194 MALACODERMA. MELYRID^E. 



S with 2d and 3d joints of antenna? produced within. (L. 4-4| I. ) 

 Gardens and flowery banks : generally distributed in the S. of England ; 

 less common in S. Wales and in Scotland : 5-6, *. 



1534 bipustulatus L. ii. 648. — Don. xv. pi. 528. f. 2. — Ste. M. iii. 312. 

 — Green or blue-brass; pilose: mouth ochreous : elytra with an ovate 

 blood-red spot on the inner angle of the apex ; antennas black, with 2d 

 and 3d joints short; $ with basal joints dilated. (L. 2^-3^-1.) Grassy 

 places : generally distributed in England and S. Wales : 5-6, *. 



1535 laticeps Ste. M. v. 416. — Brassy -green ; pilose: head much wider 

 than the thorax, the latter with the anterior angles red ; mouth pale 

 testaceous ; elytra with a large blood-red spot at the tip ; antennae black, 

 the 3d joint short; 6* with basal joints much dilated. (L. 3^ 1.) Trees: 

 Ripley : 6. 



1536 viridis Fab. E. i. 307. — Olio. E. ii. pi. 3. f. 11. — Ste. M. iii. 312.— 

 Blue-green, or violaceous, slightly brassy, pilose : mouth ochreous; elytra 

 with a minute blood-red spot at the tip, or spotless; antennae black, the 

 first joint short, 2d very short, 3d long, obscure ; o* with basal joint di- 

 lated. (L. lf-2± 1.) On flowers, &c. : Darenth Wood ; Dulwich ; Cob- 

 ham ; Cambridge ; Swansea ; Carlisle : 6. 



1537 marginellus Fab. E. i. 307. — Ste. M. iii. 313. Ma. 2-spinosus 

 Cur. iv. pi. 167. $ . — Green or bluish ; pubescent: front ochreous: thorax 

 with the lateral margins pale blood-red ; elytra with an ovate red spot at 

 the apex, the latter in the 6* with a concolorous spine within ; legs and 

 antennae dull green, S with basal joints dilated. (L. 2^-3 1.) Appa- 

 rently confined to the coast : Norfolk; Suffolk; Essex; Kent; Devon: 6. 



1538 fasciatusL. ii. 648. — Don. xv. pi. 528. f. 1. — Ste M. iii. 311. — Brassy- 

 black ; glabrous: mouth reddish; elytra with a band a little before the 

 middle, not extending to the suture, and the tip pale red ; margins of ab- 

 dominal segments pale red. (L. 1^-lf 1.) Hedges, &c. : London dis- 

 trict ; Dorset ; Carlisle ; S. Wales : 6. * 



1539 bituberculatus Ste.M. iii. 311 Brassy-black, glabrous: mouth yellowish; 



elytra fuscous, with a narrow band rather before the middle, not extending 

 to the suture, and the apex reddish-yellow, the latter with 2 tuberculous 

 processes. (L. 1^-1 § 1.) Hedges, &c. ; with the preceding species : 6. 



1540 sanguinolentus Fab. E. i. 307. — Oliv. E. ii. pi. 3. f. 18. — Ste. M. iii. 

 814. — Linear elongate, glabrous: brassy-black; lateral margins of the 

 thorax, and the elytra, entirely pale blood-red, the latter sometimes with a 

 dusky cloud towards the scutellum. (L. 2-2^1.) Aquatic plants : Whit- 

 tlesea and Bexley Meres; Crwmlyn Bog; Ealing: 6. 



1541 ruficollis Fab. E. i. 307. — Ste. M. iii. 314. —Mag. H. N. (Bab.) 

 vii 378. f. 49. b. c. — Brassy-black, glabrous: thorax entirely red, tip 

 of the elytra pale red; tibia and tarsi pale reddish. S (Ma. bipunc- 

 tatus Ste. M. v. 416.) with 2 impressed black points at the apex of the 

 elytra. (L. H-2 1.) Hedges: Whittlesea Mere; Monk's Wood, and 

 Norfolk : 6-7. 



1542 f thoracicus Fab. E. i. 308. — Oliv. E. ii. pi. 2. f. 10. — Ste. M. iii. 

 314. — Blue-black; glabrous . thorax entirely red; elytra spotless; hinder 

 tibiae pale red. (Ii. If 1. ) New Forest: 6. 



1543 rubricollis Marsh, i. 371. — Ste. M. iii. 315. —Ma. ruficollis Oliv. E. ii. 

 pi. 2. f. 9. — Black ; pilose : mouth ochreous ; thorax wholly red ; elytra 

 with a minute red dot at the tip ; margins of the abdominal segments 

 reddish : $ with the elytra obliquely truncate, from the margin to the 

 suture. (L. 1-1| 1.) Grassy places: Hertford; Ripley; Dulwich; 

 Bristol : 6. 



1544 pulicarius Fab. E. i. 708. — Fz. F. x. f. 4. <J.— Ste. M. iii. 315. — 



