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274 Elater Linne. 



1403 ephippium Fab. E. ii. 238. — Pz. F. v. f. 14. — Ste. M. iii. 256. — 

 Black, slightly pubescent : elytra blood-red, with a lanceolate black patch 

 in the middle of the suture; tarsi pitchy. (L. 5-6 1.) In woods: 

 Epping Forest ; Darenth Wood ; Bewdley Forest ; Oxford ; Salisbury ; 

 Christchurch : 6. 



1404 sanguineus L. ii. 654. ? — Don. xv. pi. 508. f. 2. — Ste. M. iii. 256. 

 — Black ; clothed with reddish pile : thorax rather convex ; elytra bright 

 blood-red, spotless; punctate-striate ; tarsi pitchy. (L. 4-6 j 1.) On oaks: 

 Highgate and Coombe woods ; New Forest ; Barmouth j Salisbury and 

 Spitchweek : 6. 



1405 rufipennis Hoffmansegg. — Ste. M. iii. 256. —Black ; clothed through- 

 out above with fuscous or black pile ; thorax flattish ; elytra bright blood- 

 red, spotless; punctate-striate; tarsi dusky piceous. (L. 5-6 1.) W. of 

 England ; New Forest ; Bagley Wood : 6. 



1406 semiruber Hoffmansegg. — Ste. M. iii. 257. — Rather narrow; black: 

 head and thorax clothed with black pile ; the latter flattish ; elytra bright 

 blood-red, spotless, sparingly clothed with red hairs, punctate-striate ; tarsi 

 pitchy. (L. 5-6 1.) New Forest, near Brockenhurst ; Bristol; Crwmlyn 

 Bog: 6. 



1407 crocatus Ziegle?'? — Black; head and thorax clothed with fuscous 

 pile ; thorax slightly convex ; elytra dull chestnut-red, with the tip 

 blackish, clothed with tawny pile, and punctate-striate ; tarsi pitchy. 

 (L. 5-6 1.) Sherwood Forest: 6. 



1408 Pomona? Hoffmansegg. — Ste. M. iii. 257. — Rather narrow; black, 

 clothed with fuscous pile : thorax slightly convex ; elytra blood-red, tip 

 black, punctate-striate; tarsi pitchy. (L. 4^-5^ 1.) Darenth Wood; 

 Barmouth : 6. 



1409 pramstus Fab. E. ii. 23S. — Pz. F. xciii. f. 8. — Ste. M. iii. 257 



Black ; head and thorax clothed with black pile, the latter slightly 

 punctate ; elytra blood-red, the tip black, clothed with a few red hairs, 

 punctate-striate ; tarsi dull red. (L. 3§-4^ 1. ) On oaks : Darenth Wood ; 

 Nuthurst, Sussex : 6. 



1410 balteatus L. ii. 654. — Wood. i. pi. 21. — Ste. M. iii. 258. — Black ; 

 pubescent ; punctured : elytra deeply punctate-striate, the base to beyond 

 the middle rusty- red, apex black ; legs and antennas at base pitchy, tip of 

 the latter and tarsi reddish. (L. 3^-4 1. ) Hedges, &c. : Coombe, Darenth, 

 and Birch Woods ; Windsor; Nutfield; Prestwick Carr, near Newcastle; 

 Kingsbridge, Devon : 6. 



1411 bipustulatus L. ii. 652. — Pz. F. lxxvi. f. 10. — Ste. M. iii. 258. — 

 Black ; flattish ; slightly pubescent ; punctured : thorax convex, shining, 

 sides dilated ; elytra punctate-striate, dilated in the middle, with a more 

 or less distinct (rarely obliterated) red spot on the shoulder; legs and 

 antenna? testaceous. (L. 3tj-4 1. ) Felled timber : New Forest; Bottis- 

 ham ; Bagley Wood ; Kimpton ; Norfolk : 6. 



1412 ustulatus Pk. F. iii. 32. — Ste. M. iii. 258.— Black; flattish; slightly 

 pubescent ; finely punctured : thorax convex, shining, sides dilated ; elytra 

 punctate-striate, entirely pale testaceous-red ; thighs dusky ; tibia? and 

 tarsi pale testaceous. (L. 3^-4 1.) New Forest; Isle of Wight; Nut- 

 hurst : 6. 



275 Prosternon Latreille. 



1413 holosericeus Fab. E. ii. 228. — Ste. M. iii. 259. — Herbst. x. pi. 161. 

 f. 9. — Dusky ; densely clothed above with a changeable pale griseous 



