LEPTURIDiE. — LEPTUHA. 263 



scribed as having the body black, and the anterior tibife luteous ; characters 

 I have never observed in any of the numerous specimens that I have captured. 



I captured this insect at Darenth-wood at least twenty years ago, 

 and have since found other examples there, and obtained some 

 from the neidibourhood of Brockenhurst in the New Forest. 



Sp. 16. Iffivis. Lineari-elongataangusta nigra, pallido pubescens, elytris lividis, 



suturCi apiceque nigris, pedibus testaceis. (Long. corp. 3§ — 4| Hn.) 

 Le. la; vis. Fuhricius.—Steph. Catal 205. No. 2085. 



Linear-elongate, narrow, black, clothed with a short pale pubescence: thorax 

 oblong, the hinder angles short, pilose, disc convex, punctured : elytra livid, a 

 little narrowed towards the apex, finely but rather thickly punctate, the 

 suture and apex slightly dusky, or black : legs elongate, xuio-testaceous, with 

 the apex of the posterior femora sometimes a little dusky. 



Extremely abundant in hedges, &c., on flowers during the sum- 

 mer. " Castle-Eden-dene, Meldon-park, Sic." — G. Wailes, Esq. 

 " Monk's-wood." — C. C. Babington, Esq. " Near York and New- 

 castle." — W. C. Hewitson, Esq. " Raehills, common." — Bev. W. 

 Little. 



Sp. 17. ruficornis. Sublinearis nigra, griseo-pubescens, antennis pedibusque tes^ 



taceo-nigroque variegatis. (Long. corp. 3—4 lin.) 

 Le. ruficornis. Fabricius.—Steph. Catal. 205. No. 2086. 



Somewhat linear ; black, clothed with a griseous pubescence, and thickly punc- 

 tured: mouth varied with testaceous: thorax with the hinder angles acu- 

 minated: elytra immaculate, more thickly punctured than the thorax: legs 

 elongate; the anterior '^ah rufous, with the apex of the femora exteriorly 

 black : the second pair rufous, with the Joints black ; the posterior black, 

 with the femora rufous at the base ; tarsi of all black : antennce with the two 

 basal joints entirely rufous, the remainder rufous at the base, with the tips 

 black. 



The most abundant species of the genus in the metropolitan 

 district, frequenting flowers in hedges and woods. " Bottisham, 

 &C."" — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Claverton-wood, Monk's-wood, &c." — ■ 

 C. C. Babington, Esq. " York and Newcastle." — W. C. Hewitson, 

 Esq. " Armathwaite." — T. C. HeysJiam, Esq. " Near Swansea, 

 not common." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " New Forest." — Rev. J. 

 H. Matthews. 



Sp. 18. pallipes. Sublinearis, nigricans, subgriseo-pubescens, ore antennis pedi- 

 busque pallide rufo-tesiaceis. (Long. corp. 85 lin.) 



