4. arcuatus.. Niger, obscurus, elytris punctis baseos,fasciis tribus retrorsum 

 arcuatis disci, lineoMque obliqud ajjicis Jlavis, antennis pedibusque ferrugineis. 

 (Long. corp. 6 — 10 lin.) 



t Sp. 2. plebeius. Niger, obscurus, elytris maculi humerali, liturd arcuatl 

 scutellum attingente, fascid posteriore apiceque albido-pilosis. (Long. corp. 

 5 lin.) 



CI. plebeius. Fabricius.— Stewart (! J— Steph. Catal. 201. No. 2055. note. 



Black, obscure: elytra with a humeral spot, a curved fascia reaching to the 

 scutellum, another posterior one, and the apex, as well as two dots on the sides 

 of the breast, and the margins of the abdominal segments, clothed with whitish 

 pile. 



Stewart introduces this as a British species, but apparently without authority. 



