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at the base, the remaining joints long, very mucli elongate : the 

 form of the head, thorax, and elytra are also dissimilar. 



Sp. 1. rufipes. Niger, nitidus, glaher, antennarum basi pedibusque flavis, fe~ 



moribus basi nigris. (Long. corp. Ig— 34 lin.) 

 Cr. rufipes. Fabricius.— ha. rufipes. Steph. Catal. 213. No. 2150. 



Body entirely of a shining black, glabrous ; with the base of the antenna; and 

 the kgs rufous-y eUow, the femora black at the base. 



Abundant near Ripley on willows and hedges, and not uncommon 

 in other parts of the metropolitan district in June and July. " On 

 the birch, not common, near Windsor." — Jfr. G. WaterJiouse. 

 " Mido-ley-moor." — Mr. Gibson. " On willows, hazel, &c. near 

 Swansea, common."— Z. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Raehills."— i?CT. W. 

 Little. 



Sp. 2. flavipes. Niger, nitidus, glaber, thorace toto, antennarum basi pedibusque 



Jlavis,femoribus basi nigris. (Long. corp. ]| — 2^ lin.) 

 Ch. flavipes. Linne.—Lu. flavipes. Steph. Catal. 213. No. 2149. 



Shining-Z»/acA;, glabrous : thorax entirely, above and beneath, bright shining 

 yellow, obscurely punctate : elytra thickly, but finely and obsoletely punc- 

 tured : breast and abdomen black : legs rather long, yellow, with the femora, 

 especially the posterior, dusky at the base : antenns black, with three or four of 

 the basal joints yellow. 



Less common than the preceding ; found occasionally in June on 

 the hazel at Coombe-wood. " Meldon-park, &c."— G. Wailes, Esq. 

 " Midgley-moor." — Mr. Glhson. " Birchfield-wood, near Sund- 

 ridge, Kent." — Mr. Ingpen. " On oaks, &c. common (near 

 Swansea;."—/.. W. Dilhvyn, Esq. " Cambridge.''— C. C. Bahing- 

 ton, Esq. " Raehills, coramon."~i?gt^. W. Little. 



Genus CCCXCV.— Calomicrus, Dillwyn. 



Antennce slender, as long or longer than the body, filiform; basal joint slightly 

 robust, as long as the fourth ; second and third stout, of equal length, the two 

 united shorter than the fourth, which is elongate, and of similar length to the 

 remainder. Palpi short, terminal joint acute : labrum entire, slightly lobed : 

 head small, narrower than the Xkox&x: forehead prominent: eyes scarcely 

 prominent: thoracp transverse, the sides rounded : elytra elongate, slightly at- 



