278 LONGICORNES. LEFTURIDiE. 



Finely punctured ; clothed above with an ashy, and beneath with a silvery 

 or golden, pubescence ; colour various, generally black, with the mouth, 

 base of the antenna?, elytra, greater portion of the legs, abdomen of £ , and 

 its apex in ^ , testaceous- red : — at times the suture and apex of the elytra 

 are black ; or the entire insect is black, except occasionally the mouth, 

 base of antenna?, base of elytra, thighs, and tip of abdomen, being red : all 

 intermediate changes occur. (L. 5-13 1.) On flowers and trunks, espe- 

 cially of ash-trees : generally distributed throughout the country : 5-7. 



464 Strangalia Serville. 



2171 elongata De Geer, v. 134. — Don. iii. pi. 84. f. 4. — Ste. M. iv. 257. — 

 Black, with a fine griseous down : elytra yellow, with 4 black bands, the 

 1st composed usually of 3 or 4 round spots, the 2d interrupted towards the 

 .suture ; 4 anterior legs yellow ; apex of tibia? and tarsi black ; hinder pair 

 black, tip of the thighs and of the tibia? yellow ; 2 basal joints of antenna? 

 black, the rest yellow with black tips. $ with hinder tibia? black and 

 2-dentate ; ^ with abdomen yellow at the base : the fascia? on the elytra 

 vary considerably. (L. 5-1\ 1.) On umbelliferous flowers: generally 

 distributed : 5-8. 



2172 attenuata L. ii. 639. — Oliv. E. iv. 73. pi. 1. f. 8. — Ste. M. iv. 258. — 

 Slender; black; slightly pubescent; elytra luteous, very much attenuated, 

 with 4 broad black bands ; abdomen reddish in the middle ; legs testa- 

 ceous, the tip of the hinder thighs and of their tibia? black ; apical joints 

 of antenna? reddish. (L. 6 J 1.) On flowers : Salisbury and Southend : 6. 



465 Leptura of Authors. 



§ A. Elytra with transverse bands : — Stenura p. De Jean. 



2173 aurulenta Fab. E. ii. 364. — Pz. F. xc. f. 15. — Ste. M. iv. 259. — 

 Deep black ; thorax with a narrow band of golden yellow down in front 

 and behind ; elytra testaceous-yellow, with golden down, and 4 transverse 

 bands, the 1st dull reddish, black at the suture, the others deep black : 

 legs testaceous ; thighs black at the base; antenna? testaceous-red ; black 

 in $ . (L. 5-11 1.) Old stumps : New Forest; Briton-ferry, Swansea; 

 N. coast of Devon : 6-7. 



2174 4-fasciata L. ii. 639. — Mart. C. pi. 27. f. 9. — Ste. M. iv. 259. — 

 Black, with a griseous pubescence : elytra bright testaceous-yellow, with 

 1 dentate black bands, the 1st and sometimes the 2d occasionally inter- 

 rupted. (L. 7-101.) 



Var. Le, apicata Haworth. — Le. apicalis Cur. viii. pi. 362. — Ste. M. iv. 260. 

 — With the 3 or 4 terminal joints of the antenna? luteo-testaceous. On 

 flowers ; rather widely distributed; abundant at Darenth Wood : 6-7. 



§ B. Elytra without transverse bands. 



2175 revestita L. ii. 638. — Mart. C. pi. 27. f. 1. — Ste. M. iv. 258. — 

 ilusty-red, slightly pubescent; antenna?, eyes, breast, scutellum and elytra 

 black ; tips of tibia? and the tarsi dusky. £ with the elytra and base of the 

 antenna? rusty-red. ( L. 5-6 1. ) Flowers, &c. : Coombe Wood ; Wind- 

 sor ; Colney Hatch ; Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire : 6. 



(2176f rubrotestacea III. M. iv. 122. — Ste. M. iv. 258. note. — S Pz. F. 

 Ixix. f. 12 <j> Id. f. 11. — Black, with a griseous pile; tibia? and tarsi 

 testaceous. <$ with the elytra pale testaceous, spotless ; % with the thorax 

 above, and the elytra, red and spotless. (L. 6 I.) Improperly indicated 

 as British.) 



21 77 virens L. ii. 638. — . Ste. M. iv. 260. pi. xxii. f. 3. — Black ; densely 

 clothed throughout with a silken yellowish-green pubescence; densest 



