than long, its hinder angles obtuse ; elytra dark brown, with one row of 

 impressed dots; antenna? and legs pale red. (L. 8 1.) Not uncommon. 

 London district and Cambridge : *, ©. 



14 fenestratus Fab. E. i. 202. — Sturm B. F. vii. pi. 168. f. a. — Ste. 

 M. v. 367. — Oblong : head glossy black ; thorax somewhat square, 

 pitchy, with rusty margins ; elytra black, with an oblong pale blotch on 

 each rather before the middle; antennae and legs pale. (L. 3 1.) North 

 of England and near London : 5. 



15 4-maculatus L. ii. 673. — Pz. F. Ixxv. f. 10. — Ste. M. i. 21. — Ob- 

 long : head black ; thorax red, nearly square, its hinder angles obtuse ; 

 elytra brown, with a pale spot at the base, and a 2d at the apex ; antenna; 

 and legs pale ; breast red. (L. 2^-3 1.) Common under bark of trees, 

 in moss, &c. : *, ©. 



16 4-notatus Pz. F. lxxiii. f. 5. — Ste. M. i. 21. — Elongate: head black; 

 thorax fuscous, nearly square, its hinder angles acute ; elytra brown, with 

 an oval pale spot at the base, and a smaller one near the tip ; antennae 

 and legs pale; breast pitchy. (L. 1^-21.) Also common under bark of 

 trees, &c. : *, 0. 



17 4-signatus Be J. S. i. 236 Ent. Tr. (Bab.) i. pi. x. f. 2. — Ste. M. 



v. 367. — Pale: head black; thorax square, red, margins paler ; elytra pale 

 yellow, humeral angles prominent, the base, a broad band behind the 

 middle and 2-3ds of suture fuscous ; beneath pitchy. (L. 2 1.) Rare: 

 Wimbledon Park ; Colney Hatch and Cambridge. 



18f sigma De J. S. 235. pi. ii. f. 6. — Ste. M. i. 176.-— Pale : head black ; 

 thorax square, reddish ; elytra pale yellow, humeral angles prominent ; 

 middle of the suture, and a 3-toothed band behind the middle, brown ; 

 beneath pale. (L. 2 1.) Introduced by me in mistake for 4-signatus. 



19 bipennifer Ent. Tr. (Bab.) i. 86. pi. x. f. 3. — Pale : head black; 

 thorax nearly square, red ; elytra pale yellow, humeral angles rounded ; 

 suture and a toothed band behind the middle dark brown, leaving a pale 

 spot at the apex. (L. 1^-1^ 1.) Whittlesea Mere ; Dorking ; near Car- 

 lisle, and North Wales. 



20 melanocephalus Be J. S. i. 234. — Ste. M. i. 22. pi. I. f. 5. — Pale: 

 head black ; thorax square, pale red ; elytra not spotted ; abdomen dusky. 

 Region of scutellum sometimes dusky. (L. l^-lf 1«) Abundant in 

 damp hedges, moss, &c. : *, 0. 



21 fasciatus Pk. M. 60. — Be J. S. xii. f. i. — Ste. M. i. 24. — Black: 

 thorax pitchy or reddish ; elytra faintly striated, rounded at the shoulder, 

 the base pale, the apex with two indistinct pale spots ; beneath pitchy. 

 (L. 14-1* L) 



Var. Dr. notatus Ste. M. i. 24. — Darker and larger. (L. If -2 1.) 

 Abundant at Southend ; in Devonshire and Berwick-upon- Tweed : 4-6. 



22 linearis Oliv. E. iii. 111. pi. 14. f. 167. — Ste. M. i. 25. — Elongate ; rusty- 

 brown : thorax somewhat heart-shaped, paler than the head, the latter 

 with several longitudinal striae in front ; elytra deeply punctate-striated ; 

 antennae and legs pale. (L. 2-2^ 1.) Abundant in hedges, &c, every 

 where : *, 0. 



23 longiceps Be J. S . ii. 450.— Ent. Tr. (Bab.) i. 88. pi. x. f. 5. — Ste. 

 M. v. 367. — Linear-elongate; pale rusty brown: head with 2 slanting 

 punctured depressions between the eyes ; thorax square ; elytra striate ; 

 the suture and a patch united thereto behind the middle blackish ; an- 

 tennae and legs pale. (L. 3l.) Occasionally found in sedge boats at 



Cambridge, and at Whittlesea Mere: 3-5. 



24 spilotus De J. S. i. 246. — Dr. humeralis Ste. M. i. 23. — Short, black, 

 very glossy : elytra with a squarish pale spot on the shoulder, and a pale 



