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beneath: thorax with hinder angles obtuse; antenna? with the 2 basal 

 joints black, the remainder luteous at the base, black at the tips. (L. 9 1. ) 

 Decayed trees : Forest of Dean : 6. 



2178 scutellata Fab. E. ii. 359. — Pz. F. lxix. f. 15. — Ste. M. iv. 260. — 

 Broad ; black ; slightly pubescent, thickly and coarsely punctured : 

 scutellum densely clothed with yellow pile ; apex of elytra less coarsely 

 punctured. (L. 7-10 1.) Old trees: abundant in Hainault and New 

 Forests; Epping : 6-7. 



2179 tomentosa Fab. E. ii. 355. —Olh\ E. iv. 73. pi. 2. f. 13 Ste. M. 



iv. 261. — Short, black ; thickly, but finely, punctured ; clothed with an 

 ashy pile : elytra testaceous, with a black patch at the apex. (L. 5-6 1. ) 

 Old trees : New Forest, near Lyndhurst ; Haslar ; Hyde ; Kingsbridge, 

 Devon ; Penllergare : 6-7. 



2180 sanguinolenta L. ii. 638. — Don. xvi. pi. 557. — Ste. M. iv. 261. — 

 Elongate ; black, rather convex ; thickly and distinctly punctured ; 

 clothed with a griseous pubescence ; elytra livid, and Avith the tip black 

 in the $ ; broader, red, and spotless, in the ^; legs longish. (L. 5-6 1.) 

 Old trees, &c. : in London ; Bickham, Devon ; Norfolk ; Suffolk : 6-7. 



2181 melanura L. ii. 637 Pz. F. lxix. f. 19. $ . — Ste. M. iv. 261. — 



Narrow ; black ; clothed with a griseous pile ; finely and thickly punc- 

 tured : thorax oblong, hinder angles acute; elytra of the $ livid, the 

 suture slightly, and the apex black, of $ red, with the suture broadly, and 

 apex black; legs rather long and slender. (L. 3-5 1.) Hedges and 

 flowers : generally distributed : 5-9. 



2182 nigra L. ii. 639. — Mart. C. pi. 27. f. 8. — Ste. M. iv. 262. — Narrow; 

 black ; rather glossy, and a little pubescent : thorax conic, obsoletely 

 punctured; hinder angles acute; elytra finely punctured; abdomen bright 

 red, the base sometimes, and the apex rarely, black ; legs and antennae long. 

 (L. 4-5 1.) On flowers: Coombe Wood; Darenth; Chevening ; Ripley; 

 Norfolk ; Suffolk ; Devonshire ; S. Wales, &c. : 6-7. 



2183 sexguttata Fab. E. ii. 364 Pz. F. lxix. f. 22. — Ste. M. iv. 262. — 



Linear-elongate, black, thickly puuetured and clothed with an ashy pubes- 

 cence ; elytra each with 3 luteous spots placed longitudinally ; claws dull 

 red : $ with the 2 hinder spots on the elytra united by a pale line, form- 

 ing a reversed note of? (L. 5-5\ 1.) On flowers : Darenth Wood and 

 New Forest : 6. 



466 Grammoptera Serville. 



2184 abdominalis Ste. M. iv. 262. — Linear-elongate; black, finely punc- 

 tured, and with an ashy pubescence : thorax short, convex, hinder angles 

 acute ; abdomen with the apical segments black ; legs black ; base of all 

 the thighs mostly red; antenna? wholly black. (L. 4-5 1.) Flowers: 

 Darenth Wood ; and Brockenhurst, New Forest : 6. 



2185 laevis Fab. E. ii. 355. — Pz. F. xxxiv. f. 16. — Ste. M. iv. 263. — 

 Lineai--elongate ; narrow; black; clothed with a pale pubescence : thorax 

 oblong, convex, punctured; elytra livid, finely punctured, the suture a 

 little stained, the apex dusky, or black ; legs long, testaceous, tip of hinder 

 thighs sometimes dusky. (L. 3^-4^ 1.) In hedges, &c. : common every 

 where : 5-7. 



2186 ruficornis Fab. E. ii. 360. — Stur. V. 1796. pi. 2. f. 9. — Ste. M. iv. 

 263. — Somewhat linear; black, thickly punctured ; clothed with a gri- 

 seous pubescence : mouth varied with testaceous ; legs elongate, red ; tips 

 of the anterior and hinder thighs, knees of the middle legs, and tarsi black ; 

 2 basal joints of antenna? red, the rest red, with their tips black. (L. 3-4 1. ) 

 Woods and hedges : very common, and generally distributed; 6-7. 



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