284 EUPOUA. — CRIOCERID-rtC. 



(L. 4^-5 1. ) On aquatic plants : Surrey Canal ; Woolwich marshes ; Nor- 

 folk ; "Suffolk ; Bristol ; Prestwick ; Yorkshire, &c. : 6. 



469 Macroplea Hoffmansegg. 



2217 Zostera? Fab. E. ii. 127. — Ste. M. iv. 277. — Ma. Equiseti Cur. vii. 

 pi. 318. — Black; mouth, thorax, and elytra testaceous-yellow; thorax 

 brightest, with 2 longish black spots ; elytra convex striate, the striae in 

 pairs, and composed mostly of black punctures, the apex produced into 

 an acute spine, the inner margin rounded ; legs yellow, thighs and tibia? 

 spotless, hinder tibia? flexuous ; tarsi annulatcd with fuscous. (L. 2^-4 1.) 

 On Zostera marina, and amongst the leaves of Potamogeton pectinatus : 

 Hull ; Cambridge ; Fakenham ; Windsor : 6. 



(2118 f Equiseti Fab. E. ii. 127 Ste. M. iv. 277. — Do. appendiculata 



Pz. F. xxiv. f. 17. — Black: mouth, thorax, and elytra testaceous- yellow ; 

 the thorax brighter and with 2 long black dashes ; elytra flattish, striate 

 in pairs, the stria? composed mostly of black punctures, apex produced 

 externally into an acute spine, internally with an obtuse short one ; legs 

 yellow, tips of the thighs and of the tibia? black ; tarsi entirely pitchy- 

 brown ; claws black ; hinder tibia? slightly bent. (L. 4-4^1.) Supposed 

 to occur near Windsor : 6. ) 



470 Orsodacna Latrcilh. 



2219 chlorotica Lot. G. iii. 44. — Ste. M. iv. 278. — Cr. fulvicollis Pz. F. 

 lxxxiii. f. 8. — Above glabrous, shining ; irregularly punctate ; beneath 

 with a silken pile : antenna?, head, and thorax pale red, the latter remotely 

 punctured ; elytra and legs pale testaceous-yellow ; the breast, crown, and 

 abdomen, and sometimes the edges of the elytra, are brown or black. 

 (L. 2|-4 1.) Hedges: Matlock, Derbyshire ; Epping: 6. 



2220 nigriceps Lat. Gr. iii. 44. — Ste. M. iv. 279. — Cr. lincola Pz. F. 

 xxxiv. f. 5. — Black : antenna?, legs, thorax, and sometimes the abdomen 

 pale red ; elytra pale testaceous ; thorax slightly pubescent, thickly punc- 

 tured, except a smooth dorsal line ; hinder thighs with a brown dot. (L. 

 3-3^ 1. ) On the sallow : Darenth Wood : 6. 



2221 humeralis Lat. Gr. iii. 45. — Ste. M. iv. 279. — Violet-blue ; thorax 

 with 2 dull-red spots behind ; elytra with the shoulders, and the joints of 

 the legs also, dull red : — sometimes the thorax and the elytra are wholly 

 violet-blue, with the base of the antenna? and thighs dull red : — or occa- 

 sionally the insect is pale testaceous, with the crown and breast violet 

 black. (L. 3-3^1.) Whitethorn: Norwood and New Forest : 6. 



(2222f cantharoides Fab. E. i. 462. — Ste. M. iv. 279. note Violet shining; 



head, thorax, and legs red; antenna? reddish at the base. (L. 3 1. ?) 

 An English specimen said to have been in the old collection at the British 

 Museum. ) 



471 Crioceris Geoffroy. 



2223 merdigera L. ii. 599. — Samou. pi. 2. f. 14. — Ste. M. iv. 280. — 

 Short ; black ; thorax and elytra bright red, spotless, the latter delicately 

 punctate-striate. (L. 3^-4 1.) On the white lily in gardens: Camber- 

 well ; Deptford ; Peckham ; Crwmlyn Burrows : 6-7. 



2224 12-punctatus L. ii. 601. — Mart. C. pi. 16. f. 36. — Ste. M. iv. 280. 

 — Short ; dull red ; elytra paler, each with 6 black dots, which are some- 

 times slightly united ; antenna?, breast, joints of the legs and the tarsi 

 black. (L. 21-3 1. ) On asparagus : Bath, and near Bristol : 6. 



2225 puncticollis Spence. — Cur. vii. pi. 323. — Ste. M. iv. 281. — Short; 

 glossy blue : thorax slightly convex, thickly and deeply rugose-punctate, 

 with an obsolete impression behind, and 2 short furrows on the back ; 



