280 EUPODA. CRIOCERIDiE. 



2187 palllpes Ste. M. iv. 263. — Somewhat linear ; blackish; finely punc- 

 tured, and clothed with a griseous pile : mouth, legs, and antennas pale 

 testaceous-red; the latter long and slender. (L. 3^ 1.) Near Dover, and 

 in Norfolk : ? 6. 



2188 praeusta Fab. E. ii. 360. — Pz. F. xxxiv. f. 17. — Ste. M. iv. 264.— 

 Somewhat linear ; black ; thickly clothed with a short, shining, golden 



,, down, excepting the head and the apex of the elytra, which are glabrous 

 and black : mouth testaceous ; legs testaceous, tarsi fuscous ; antenna? fus- 

 cous, the basal joint testaceous. (L. 3-4 1.) Flowers: New Forest: 6-8. 



(2189f atra Fab. E. ii. 359. — Pz. F. lxix. f. 14. — Ste. AC iv. 264. note. 

 — Body wholly black ; abdomen clothed with a dense shining white pu- 

 bescence. (L. 4 ? 1. ) Erroneously stated to be indigenous.) 



467 Pachyta Megerle. 



2190 livida Fab. E. ii. 355. — Mart. C. pi. 28. f. 13. — Ste. M. iv. 265 



Black ; rather deeply punctured ; clothed with an ashy pubescence : elytra 

 pale testaceous, spotless; anterior tihia? and tarsi pale dull red. (L. 3-4 1.) 

 Flowery banks : Hertford ; Ripley ; Darenth ; Frostenden, Suffolk ; 

 S. Wales ; Devon : 6. 



2191 collaris L. ii. 639. — Mart. C. pi. 27. f. 5. — Ste. M. iv. 265.— Black; 

 with fuscous pubescence : thorax somewhat globose, bright red above ; ab- 

 domen also red ; elytra deep blue-black, shining ; legs long. (L. 4-5 1.) 

 On flowers : Shooter's Hill ; Darenth, in plenty at times ; Bexley ; New 

 Forest ; Hertford ; Devon : 6. 



(2192f virginea L. ii. 639. — Oliv. E. iv. 73. pi. 2. f. 24 Ste. M. iv. 265. 



note. — Black, above glabrous ; thorax with a deep dorsal channel; elytra 

 violet-blue, roughly punctured ; abdomen dirty-red. (L. 6 1.) Impro- 

 perly recorded as British.) 



2193 8-maculata Fab. E. ii. 361 Ste. M. iv. 266. — Le. 6-maculata Don. x. 



pi. 353. f. 2. — Black, clothed with a griseous pile; elytra pale testaceous, 

 each with 4 black spots, placed 2 obliquely at the base, 1 in the middle of 

 the margin, and the 4th at the apex, the 2 basal ones sometimes united, 

 or divided into 3. (L. 4-6^ 1.) Flowers: Colney Hatch Woods; New 

 Forest ; S. Wales ; Devon ; Gibside, Durham ; Baron Wood, Cumber- 

 land : 6. 



(2194$ 6-maculata L. ii. 638. — Oliv. E. iv. 73. pi. 4. f. 43 Ste. M. iv. 



265. note. — Black ; pubescent : thickly punctured : elytra testaceous- 

 yellow, with the outer margin and 3 waved bands black. (L. 5-6 1.) 

 Indicated improperly as British.) 



2195 Lamed L. ii. 630. — Don. xi. pi. 395. f. 2. — Ste. M. iv. 266. note, 

 v. 423. — Black ; slightly glossy ; clothed with griseous pubescence : 

 elytra roughly punctate, livid, with an oblique black streak at the shoulder, 

 and an elongate spot of the same colour near the apex. (L. 8 1.) Found 

 near London ; perhaps not truly indigenous. 



§ 4. Stirps 3. EUPODA Latreille. 



Fam. 54 Criocerid^e. Body generally elongate : head and tho. narrower 

 than the abdomen ; the former immersed, nearly to the eyes, in the tho., 

 which is visually cylindric or somewhat 4-drate : ant. filiform : eyes pro- 

 minent : hinder thighs frequently elongate and clavate, sometimes toothed. 



Fam. 54. CRIOCERIDiE Leach. 



cccclxviii. Donacia Ant. with the 4th and following joints elongated : elytra 

 entire at the apex : legs moderate ; hinder thighs generally elongate, and 

 frequently toothed; tarsi short: body mostly of a metallic hue above. 



