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with several angulated black united marks behind ; eyes, breast and base 

 of abdomen black, edges of the segments of the latter, and its apex, testa- 

 ceous ; elytra sometimes fuscescent ; legs testaceous, thighs generally with 

 a black line; tibiae with a dusky spot near the apex, joints pale. (L. 4^- 

 51.) Walsam meadows, near Ripley ; Bristol ; Glanvilles' Wootton ; 

 Swansea : 6. 



1505 maculicollis Ste. M. v. 415. — Pale testaceous; thorax reddish, with 

 a few irregular black marks on the disc ; crown with 2 angulated spots, 

 and base of abdomen black ; antenna? dusky at the tip. (L. 5 1.) Rip- 

 ley : 6. 



1506 griseipennis Ste. M. v. 416. — Pale testaceous- red ; thorax spotless: 

 eyes black ; elytra and abdomen pale griseous ; legs and antennas pale. 

 (L. 5 1.) Hedges: London district ; Berkshire: 6. 



1507 rufus L. ii. 647. — Ste. M. iii. 303. — Ca. livida Pz. F. lvii. f. 3. — 

 Testaceous-red ; thorax somewhat 4-drate, spotless : eyes, wings, breast, 

 and anterior segments of the abdomen at the base, black ; legs immaculate ; 

 tarsi obscure: — breast and abdomen rarely concolorous. (L. 3-4§ 1. ) 

 Hedges : S. of England, and S. Wales : 5-6. 



1508 bicolor Fab. E. i. 303 Pz. F. xxxix. f. 13 Ste. M. iii. 304. — 



Testaceous-red ; eyes, wings, breast, base of the abdomen and four hinder 

 knees black ; antenna? dusky at the tip. (L. 2^-3^1.) Gardens, hedges, 

 &c. : S. of England and S. Wales : 5-6. 



298 Podabrus Fischer. 



1509 alpinus Pk. F. i. 259. — Ste. M. iii. 304. — Testaceous: crown 

 black ; eyes black ; thorax faintly notched behind ; disc with a black spot 

 or cloud ; elytra lurid-testaceous, or brown-black, roughly punctured ; 

 abdomen dusky-black, sides and edges of the segments and its tip testa- 

 ceous ; tarsi dusky : hinder thighs and tibia? sometimes blackish. 

 (L. 6-7 1.) Trees; Coombe, Darenth, and Dulwich Woods; in Dorset, 

 &c. : 6-7. 



299 Ragonycha Eschscholtz. 



1510 pilosa Pk. F. i. 264. — Ste. M. iii. 298. — Dusky-testaceous; pubes- 

 cent : eyes prominent, black ; thorax somewhat 4-drate, margined ; elytra 

 sometimes ochreous-brown ; abdomen with the apex pale ; antenna? long- 

 ish, fuscescent, with the base pale. (L. 4-5 1.) Hedges : Ripley, Hert- 

 ford ; Darenth and Dulwich : 6. 



1511 melanura Fab. E. i. 302. — Oliv.' E. ii. pi. 2. f. 9. — Ste. M. iii. 297. 



— Pale red : thorax elongate, narrowed in front ; antenna?, tarsi, and tip 

 of the elytra black. (L. 3^-4| 1.) Hedges and flowers; every where: 

 6-8, *. 



1512 fuscicornis Oliv. E. ii. 11. pi. 1. f. 4. — Ste. M. iii. 297. — Black: 

 thorax somewhat 4-drangular, reddish ; elytra pale ochreous, with the tip 

 more or less fuscous ; legs pale. (L. 3-3^ 1.) Hedges : Coombe Wood ; 

 Hertford ; Hants ; Sussex ; Suffolk ; Norfolk, &c. : 5-6. 



1513 pallida Fab. E. i. 299. — Oliv. E. ii. pi. 2. f. 9. — Ste. M. iii. 297. 



— Shining black : base of the antenna?, elytra entirely, and legs pale 

 ochreous; thorax narrow, truncate behind. (L. 3-3^1.) Trees and 

 hedges : London district ; Oxford ; Swansea ; Carlisle ; Edinburgh, &c. : 

 5-6. 



300 Malthinus Latreille. 

 § A. Head rhomboidal : eyes very prominent. 



1514 flaveolus Pk. F. iii. 446. — Ste. M. iii. 305. — Te. minimus Oliv. 

 E. ii. pi. 1. f. 6. — Yellow: crown black; thorax dull yellow, disc with 



