RHAGIUM. TOXOTUS. 277 



21 G5 Umbellatarum L. ii. 641. — Mart. C. pi. 23. f. 2 Ste. M iv. 252. — 



Black; pubescent ; elytra testaceous-brown, spotless: legs the same, with 

 the thighs gradually clavate ; antennae dusky-brown. (L. 3-4^1.) On 

 flowers in hedges : Darenth Wood ; Coombe : 6. 



Fam. 53. LEPTURIDiE Leach. 



cccclxii. Rhagium Tho. with an acute spine on each side : body broad, flat •. 



legs and ant. short : palpi with terminal joint somewhat hatchet-shaped. 

 cccclxiii. Toxotus Tho. with a tubercle on each side : body elongate, narrow ; 



elytra attenuated towards the tip ; humeral angles prominent : leys and ant. 



long : palpi with terminal joint enlarged, hatchet-shaped, 

 cccclxiv. Strangalia Tho. unarmed, narrowed in front, flattish above : body 



very narrow, somewhat pointed behind : head produced in front : eyes 



globular : elytra cut out at the apex : — hinder tibial of $ bidentate. 

 cccclxv. Leptura Tho. unarmed, slightly convex: body elongate; rather 



narrow : eyes moderate : elytra attenuated, apex slightly cut out. 

 cccclxvi. Grammoptera Tho. unarmed, rather convex : body linear : eyes 



moderate : elytra not attenuated, the apex entire, 

 cccclxvii. Pachyta Tho. somewhat conical, with a slight obtuse tubercle 



on each side ; disc slightly convex : body very robust, rather pubescent : 



elytra short, nearly parallel, or scarcely attenuated ; humeral angles not 



prominent. 



462 Rhagium Fabricius. 



2166 Indigator Fab. E. ii. 313. — Pz. F. lxxxii. f. 5. — Ste. M. iv. 254. — 

 Black, obsoletely punctured, and clothed with an ashy pubescence : an- 

 terior edge of thorax dull red ; elytra dull testaceous, with 3 raised lines, 

 tire disc reticulated with black, and with 2 or 3 distinct oblique black 

 bands ; thighs and tibia? dull ashy-testaceous ; antenna? thickened in the 

 middle. (L. 8-10 1.) Decayed trees : Shropshire and Scotland : 6-7. 



2167 Inquisitor L. ii. 630. — Pz. F. lxxxii. f. 4. — Ste. M. iv. 254.— 

 Black ; thickly and rather coarsely punctured, clothed with yellowish 

 pile : elytra with 2 raised lines, the disc with 2 approximating, irregular, 

 transverse testaceous bands, with a glabrous black spot between them on 

 the outer margin; antenna? setaceous. (L. 7-11 1.) Decayed trees: 

 London district ; generally distributed throughout the country : 4-7. 



2168 bifasciatum Fab. E. ii. 314. — Don. iii. pi. 94. f. 1. — Id. x. pi. 253. 

 f. 1. var.— Id. xi. pi. 395. f. 1. var. — Ste. M. iv. 254. — Black; shining: 

 elytra fuscous, reddish exteriorly ; disc with 2 raised lines and 2 short 

 oblique testaceous-yellow bands ; base of thighs and the antenna? (which 

 are setaceous) red : — the elytra vary considerably, sometimes being testa- 

 ceous-yellow, with a few black dashes, or almost wholly black, with a 

 brassy tinge ; the bands sometimes united into a large dorsal blotch, more 

 or less shaded off into the ground-colour, or bordered with black, &c. 

 (L. 8-10 1.) On decayed stumps of fir trees; generally distributed; 

 abundant in the North : 4-8. 



463 Toxotus Megcrle. 



(2169 \ Cursor L. ii. 630. — Oliv. E. iv. 69. pi. 1. f. 9. f. 10. (Xoctis) 6*. 

 — Ste. M. iv. 255. note. — Pubescent : thorax with acute lateral spines : 

 elytra with 2 or 3 raised lines, the disc rough, the tip acuminated. $ 

 black ; mouth, and base of antennae, dull red : <j> black ; mouth, antenna?, 

 abdomen, and legs varied with dull red ; elytra red, suture and a stripe 

 black. (L. 8-9 1. ) Indicated as British erroneously.) 



2170 meridianus L. ii. 630. —Don. xiii. pi. 435. f. 2. — Ste. M. iv. 256.— 



