OMALID.E. LESTEVA. 361 



Sp. 5. Hookeri. Nigra, nitida, punctulata, antennis, elytris pedibusque testaceis- 



(Long-, corp. If lin.)) 

 Le. Hookeri. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 298. No. 3289. 



Black, shiningj glabrous, punctured : head triangvilarj rather narrower than 

 the thorax, with two oblique fovese behind and impressed in front : thorax 

 obcordate, convex, scarcely margined, thickly punctured, with a very obscure 

 longitudinal dorsal channel : scutellum black : elytra half as long as the 

 abdomen, widest at the apex, livid-testaceous, the base dusky within: abdomen 

 wider than the thorax, rather smooth, slightly pubescent, the apex acumi- 

 nated; legs testaceous: antennae ferruginous, darker in the middle: palpi 

 red. 



Also found in Scotland by Mr. Hooker, and apparently scarce. 



Sp. 6. alpina. Rufo-picea, nitida, antennis elytris pedihusque Jlavescentibus, 

 abdomine dilatato aterrimo. (Long. corp. l§lin.) 



Sta. alpinus. Fabricius.—Le. alpina. Steph. Catal. 298. No. 3290. 



Depressed, somewhat wedge-shaTped, pitchy-red, shining: head irregular, with 

 two oblong foveae in front : eyes black : thorax subcordate, with the sides 

 marghied, moderately punctured, with two very obscure foveolse in the 

 middle : elytra twice as long as the thorax, yellowish-testaceous, pubescent : 

 abdomen black, dilated, rather shorter than the elytra : legs livid-Yellowish : 

 antennae testaceous : palpi dusky at the apex. 



The disc of the thorax and the head are sometimes pitchy-black. 



Also rare in the south of England; I have once taken a pair 

 within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 7. testacea. Rvfo-ferruginea, nitida, capite thoraceque rujis, abdominis 



apice obscuriore, oculis nigris. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 

 An. testaceus. Gravenhorst ?— Le. testacea. Steph. Catal. 298. No. 3291. 

 Rusty-red, or testaceous, shining, punctured: head red, deeply foveated on 

 both sides between the eyes; the latter black : thorax convex, margined, 

 slightly narrowed behind, and widened before the middle, the disc glabrous, 

 shining red : elytra pale testaceous, punctured, the punctures rather deep : 

 abdomen with the penultimate and terminal segments black, or dusky : legs 

 pale red : antennae testaceous. 



Rare near London ; I have taken it at Darenth ; and it has oc- 

 curred in the vicinity of Bristol. " Near Jedburgh." — Rev. W. 

 Little. 



Sp. 8. obscura. Nigro-picea, pub'escens, crebre punctulata, antennis pedibusque 

 fusco-testuceis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



