BADISTER. 23 



angulated common spot, towards the apex, red. (L. 3 1.) Rare; taken 

 near London and in Plants. 



27 Tkimorphus Stephens. 



132 scapularis Ste. M. i. 180. — Black : head with 2 frontal impressions, 

 thorax with the lateral margin more or less pale ; elytra faintly striated, 

 with 2 or 3 impressions between the 2d and 3d striae ; the outer 

 margin, suture towards the tip, and a squarish patch on the shoulders, 

 pale ; legs, palpi, and antennae also pale, with dusky rings. . ( L. 2 \ 1. ) 

 Earl's Court, 6 ; Carlisle, 2-3. 



133 confinis Ste. M. i. 181. pi. ix. f. 5. — Pitchy-black; rather slender: 

 thorax with basal and lateral margins broadly pale ; elytra pale dusky, 

 faintly striated, with a square pale spot on the shoulder, the suture and 

 margin palish : legs, antennas, and palpi pale, the latter ringed, rather 

 dusky. The humeral spot is sometimes wanting. (L. lf-2l.) Battersea 

 fields, 5 ; Darenth, 7 ; Norfolk ; and Loch Awe, Scotland. 



134 t Erro Ent. M. (Neivman), v. 489. — Black: thorax above and elytra 

 brassy-black, shining, the latter striated rather deeply : legs pitchy ; an- 

 tennae blackish, the basal joint white both at its base and tip, the 2d pale 

 at the tip only. (L. 2| 1.) Near London. (Cambenvell or Dulwich ?) 



28 Licinus Latreille. 



135 depressus Ph. F. i. 110. — Cur. i. pi. 75. — Ste. M. i. 73. — Wingless; 

 deep black and somewhat opaque : thorax rounded, punctured ; elytra 

 very finely punctate-striated, the interstices minutely punctured j the base 

 retuse. (L. 5 1.) Near Dorking; Kimpton, Plants; and in Norfolk and 

 Suffolk : not common : 3-9. 



136 \ Cassideus Fab. E. i. 190. — Clair, ii. 104. pi. 16. f. a. — Ste. M. 

 i. 73. — Wingless ; deep black, opaque : thorax squarish, thickly punc- 

 tured ; elytra obscurely punctate-striate ; the spaces between flat, faintly, 

 but thickly punctured ; body glossy black beneath. (L. 6l.) Aldborough, 

 Suff. : 7. 



137 Silphoides Fab. E. i. 190. —Ste. M. i. 73. pi. v. f. 2. — Winged; 

 black, slightly shining : thorax rounded, punctured ; elytra ovate, with 3 

 slightly elevated lines, punctate-striate, the interstices thickly and deeply 

 punctured, the 3rd, 5th, and 7th elevated, tip deeply sinuated ; body be- 

 neath and legs glossy black. (L. 6^-7 1. ) 

 also taken occasionally at Dover, and once in London 



29 Epomis Bonelli. 



138 circumscriptus Duft. ii. 166 Ste. M. i. 72. pi. v. f. 3. — Head and 



thorax dull brassy-green, with scattered punctures : elytra dusky, with a 

 greenish tinge, the lateral margin broadly ochreous-yellow, disc deeply 

 striated, spaces smooth and raised; antennae and legs yellowish. (L. 

 7-9 1.) Very rare in England, if truly indigenous : locality unknown. 



30 Diplocheilus Brulle. 



,(139 impressus Fab. E. i. 188. — Ste. M. i. 75. — Dull black, irnpunctate : 

 thorax narrowed in front, nearly as wide as elytra behind, the base with 

 an impression on each side ; elytra faintly striated, the striae irnpunctate, 

 and no short stria near the scutellum, the outer stria accompanied by a 

 raised line, spaces smooth. (L. 10 1.) An Indian insect, erroneously 

 introduced into the British list.) 



