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irregular narrowed central band blackish brown ; antennae pale. (L. 1^1.) 

 On Lonicera Xylosteum ; Spitchweek, Devon : 6. 



1799 Populi Fab. E. ii. 495. — Oliv. E. v. 100, pi. 32. f. 484. — Ste. M. 

 iv. 67. — Oblong-ovate, black ; breast with a dense whitish pubescence : 

 antennae and legs pale testaceous ; hinder thighs with a black ring. ( L. 

 1 § 1. ) London district ? 



1800 Salicis L. ii. 611,? — Or. Avellanae Ste. M. iv. 64. — Don. vi. pi. 

 205. f. 3. — Oval, black ; thorax entirely clothed with a whitish pile ; 

 elytra with a large lobed, or heart-shaped, patch of the same, forming 2 

 crescents, and a short band behind, with a few dull red hairs intermixed 

 near the tip; tibiae, tarsi, and antennae testaceous. (L. l-l£ 1.) 



Var. Or. X -album Kirby. — Ste. M. iv. 64. — With the lobate patch on 

 the elytra forming an X ; the posterior band wanting. On hazel : London 

 district ; Bristol ; Suffolk ; S. Wales : 5-6. 



1801 Rusci Herbst. C, vi. 424. pi. 93, f. 16. ? — Or. bifasciatus Ste. M. 

 iv. 64. — Ovate, black : elytra somewhat deeply striate, with a pilose white 

 stripe near the scutellum; a bent bar of the same near the middle, and a 

 short straight one towards the apex, the latter sometimes ochreous ; tarsi 

 and antennae red. (L. \\\. ) In woods: London district; S. Wales: 5-6. 



370 Tachyerges Schonherr. 



1802 Capreae Fab. E. iii, 452, — Don. iv. pi. 125. f. 5-7. — Ta. Salicis Ste. 

 M. iv. 66. — Ovate, black : elytra striated ; scutellum, and 2 unequal, 

 bent, flexuous bands white, with a light rusty-red patch between the latter 

 on the suture ; antennae red at the base. (L. 1^-1^ 1.) On willows : Lon- 

 don district ; Swansea ; Carlisle, &c. : 5-7. 



1803 decoratus Sckdppel — Germ. M. iv. 333. — Ste. M. iv. 65. — Oval, 

 black ; scutellum white ; elytra with 2 obscure bands, composed of whitish 

 streaks; tibiae, tarsi, and antennae testaceous red. (L. l^-lg 1.) 



Var. ? Or. affinis Ste. M. iv. 65. — Rather larger (L. 1^ 1.), darker, elytra 

 spotless. Woods : London district : 5-6. 



1804 confundatus Sch. S. (Cur.) iii. 503. — rufitarsis Ste. M. iv. 67. — 

 Oblong-ovate, black ; scutellum of the same hue ; tarsi and antenna? tes- 

 taceous-red. (L. 1^1.) Woods: London district : 6. 



1805 Stigma Germ. M. iv. 334. — Ste. M. iv. 67. — Oblong-ovate, convex, 

 black : thorax oblong, conic ; scutellum with snowy pubescence ; elytra 

 deeply crenate-striate, interstices rough ; eyes united in front : sides of 

 the thorax sometimes clothed with whitish pile. (L. 1^-1 \ 1.) On 

 willows and alders : London district; Norfolk; Bristol; Swansea: 5-7. 



1806 Saliceti Fab. E. ii. 496. — Ste. M. iv. 66. — Oblong-ovate, black, 

 slightly pubescent ; elytra convex, deeply punctate-striate ; breast clothed 

 with whitish pile ; tibiae and base of the antennae testaceous. (L. |-1 1.) 



Var. Or. scutellatus Wilk. ? — Ste. M. iv. 67. — Scutellum whitish, and 

 anterior femora dull red-brown. On willows, poplars, &c. : London dis- 

 trict ; Norfolk; Bristol: 5-8. 



371 Balaninus Germar. 

 § A. Pygidium not covered by the elytra. 



1807 elephas Andersch. — Sch. S. ( Cur.) iii. 378. — Cu. nucum var. Oliv. E. 

 V. 215. pi. 5. f. 47. — Elongate-ovate; red-brown, clothed with whitish 

 scales, varied with griseous on the elytra : legs testaceous : rostrum very 

 slender, long, of the <j> longer than the body, smooth, red, with the tip 

 black; funiculus with all the joints elongate, slender. (L. 4-5^ 1. ) 

 Rare ; woods : London district : 6. 



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