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155 Strongylus Herbst. 



953 strigatus Fab. E. i. 350. — Ste. M. ill- 42. pi. xvi. f. 5. — Ovate, con- 

 vex ; deep fuseous : head in front, and sides of thorax, dull red ; elytra 

 thickly punctulate, with a slightly flexuous longitudinal pale mark at the 

 base, a short curved transverse band behind the middle, and a faint sutural 

 stria; abdomen and legs pitchy. (L. 1^-2 1.) Under decayed bark of 

 oaks, Clandon Common, 7 ; Coombe Wood, 6 ; Netley. 



954 imperialis Fab. E. i. 350. — Ste. M. iii. 43. — Cur. viii. pi. 339. — 

 Ovate, convex ; deep fuscous : head, sides of the thorax, and of the elytra 

 and the suture, dull red, disc of the latter with a large common lobate 

 white patch, with about 4 black or dusky spots ; abdomen pitchy black ; 

 legs and antennae testaceous. (L. 1|-1§ 1.) Clandon Common, 7; 

 Coombe Wood ; Wanstead ; Windsor ; Penllergare Woods, under bark : 

 5-6. 



955 fervidus Oliv. E. ii. 15. pi. 4. f. 32. — Ste. M. iii. 43. — Oblong-ovate, 

 convex ; glossy rust-colour, very thickly punctured : eyes black ; thorax 

 deeply and broadly notched in front ; elytra slightly pubescent, punctate, 

 the apex obtuse and sometimes dusky; legs pale rusty-red; antennae short, 

 the basal joint much dilated, the club large, coarctate, somewhat globose, 

 and at times pitchy-brown. (L. 2 1.) In fungi, near London, and at 

 Ripley ; Annan : 6. 



956 ferrugineus Fab. E. i. 349. — Pz. F. lxxxiv. f. 2 Ste. M. iii. 44. — 



Ovate ; dusky ferruginous ; densely pubescent : thorax deeply notched in 

 front ; elytra coarsely punctate-striate, the interstices pubescent, the pu- 

 bescence disposed in rows ; abdomen pitchy-black beneath, or pitchy- 

 brown. (lf-2-tl. ) In Lycoperdons, Dover, 8; Guilford, 9; Coombe 

 Wood; Epping; Gogmagog Hills, Cambridge, 10; Gibside ; Walbeck; 

 Ravelston : 5-7. 



156 Campta Kirby. 



957 lutea Herbst. iv. 183. pi. 43. f. 3. — Ste. M. iii. 44. — Rounded ovate; 

 testaceous-yellow ; eyes black ; above densely pubescent, beneath glabrous ; 

 thorax very convex, the sides dilated ; elytra broad and obtuse at the apex. 

 (L. lf-2^ 1.) On flowers; Darenth ; Ripley; Swansea; High Bick- 

 ington, Devon ; Annan : 5-6. 



157 Meligethes Kirby. 



958 Dulcamarae Scop. C. 22 Ste. M. iii. 45. — Oblong-ovate ; olive- 

 brown, slightly pubescent : the head, scutellum, suture of the elytra, and 

 abdomen fuscous, or black ; thorax broad, its anterior edge entire ; legs 

 pale testaceous. (L. ^-1|1.) Grassy banks, &c, Hertford; Ripley; 

 Coombe Wood ; Swansea ; Norfolk ; Suffolk ; 5-6. 



959 rufipes Be Geer, iv. 188. — Ste. M. iii. 45. — Ni. atrata" Oliv. ii. pi. 4. 

 f. 31. — Flat, ovate, obscure black, slightly pubescent: mouth pitchy; 

 antenna? dull red, club black ; thorax wide, with a notch in front, the 

 margin reflexed, dull red ; legs short, stout, testaceous-red, or slightly 

 pitchy. (L. lf-1^ 1.) On flowers, every where: 5-8. 



960 flavimanus Kirby. — Ste. M. iii. 46. — Flat, ovate,' convex ; dull black, 

 slightly pubescent : thorax with a shallow notch in front ; anterior legs 

 testaceous-red. (L. 1-1^ 1.) In flowers, Hertford ; Swansea; Suffolk; 

 5-6. 



961 subcastaneus Ste. M. v. 406. — Deep chestnut-red above, pale beneath: 

 eyes black ; legs testaceous ; antennae dull red, with the club fuscous. 

 (L. 1^ 1.) In flowers, Cambridge and Hertford : 6. 



