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" In woods near Penllergare, not common." — L. W. D'llhvyn, Esq. 

 " In sallows, near Birchfield, Kent."" — Mr. Ing'pen. " New-fo- 

 rest."— i^^t;. A. H. Matthexos. " York."— ^f. C. Hewitson, Esq^ 

 " Epping." — Mr. Doubleday. 



Sp. 9. nigripennis. Plate xxiii. f. 5. Rufus, vertice, antennarum apice, tarsis, 



elytris, niaculisque duabus thoracis nigris. (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 

 Cr. nigripennis. Steph. Catul. 227. No. 2323. 



Rufous, shining : head with the vertex black : thorax very glossy bright rufous' 

 luith a large triangular patch on each side black : elytra moderately punctate- 

 striate, entirely deep black above, the reflexed margin rufous : abdomen and 

 legs also rujous : tarsi and tip of the antennae black, base of the last rufous. 



Taken near Rocbford in Essex. 



Sp. 10- Moraei. JViger, mas macula frontali cruciatu, thoracis margine antico 

 angulisque posticis Jlavis, elytris macidis duabus marginalibus Jlavo-testaceis : 

 foemina fronte macuHs duabus Jlavis, thorace margine antico disco concolore. 

 (Long. Corp. 2—3 lin.) 



Cr. Moraei. Fabrlcius.— Steph. Catal. 227. No. 2324. 



Black, shining : elytra moderately punctate-striate, ivith two testaceous yellow 

 spots, one elongate. at the base of the outer margin, the other rounded, and 

 at the apex : head of the male vpith a cruciform yellow patch, and the anterior 

 margin of the thorax yellow : legs with the anterior femora beneath with a 

 yellow line : tibiae piceous : female larger, with the thorax immaculate: head 

 with two distinct yellow spots : antennae piceous at the base within. 



Not common near London : it occurs at Coombe-wood, on the 

 Hypericum perforatum. "Sand-hills (near Swansea) " — L. W. 

 D'llhvyn., Esq. " Kimpton, in Littleton-copse." — B.ev, G. T. Rudd. 

 "Bath and Monkswood." — C. C. Babington, Esq. " Devil's- 

 ditch, rare." — Rev. L.Jenyns. " Castle-Eden-Dean." — G. Wailes, 

 Esq. 



Sp. 11. vittatus. Niger, nitidus, elytris teiiue punctato-striatis, vittd abbreviate, 



margineque laterali Jlavo-testaceis. (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 

 Cr. vittatus. Fab ricius.— Steph. Catal. 227. No. 2325. 



Shining black : thorax glossy, very smooth and polished : elytra moderately 

 punctate-striate, black, with an oblique stripe on each, arising at the base, and 

 reaching to a little behind the middle, and the lateral margins broadly testa- 

 ceous-yellow : legs and antennae black, the base of the latter a little piceous 

 within. 



I possess a fine pair of this insect, which were taken between 

 Rochford and Southend. 



