VTZ GEOnEVHAfiA HARPAMIiiE. 



lxxiv. Epapiiius. Mentum with a simple tooth : palpi with terminal joint 

 longer than 3d, conic, acute : tho. transverse, heart-shaped, rounded he- 

 hind, remote from elytra, which are ovate, hroad, convex, rounded at tip : 

 wings : anter. tarsi of $ with 2 dilated joints ; inter, slightly dilated. 



lxxv. Aepus Mentum with a central simple tooth: palpi with terminal joint 

 slender, attenuated : mand. porrected, much toothed : head large : eyes 

 minute : tho. ohcordate-truncate : elytra depressed, slightly notched at 

 the tip : wings : tarsi slightly dilated, very puhescent beneath, anter. 

 with a curved spine below on the penult joint. 



24 Loricera Latreille. 



124 pilicornis Fab. E. i. 193. —Don. xi. pi. 367. f. 1 Ste. M. i. 69.— 



Brassy, with a greenish tinge above, black beneath : elytra wider than 

 the thorax, punctate-striate, with 3 deep impressions between the 3d and 

 4th stria; ; thighs brassy-green ; shanks and tarsi pale reddish-yellow. 

 (L. 3-3^1.) Abundant near London, beneath mosses, &c. : also found in 

 Scotland and Wales : *, 0. 



25 Panag^eus Latreille. 



125 4-pustulatus Sturm. D. F. iii. 72. — Ste. M. i. 70. pi. 4. f. 6. —Dull 

 black, pubescent, narrow : thorax orbicular : elytra punctate-striated, red 

 anteriorly, the base, suture, and hinder portion black, the latter with a 

 round red spot on each elytron. (L. 3-3^1.) Local; gravel pits, 

 Coombe Wood, 5 ; Hertford, 7 ; Southend, 5. 



126 crux-major L. ii. 673. — Don. xiv. pi. 477. f. 2. — Ste. M. i. 71. — 

 Dull black, pubescent, wide : thorax transversely ovate ; elytra punctate- 

 striate, red, the base, suture, a transverse band in the middle, and the tip 

 black. Varies, with the central band on the elytra interrupted ; and with 

 the hinder portion black, and having a red spot. (L. 3^-4 1.) Also local : 

 Shooter's hill; Norwood; Cobham, &c. • plentiful near Cambridge, 2; 

 and in Berks, Netley, &c. : 4-5. 



26 Badister Clairville. 



127 cephalotes De J. S. ii. 406. — Cur. iii. pi. 139. — Ste. M. i. 72. — 

 Black : head as wide as the thorax, the latter and elytra anteriorly red, 

 their apex black, the suture, a transverse common crescent in the middle, 

 scutellum, and legs red. (L. 3-4 1.) Local: roots of willows, Battersea 

 fields, Coombe, Darenth, &c. ; Brompton ; Winterbourne Stoke, Wilts : 

 3-4. 



128 suturalis Ste. M. i. 73. pi. 5. f. 1. — Black : head scarcely as wide as 

 the thorax, the latter narrow behind and red ; elytra also red anteriorly, 

 black at the tip, the scutellum, suture, and lateral margins, and the legs 

 red. (L. 2^-3 1.) Hertford; Winterbourne, Stoke, &c. : 3-5. 



129 bipustulatus Fab. E. i. 203. — Don. xv. pi. 516. — Ste. M. i. 72. — 

 Black: head narrower than the thorax, which is red ; elytra red anteriorly, 

 black behind, the suture and a round, or 3-angular, common spot red : 

 legs and basal joint of antennae pale red. The spot on the elytra is occa- 

 sionally very large, or almost wanting. (L. 2i-3| 1.) Common beneath 

 bark of felled trees, &c. : *, ©. 



130 microcephalus Ste. M. v. 373. — Black : head very small, round ; 

 thorax elongate, narrow behind ; elytra red, with two blue-black spots ; 

 scutellum and legs red. (L. 2-2^ 1.) Found near London : 3-4. 



131 lacertosus Knoch. — Sturm. D. F. iii. pi. 75. f. n. — Ste. M. v. 374. — 

 Black: head narrower than the thorax, which, with the scutellum and legs, 

 is red ; elytra broad, red anteriorly, black posteriorly, the suture and an 



