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shining : anteriorpair of legs pale testaceous, with the tibia exteriorly and tarsi 

 fuscous: intermediate black, with the femora piceous; posterior entirely 

 black: antennae black, with the four basal joints testaceous. Female with 

 the anterior margin of the forehead rufo-piceous. 

 Differs in being much smaller, with the mouth, antennae at the base, and ante- 

 rior legs pitchy-brown. 



Extremely abundant on flowers and in weedy hedges throughout 

 the metropolitan district during the summer. " Very common (near 

 Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. "Raehills, not common." — 

 Rev. W. Little. " Bottisham."— i2eu. L. Jenyns. " Weston." — 

 Rev. A. H. Matthews. " Baron-wood." — T. C. Heysham, Esq. 



Sp. 2. lateralis. Nigra, fusco-pubescens, ore, fronte antica, thoracis limbo late- 



rali, pedihusque quatuor anterioribus testaceis. (Long. corp. IJ — If lin.) 

 Mo. lateralis. Fabricius. — An. lateralis. Steph. Catal. 248. No. 246S. 



Black, clothed with a fuscous pubescence : mouth, labrum, and forehead in 

 front, broadly testaceous : thorax with the lateral margins more or less 

 broadly testaceous : elytra immaculate, rather shining, black : Jour anterior 

 legs entirely, and the base of the posterior femora, testaceous-jeWovf , rest of 

 the hinder legs fuscescent : antennae with the base flavescent. 



Found near Ripley in July 1827 ; apparently not very common. 

 "Not vmcommon (near Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 3. ruficollis. Nigra, ore, antennarum, basi pedihusque flavescentibus, thorace 



rufo-Jlavescenti. (Long. corp. 1 — 1^ lin.) 

 Mo. ruficollis. Olivier. — An. ruficollis. Steph. Catal. 248. No. 2466. 



Black, clothed with a dusky pubescence : mouth and base of antennae 

 Jlavescent, apex of the latter fuscous : thorax entirely reddi$h-yellow : elytra 

 immaculate, black ; legs Jlavescent, with the tips of the joints oj the tarsi 

 dusky. 



Common on flowers within the metropolitan district in the summer. 

 " Frequent (near Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " RaehiUs, 

 not common." — Rev. W. Little. " Bottisham." — Rev. L. Jenyns. 

 " Weston."— i^cy. A. H. Matthews. « MonkVwood."— C. C. 

 Bahington, Esq. 



Sp. 4. fuscescens. Nigra, pubescens, capiic tofo, thorace pedibu-sque Jlavo-testa- 



ceis, elytris Jascescentibus. (Long. corp. 1^ — ]f lin.) 

 An. fuscescens mihi. — Steph. Catal. 2i^. iVb. 2467. 



Black, clothed with a fine silken fuscous pubescence : head and thorax entirely 

 /<?.v^ac6'OM.s-yel]ow, with the eyes black: elytra fuscescent, imm&culatc: legs 

 totally tcstaccous-76-//oit; ; base of antcuiiae the same, apex fuscescent. 



