LEPTURIDiE. — LEPTURA. 261 



sion in the New-forest, in June andJuly. " Epping."— J/r. Dou- 

 hleday. 



Sp. 10. tomentosa. Brevior, nigra, cinereo-puhescens , elytris pallide testaceis 

 apice nigris, pedibus brevioribus validis. (Long. corp. 5 — 6 lin.) 



Le. tomentosa.— Fabricius.—StejjJi. Catal. 204. No. 2079. 



Black, thickly, but rather finely, punctured, clothed with ashy pubescence, 

 longest and somewhat yellowish on the thorax, which is convex and has the 

 hinder angles obtuse : elytra slightly attenuated in the male, broader in the 

 female, testaceous, with a black patch at the apex: legs short, stout, and, with 

 the antennfe, entirely black. 



This has been taken abundantly in the New Forest in the vicinity 

 of Lyndhurst, and also in Devonshire, near Kingsbridge : — it has 

 been found near Haslar. " Taken once near Penllergare." — L. W. 

 DUlwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 11. sanguinolenta. Elongata, nigra, convexior, griseo-pubescens, elytris 



lividis rubrisve. (Long. corp. 5 — 6 lin.) 

 Le. sanguinolenta. Linne.— Donovan, xvi. pi. 557. — Steph. Catal 204. Nc. 2080. 

 Elongate, black, a little convex, thickly, and distinctly punctured, clothed with a 



griseous pile : thorax rather convex, the hinder angles obtuse : elytra in the 



male slightly attenuated, livid, with the apex black; in the female broader, 



red, immaculate : legs rather elongate, slender, black. 



Found near Norwich and in Suffolk : and it has also been taken 

 in London ; but it appears to be more abundant " near Bickham, 

 Devonshire." — Dr. Leach. 



Sp. 12. melanura. Augusta, nigra, griseo-pubescens, thoruce oblongo, elytris 

 lividis aut rufis, sutura apiceque nigris. (Long. corp. 3 — 5 lin.) 



Ce. melanura. Linne.— Martyn, C. pi. 27./. 7.— Steph. Catal. 205. No. 2081. 



Narrow, black, clothed with griseous pile, and finely but thickly punctate: 

 thorax oblong, the hinder angles acute: elytra in the male livid, with the 

 suture slightly and the apex black: in the females rufous, with the suture 

 broadly and the apex black : antennae and legs black, the latter rather long 

 and slender. 



Very abundant in flowers and in hedges in June throughout the 

 metropolitan district. " Near Swansea, not common."— L. W. 

 milxoyn, Esq. " Gibside, Castle-Eden-dene, &c."— G. Wailes, 

 Esq. " Bottisham."— J?^z;. L. Jenyns. " Newcastle."— FF. C. 

 Hewitson, Esq. " Monk's-wood."— -C. C. Babington, Esq. " Ep- 

 ping." — Mr. Douhleday. 



