28 MANDIBULATA. — OUTHOPTERA. 



closed ; abdomen black at the base and sides^ yellowish beneath^ the 

 remainder fine red, with indistinct geminated black dots on the back ; legs 

 red-brown ; posterior femora with some largish black clouds within ; the 

 knees also black ; tibiae reddish, with the spines |^and a belt at the base 

 black. 



Also found in the vicinity of the metropolis and near Dover, in 

 June and July. 



Sp. 21. rhomboidea. Thorace cruciato, carinis lateralibus antice valde angulatis; 

 fusca, elytris cinereis ad apiceni pallidioribus, disco seriebus duabus macularum 

 fuscarum, pedibus rufescentibus nebulisfuscis. (Long. corp. 8 — 1 1 lin.) 



Gr. rhomboideus. Schaeffer. — Lo. rhomboidea. Steph. Catal. 302. No. 3324. 



Fuscous ; thorax cruciated, the lateral carinse considerably angulated towards 

 the head and greatly approximating ; elytra ashy, or brownish, paler towards 

 the apex and the inner margin, with two distinct rows of fuscous spots, one 

 towards the costa, the other on the edge of the back, when the elytra are 

 closed, and the last one of a rhombic form, and most distinct in the 

 female ; legs reddish, with fuscous clouds. 



Common within the metropolitan district in July, frequenting the 

 borders of woods, hedges, banks, &c. " Caernarvon." — C. C. Ba- 

 bington, Esq. 



Sp. 22. varipes. Thoracis carinis lateralibus subangulato-curvatis ; rufo-fusca, 

 thoracis dorso elytrisque nigricantibus, his macula obsoletissima pallida, pedibus 

 rufo fuscescentibus nebulis nigricantibus. (Long. corp. 8 — 10 lin.) 



Lo. varipes. Steph. Catal. 302. No. 3326 and 3331. — Lo. variegata. Steph. 

 Nomen. 2d edit, col. 109 5. 



Thorax with its lateral carinse somewhat angularly bent ; red-brown ; with 

 the back of the thorax and the elytra in both sexes deep dusky-brown, the 

 latter with a faint palish spot on the disc towards the apex ; legs reddish- 

 brown, with dusky shades. 



Less abundant than the last; found within the metropolitan 

 district in June and July. 



Sp. 23. venosus. Thoracis carinis lateralibus subangulatis ; rufo-fusca, thoracis 

 dorso postice nigricante, elytris fuscescentibus basi saturatioribus, immaculatis, 

 stigmata fusco excepto, nervis rufescentibus. (Long. corp. 10 — 12 lin.) 



Gr. venosus. Liunc ? — Lo. venosa. Steph. Catal. 302. No. 3333. 



Thorax with the lateral carinas somewhat angled towards the middle; red- 

 brown, with the. back of the thorax behind dusky or blackish ; elytra 

 brownish, transparent, darkest at the base, which has sometimes two 

 fuscous streaks, the disc immaculate, the costa with a dark stigma towards 



