190 MALACODERMA. - — TELEPHORIDJE. 



and the thorax is occasionally wholly red. (L. 5*6 1.) Woods and 

 hedges ; common : 6, *. 



1493 discoideus Ste. M. iii. 299. — Fuscous-black : mouth, base of antenna;, 

 margin of the thorax and of the abdomen and the legs testaceous-red ; 

 hinder thighs with a black dot at the tip, their tibia? blackish at the base. 

 (L. 4-5 1.) London district : common: 6. 



1494 obscurus L. ii. 648, — Oliv. E. ii. pi. 2. f. 10 Ste. M. iii. 299. — 



Black : sides of the thorax bright pale red : the margin and apex of the 

 abdomen, the mandibles, and the 2 basal joints of the antennas, pale dull- 

 red : legs wholly black. (L. 4^-6 1.) Trees; chiefly N. of England and 

 in Scotland : 6. 



b. Ant. with 2d joint shorter than 3d. 



1495 cyaneus Cur. vi. pi. 215. — Ste. M. iii. 300. — Shining black ; pubes- 

 cent : head in front, thorax and abdomen red ; elytra cyaneous, with 3 

 slightly raised lines; basal joint of antenna? red beneath. (L. 6-8 1.) 

 Trees: Midgley Moor, &c, Yorkshire; Newbiggin Wood, Cumberland ; 

 S. and central counties of Scotland : 6. 



(1496 f violaceus Pk. F. i. 260. — Ste. M. iii. 300 note. — Black: head, 

 thorax, abdomen and legs red ; elytra cyaneous ; basal joint of antenna? 

 pale : crown dusky in $ . (L. 7 1. ?) Improperly recorded as British.) 



1497 pellucidus Fab. E. i. 296. — Ste. M. iii. 301. — Black ; head in 

 front, thorax, abdomen and legs red ; hinder tibia? and extreme tip of 

 their thighs black. (L. 5-6 1.) 



Var. ? Te. cantianus Ste. M. iii. 301. — Larger, with the base of the abdo- 

 men black. Hedges, &c. : London district ; Netley ; N. Wales and 

 Swansea; Edinburgh, &c. : 6. 



1498 fuscus L. ii. 647.— Barb. G. pi. 6. f. 3. — Ste. M. iii. 301.— 

 Black : thorax punctate, red, with a black spot on the anterior margin ; 

 head in front, sides of the abdomen and 3 basal joints of antenna? red ; 

 legs brown-black. (L. 7-8^1. ) Hedges; Hertford abundantly ; Hyde 

 Park ; Netley ; Glanvilles' Wootton ; Swansea ; Edinburgh : 6. 



1499 rusticus Gyll. i. 330. — Ste. M. iii. 302. — Te. fuscus Oliv. E. ii. 

 pi. 1 . f. 1 . — Black : thorax punctate, red, with a central black spot ; head 

 in front, sides of the abdomen, base of the antenna? and of the thighs red. 

 (L. 5-7 1.) Hedges, &c. ; abundant within the metropolitan district; gene- 

 rally distributed throughout Scotland : 6. 



1500 lividus L. ii. 647. — Barb. G. pi. vi. f. 8. — Ste. M. iii. 302 



Pale testaceous-red ; thorax spotless : eyes, a dot on the forehead, the 

 breast and base of the abdomen, the tip of the hinder thighs and the hinder 

 tibia? black; apex of the antenna? brownish. (L. 5-7 1.) Hedges, flowers, 

 &c. : extremely abundant throughout England ; less so in Scotland : 

 5-6, *. 



1501 nigrifrons Ste. M. v. 415. — Pale testaceous-red; thorax spotless : 

 forehead, apex of antenna?, 4 hinder tibia? and tarsi, and hinder thighs at 

 the tip, black ; abdomen black, with a pale margin. (L. 4-5 1.) Gardens : 

 near London : 6. 



1502 confinis Ste. M. iii. 302. — Testaceous-red; thorax spotless: breast, 

 and base of abdomen, and eyes black ; legs wholly pale testaceous. (L. 4^- 

 5 1.) Hedges : London district and near Bristol : 6. 



1503 testaceipes Ste. M. iii. 303. — Pale testaceous-red, thorax spotless: 

 eyes black ; breast and base of the abdomen pitchy ; elytra testaceous- 

 brown ; legs pale testaceous ; each joint of antenna? tipped with fuscous. 

 (L. 5 I.) Hedges; Ripley and Epping : 6. 



1504 lituratus Gyll. i. 348. — Ste. M. iii. 303. — Above testaceous; thorax 



