122 NECROPHAGA. KITIDULIDiE. 



taceous-brovvn ; slightly pubescent ; elytra with a single stria near the 

 suture, which is brownish, the apex slightly truncate ; legs and antenna; 

 pale testaceous, club dusky ; eyes black. (L. § 1.) Near London; Da- 

 renth Wood, 6 ; Suffolk, on flowers. 



159 Carpophilus Leach. 



(974 hemipterus L. ii. 565 Ste. M. iii. 50 Herbst. v. pi. 34. f. e. — 



Oblong-ovate, above brown-black, pubescent ; punctate : elytra with 1 or 

 2 spots at the shoulder, and a broad patch at the apex dull yellow ; legs 

 dull red. (L. 1^-2 1) London district, &c. mostly in houses : 0.) 



(975 pusillus Ste. M. iii. 51. —Oblong-ovate; above brown-black, slightly 

 pubescent : elytra testaceous-brown, immaculate, or with a faint tawny 

 spot at the apex; body beneath, legs and antenna; testaceous-red. (L. 1- 

 1^ 1.) London, &c, in brown sugar : probably introduced.) 



160 Anisocerus Howitt. 



976 Spiraeas Howitt. — Ste. M. v. 458. — Depressed ; rather broad, testa- 

 ceous: thickly and deeply punctate: eyes and breast black; $ with abroad 

 smooth line down the centre of the thorax. (L. 1 1.) Spiraea ulmata 

 (fl.) : Oxton Bog, Notts: 5-6. 



161 Cateretes Herbst. 



977 bipustulatus Pk. F. i. 286. — Ste. M. iii. 51. — Oblong-ovate, black: 

 very deeply punctured : mouth reddish; elytra broad, much shorter than 

 the abdomen ; the disc with a large angulated pale red spot in the middle, 

 apex truncate ; antenna; and legs pale reddish. Variable : sometimes 

 rusty-black, the elytra dull red, with the margin, angle of the scutellum, and 

 apex black, or dull red, with the abdomen fuscous. (L. 1^-2 1.) Marshy 

 districts ; Battersea fields ; Netley ; on Caltha palustris ; Shetty Bog ; 

 Notts: 4-6. 



978 Pedicularius L. ii. 564 Pz. F. vii. f. 5. — Ste. M. iii. 52. — Ob- 

 long-ovate ; rusty-testaceous, deeply punctate : eyes black ; thorax trans- 

 versely ovate, slightly convex ; elytra dull red, or pale testaceous ; body 

 beneath brown, with the apex paler ; legs short, pale testaceous ; tibia; 

 slender at the base, much dilated at the tip. (L. 1-1^ 1.) Flowers of 

 aquatic plants ; London district ; Netley ; Swansea : 5-6. 



979 Agarici Kirby. — Ste. M. iii. 54. — Pitchy-black ; veiy much punctu- 

 lated ; slightly glossy ; elytra somewhat pubescent ; antenna; and legs 

 pitchy-red. (L. J-| 1.) In Agarics, near Bristol, and in Suffolk : 5-6. 



980 Caricis Spence. — Ste. M. iii. 54. — Convex ; deep glossy black, very 

 much punctulated : antenna; and legs red ; extremity of the abdomen 

 pitchy-black. (L. ^-f 1.) On Carices, near Hull, and in Norfolk; Net- 

 ley: 5-6. 



981 Junci Kirby. — Ste. M. iii. 54. — Black, much punctulated ; head and 

 thorax pitchy ; antenna;, legs, and exposed upper portion of the abdomen 

 red, base of the latter beneath black. (L. | 1.) Rushes; near Bristol; 

 Hull ; Netley .5-6. 



982 rufilabris Latr. G. ii. 16. — Ste. M. iii. 54. — Ovate, glossy black; 

 coarsely and irregularly punctate ; with a griseous pile ; last segment of 

 the abdomen above nearly glabrous ; elytra somewhat wrinkled, their 

 hinder margin smooth, antenna; and legs red. (L. f-1 1.) Damp places, 

 amongst Carices and rushes ; near London ; Crwmlyn Bog : 5-6. 



983 Urtica; Fab. E. i. 320. — Ste. M. iii. 52. — Sc. scutellatum Pz. F. iv. 

 f. 11. — Oblong-ovate: black, with a brassy hue; deeply punctate and 



