T1LLUS. CLERUS. 197 



joints forming a rather slender club, the 2 basal joints rather longest ; the 

 terminal 1 acuminate within : palpi with the apical joint thickened, ob- 

 conic : tarsi distinctly 5-jointed ; claws with a small tooth at the base. 



306 Tillus Olivier. 



1561 elongatus L, ii. 603 Oliv. E. ii, 4. pi. 1. f. 1. — Ste. M. iii. 322. — 



Villose ; head black ; thorax bright red, with the front edge black ; elytra 

 bluish-black ; faintly punctate-striate : antennae and legs black. $ Ti. 

 ambulans Fab. E. i. 282. — Ste. M. iii. 322. — with the thorax glossy 

 black. (L. 2^-4 1.) 



Var. Ti. bimaculatus Don. xii. pi. 411. f. 2. £ . — with a pale testaceous 

 spot on the disc of the elytra : both sexes occur. Hedges : Camberwell ; 

 Darenth ; Coombe ; Hertford ; Windsor ; Hereford ; Devon ; Swansea, 

 &c. : 5-7. 



307 Tilloidea Laporte. 



1562 unifasciata Oliv. E. iv. 17. pi. 2. f. 21. — Cur. vii. pi. 267. — Ste. 

 M. iii. 322. — Pilose; black: elytra punctate-striate, the base red, apex 

 black, with an incurved white band a little behind the middle, not always 

 touching the suture. (L. 3-3^ 1.) On palings : Hertford occasionally; 

 Windsor : 6. 



308 OriLus Latreille. 



1563 mollis L. ii. 621. — Samou. pi. 12. f. 1. — Ste. M. iii. 323. — Elongate ; 

 pubescent ; fuscous : forehead and anterior edge of thorax testaceous ; 

 elytra with an irregular oblique pale band at the base, a 2d distinct, 

 angulated across rather behind the middle, not touching the suture, and 

 the apex pale ; breast pitchy ; abdomen reddish ; legs pale testaceous ; 

 thighs with a dusky ring near the tip; antenna? dull red. (L. 3-5 1.) 

 Hedges: Coombe and Darenth Woods ; Copenhagen fields; Holloway ; 

 Kew ; Windsor, &c. : 3-6. 



1564 univittatus Rossi M. i. 44 Op. fasciatus Cur. vi. pi. 270. — Ste. 



M. iii. 324. — Fuscous-black, villose ; deeply punctured : thorax with a 

 dorsal furrow ; elytra with a white band across rather behind the middle; 

 legs dull red, with the base of the thighs black ; antennae dusky, dull red 

 at the base. (L. 2|-3 1.) Hedges near Winchmore Hill: 6. 



309 Thanasimus Latreille. 



1565 formicarius L. ii. 620. —Don. vii. pi. 271. f. 2. —Ste. M. iii. 325. — 

 Pilose ; red : head and anterior edge of thorax black ; elytra black, the 

 base red, towards the apex 2 snowy-white bands, the anterior flexuous, the 

 other broad, and angular behind the middle ; tarsi pitchy ; terminal 

 joint of antennae rusty at the tip ; breast and thorax beneath sometimes 

 black. (L. 3-4^ 1. ) Under bark of decaying trees: Coombe Wood; 

 Copenhagen fields ; Cambridge ; Windsor ; Dublin, &c. : 4-6. 



310 Clerus Geoffroy. 



1566 apiarius L. ii. 620. — Ste. M. iii. 325. pi. xix. f. 5. — Blue, slightly 

 pubescent: elytra red, with 3 bluish bands, the 1st before the middle, 2d 

 broader behind the middle, the 3d at the extreme tip ; tarsi reddish ; 

 antennae dusky, the base dull- red. (L. 4-8 1.) Hedges: Dover; Nor- 

 folk ; and near Manchester : 6. 



1567 alvearius Fab. E. i. 284. — Cur. i. pi. 44. — Ste. M. iii. 326 



Bluish-black, very hairy : elytra red, with a spot at the scutellum, a band 

 united thereto, rather before the middle, a broader band behind the middle, 



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