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large blackish patch, the rest of the body fulvescent: antennae black, with the 

 base pale. 



I have seen but few examples of this insect, which has been 

 taken in Suffolk and near London : I possess a specimen lately 

 given to me by P. H. Desvignes, Esq., who captured it in the 

 vicinity of London. 



Sp. 16. labiatus. Niger, ore antennarum basi pedibusgue anterior ibus Jlavis, 

 thorace Icevissimo elytris arderius profunde punctato-striatis, apice Icevibus. 

 (Long. Corp. 1 — if liii.) 



Ch. labiata. Linne.—Cx. labiatus. Steph. Caial. '227. N'o. 2330. 



Black: head beneath the antennae and the mouth entirely yellow: thorax very 

 smooth and glossy : elytra anteriorly deeply punctate-s^r/a^e, with the 

 apex smooth: scutellum black, with the apex ascending: legs rather long, 

 anterior yellow, the femora generally fuscescent above ; posterior black, with 

 the tibiae occasionally more or less flavescent: antenna black, with the base 

 more or less yellow. 



Extremely common on oaks in the vicinity of the metropolis in 

 June and July. " Monks-wood," — 'C. C. Babington, Esq. " New- 

 castle and Frostenden, Suffolk."— W. C. Hewitson, Esq. " New 

 Forest." — Rev. A. H. Matthews. " Bexley, he.'"— Mr. Ingpen. 



Sp. 1 7. exilis. Ater, nitidus, ore antennarumque basi Jlavis, pedibus atro-piceis, 

 thorace nitido, elytris tenue punctato-striatis. (Long. corp. 1 — 1^ lin.) 



Cr. exiUs. SchuppeL— Steph. Catal. 227. No. 2331. 



Black, shining, with the mouth and base of the antennae yellow; apex of the 

 latter black : thorax very shining, impunctate : elytra faintly ■^xxactsie-striate 

 to the apex : legs deep-piceous, the anterior sometimes paler. 



Occasionally found within the metropolitan district, and in De- 

 vonshire in June. 



Sp. 18. bUineatus. Niger, thorace subtilissime rugoso, Jlavo-marginato, elytris 

 Jlavis suturd vittdgue medid nigris, antennarum basi pedibusgue pallida tes~ 

 taceis. (Long. corp. 1 — 15 lin.) 



Ch. bilineata. Linne.—Cr. bihneatus. Steph. Catal. 227. No. 2332. 



Black; forehead rugose-punctate, yellow in the male, with two black streaks at 

 the apex, black in the female, with the mouth and two spots in the crown 

 yellow: thorax also rugose-punctate, slightly shining, with the anterior and 

 lateral margins entirely yellow, the latter sometimes interrupted in the mid- 

 dle: scutellum with the apex elevated: elytra yellow, deeply punctate-striate, 

 the suture entirely, and broadly, black nearly to the apex, awcZ in the middle of 



