A¥PSXDix. 425 



Taken in plenty on the Helianthemum vulgare in the Devil's Ditch^ and other 

 parts of Canibs., in June 1833. It has also occurred in Derbyshire, in 

 Kent, and near Windsor. 



Page 335. Sp. 9 a. Phjedon Hannoveriana. Fah. Ent. Si/st. i. 326 — Herbst. 

 Arch. p. 106, pi. 23, f. 12. — Oblonga, cceruleo-virescens, thoracis lateribus 

 elytrorumque margine lineaque Jlexuosa luteis. (Long. corp. 2 — 2§ lin.) 



Oblong, bluish-green j thorax with its lateral margins broadly luteous, and 

 punctured; elytra punctate-striate, with the lateral margin and a longitu- 

 dinal streak towards the suture, angulated near the base, bright luteous. 



Taken near Askham Bryan, Yorkshire, by the Rey. D. I. J. Preston, who 

 kindly presented me with the species. 



Page 340. Sp. 7 a. tCHRYSOMELA festiva. Fabricius E. S. i. 323. — Sieph. 



Catal. 413. I^o^ 2279 (*) note. — Ovata, nigro-cenea, elytris lineis tribus 



suturaque anticajlavis. 

 Ovate, brassy-black ; elytra punctate-striate, with three yellow lines, the two 



outer ones united at the apex, but the intermediate one not extending to the 



apex ; the base of the suture is also yellow. 

 This insect inhabits America, but is improperly given in W^ilkins' Catalogue 



as British. 



Page 343. Sp. lo. fCHRV. Sparshalli. Ater, elytris rufo-testaceis, punctis 



numerosis suturaque nigris. (Long. corp. 5 lin.) 

 Black, beneath bluish ; elytra testaceous-red, with numerous dots, and the 



suture black, the base of the dots punctured. 

 This insect was taken by Mr. Doubleday, near Epping, and presented by him 



to Mr. Sparshall, to whom I am indebted for havhig kindly forwarded the 



insect to me for the purpose of describing. 



Page 353. Helodes Beccabungae. Curtis, v. xi, pi. 506. — Common in Norfolk 

 in May and June. 



Page 356. Sp. 2 a. Cryptocephalus Pin!.— Chrysomela Pini. Linn. S.N. 



ii. 598. — Cryp. Pini. Panz. Faun. 39. f. 17. — Testaceus, elytris paIlidioribu.f, 



oculis antenuurumque apice nigris, capite, tho?-aceque confertissime punctulatis. 



(Long. corp. 2— 2^ lin.) 

 Testaceous; elytra paler; eyes and tip of the antennae black; head and 



thorax very thickly punctured. 

 Taken by the Rev. T. W. Hope on firs near Netley. 



Page 400. Sp. 2. Lycoperdina elongata. Sieph. Nomen. 2d edit. cul. 82. — 

 Angustata, afra nitida, antennis ore pedibusque piceis, elytris medio dilatatia 

 versus basin macula indeterminatd ferrugined. (Long. corp. 2 hn.) 



Of a more elongate form than L. Borista;; deep shining black, with the 

 mouth, antennfe, and legs pitchy; elytra dilated in the middle, with an 

 indeterminate ferruginous spot on the disc towards the base. 



Found near London. 



Mandibulata, Yoi,. v., 31st March, 1835. 2 i 



