CURTOMERUS. CLYTUS. 275 



(2146f undatum L. ii. 5:36. — Pz. F. Ixx. f. 15. — Ste. M. iv. 249. note. 



— Rather long, narrow ; black with pale hairs ; thorax slightly tuber- 

 culated ; elytra with 2 waved bands and the outer margin whitish-yellow ; 

 antennae short. (L. 3i 1.) Indicated erroneously as British.) 



2147 Alni L. ii. 338. — Mart. C. pi. 28. f. 14. — Ste. M. iv. 249. — Short; 

 black ; finely punctured, shining : mouth pitchy ; elytra red at the base, 

 each with a white crescent a little behind the red base, and a 2nd broader 

 and straighter towards the apex ; thighs pitchy, club black ; tibia?, tarsi, 

 and antenna? dull red: — base of elytra sometimes black. (L. 2-4 1.) 

 Dry hurdles, &c, in woods: Coombe and Darenth woods: Hertford; 

 Epping ; Monk's Wood ; Gibside ; Rose Castle, Cumberland ; Forest 

 Hill, Oxon : 5-7. 



§ B. Elytra with distinct raised lines : — Isarthron De Jean. 



(2148f luridum Fab. E. ii. 342. — Pz. F. Ixx. f. 10. — Ste. M. iv. 248. 

 note. — Short, fiattish, finely punctured : thorax glossy black, with a faint 

 dorsal channel, and an obscure reddish lateral line ; elytra opaque, with a 

 raised line, frequently livid testaceous, or fuscous, sometimes black ; legs 

 pitchy, or occasionally rusty-red. (L. 5 1.) Erroneously indicated as 

 British.) 



(454 Curtomerus Stephens.') 



(2149 luteus Marsham. — Ste. M. iv. 249. — Ca. pilicorne Fab. E. ii. 341. ? 



— Testaceous-red: tomentose : eyes black; elytra very thickly punc- 

 tured: legs rather paler; antenna? longer than the body. (L. 6 1.) 

 West India docks, evidently imported : 6.) 



(455 Penichroa Stephens.) 

 (2150 fasciata Wilkin. — Ste. M. iv. 250. — Fuscous-brown; finely punc- 

 tate throughout ; legs and antenna? paler : elytra with an indistinct palish 

 band, a little behind the middle ; head with a short frontal channel. 

 (L. 7-9 1.) Norwich, in plenty once: doubtless imported.) 



456 Gracilia Serville. 



2151 minuta Fab. M. i. 150. — Don. xvi. pi. 553. f. 2 Ste. M. iv. 250. — 



Red-brown ; legs paler : eyes black : elytra with an angular ridge in the 

 middle : abdomen shining black beneath : antennae testaceous ; short in 

 the <j> , in which sex the thorax is also short. (L. 2^-3 1.) Elms; hazel 

 twigs, &c. : London ; Ripley ; Dulwich ; Brompton ; Epping ; Cam- 

 bridge ; Bristol : 5-6. 



457 Obrium Megerle. 



2152 cantharinum L. ii. 637 Cur. ii. pi. 91. <J . <j> . — Ste. M. iv. 251. — 



Rusty-red, shining, pilose ; elytra irregularly punctured ; eyes black ; 

 legs brown, or black ; antenna? brown, or black. (L. 3-6 1.) On trees: 

 Epping ; Laytonstone ; Broxbourne ; Brighton, &c. : 6. 



(458 Tritomacrus Newman.) 



(2153f testaceus Ent. M. (Newm.) i. 510. — Ste. M. v. 423. — Testaceous; 

 eyes a little darker: antenna? much longer than the body, pubescent, and 

 tapering gradually to a point. (L. 5 1. ant. 8 1.) Near Cork, in Ire- 

 land : 6.?) 



459 Clytus Fabricius. 



2154 mysticus L. ii. 639. — Don. iii. pi. 82. f. 2. — Ste. M. iv. 242. 



Linear elongate ; black : elytra red at the base, then black ; the apex and 

 2 or 3 more or less curved approximating stripes of ashy-white pile ; 

 tarsi pitchy: — base of the elytra rarely black. (L. 3-6 1.) Old posts, &c. : 

 London district ; Bottisham ; Yorkshire: 5-7. 



