186 MALACODERMA. CYPHONIDJE. 



(L. 2f 1.) On oaks: Lyndhurst ; Devonshire; Edinburgh; Swansea; 

 Liverpool : 5-7. 



1458 assimilis Ste. M. iii. 284. — Ovate, short; livid testaceous; pubes- 

 cent : thorax somewhat orbiculate, dusky in the middle : eyes and tip of 

 the antennae blackish. (L. \^-2 1.) Hedges : near London ; S. Wales : 

 5-6. 



1459 lividus Fab. E. ii. 501. — Ste. M. iii. 284. — Oval, livid-testaceous * 

 pubescent : thorax short, transverse, dusky in the middle ; eyes and tip of 

 antenna? brown-black. (L. 2-2£ 1.) Damp hedges, &c, Battersea fields; 

 Epping, &c. ; abundant : 0, •%. 



1460 testaceus Ste. M. iii. 285. — Oval ; eyes black : body entirely pale 

 testaceous; pubescent, palest below; antennae also testaceous. (L. l|-2 1. ) 

 Near London and Bristol : 5-6. 



1461 obscurus Ste. M. iii. 285. — Elongate-ovate; testaceous; slightly pu- 

 bescent : head brownish ; eyes black; thorax nearly straight in front, disc 

 dusky ; elytra brown-black, coarsely and transversely wrinkled ; legs and 

 3 basal joints of antennae pale testaceous, tip of antennae black. (L. 2^1.) 

 Near London : 6. 



1462 marginatus Fab. E. i. 502. — Ste. M. iii. 285. — Ci. nimbata Pz. F. 

 xxiv. f. 15. — Oval; fuscous-black; pubescent: lateral and anterior mar- 

 gins of the thorax, tibiae, and base of antennae testaceous: elytra sometimes 

 with a testaceous streak on the disc. (L. 1^-2 1.) Oaks, alders, &c. : 

 S. Wales, about Penllergare ; Leeds ; Ambleside ; Liverpool ; Edin- 

 burgh : 5-1. 



1463 pubescens Fab. E. i. 502. — Ste. M. iii. 285. — Ovate; fuscous- 

 black ; pubescent : head black ; thorax short, griseous, front and hinder 

 margins waved ; elytra livid griseous ; margins of abdominal segments 

 pale ; thighs dusky ; tibiae, tarsi, and 2d and 3d joints of antennae pale. 

 (L. lf-ljl.) 



Var. Cr. dorsalis Marsh, i. 210. — Ste. M. iii. 285. — Dull red ; suture 

 black at the base, brownish towards the middle and dull red at tip. 

 Abundant in damp hedges, amongst rushes, &c, throughout the country: 

 5-6. 



1464 griseus Fab. E. i. 502. — Ste. M. iii. 285. — Ovate; fuscous-black; 

 pubescent : mouth testaceous; thorax very short, front and hinder margins 

 waved ; elytra griseous, deep chestnut or fuscous ; legs and 4 or 5 basal 

 joints of antenna? pale. Sometimes pale testaceous, with the eyes and tip 

 of the antennae black. (L. l-l^l. ) Abundant every where : 5-6. 



1465 Padi L. ii. 588 Ste. M. iii. 287. — Ovate; fuscous-black; with a 



silken pile : elytra deeply punctured, the apex pale, but the extreme mar- 

 gin fuscous ; tibiae, tarsi, and 2d and 3d joints of antennae pale-testaceous : 

 elytra rarely immaculate. (L. 1-1 1 1.) Hedges: London district; Do- 

 ver ; Brighton ; Swansea ; Dumfriesshire : 5-6. 



1466 ater Ste. M. iii. 287. — Short, ovate; fuscous-black, clothed with a 

 dense silvery pile ; elytra rather paler ; joints of the antenna? griseous at 

 the base, blackish at the apex. (L. |1.) Near Ripley and Hertford: 6. 



1467 ochraceus Ste. M. iii. 287. — Oblong; entirely pale ochreous, pubes- 

 cent ; eyes black ; tip of antennae dusky. (L. |1.) Ripley: 6. 



1468 immunis Ste. M. v. 415. — Elongate-ovate; deep black ; very glossy; 

 slightly pubescent : head and thorax minutely punctured ; elytra rather 

 coarsely and thickly punctured ; thighs and tibia? pitchy ; tarsi and mouth 

 red. (L. 1^1.) Hedges near London ; Ripley; Windsor: 6. 



1469 Pini Cur. xiii. pi. 602. — Shining pitchy; thickly and minutely 

 punctured ; slightly pubescent : head broad, not concealed by the thorax, 

 the latter very short ; elytra ovate ; shoulders very prominent ; legs, 



