ANASPIS. 331 



punctate ; elytra rather paler, spotless ; apex sometimes palish ; mouth, 

 palpi, legs, antenna?, and body beneath dull-red ; eyes black. (L. 2-2^ 1.) 

 On Boleti : London district ; Bottisham ; S. Wales ; Barmouth : 5-6. 



2591 minor Ent. M. ( Walker) iii. 83. — Pitchy-brown, with a silken pile ; 

 very finely punctulate ; head, thorax, breast, abdomen, and legs pitchy ; 

 palpi dull red ; antenna? slender, somewhat clavate, dull pitchy, the base 

 and under side dull red. (L. 1^1.) New Lanark, and near London : 6. 



2592 f fasciata Pk. F. ii. 182. — Cur. v. pi. 197. — Ste. M. v. 41. —Pitchy- 

 brown, or dull red ; minutely punctured ; and with a short yellowish pile ; 

 eyes black ; elytra testaceous, with a double spot near the base, a bent one 

 before the middle, and a broad band behind, with the apex, black ; legs 

 and antenna? dull red. (L. 2 1.) Beat out of whitethorn, near Lynd- 

 hurst: 6. 



Fam. 68. MORDELLIDiE Leach. 



dxlii. Anaspis Scutel. distinct : abdomen not armed with an anal style : ant. 

 a little thickened at the tips ; joints short, conic-cylindric : hinder tibia 

 with long spurs at the tip ; 4 anterior tarsi with penult, joint bilobed. 



dxliii. Mordella Scutel. distinct : abdomen with an elongate acute style at 

 the apex : ant. short, slightly serrated : tho. lobed behind : hinder tibia 

 with long apical spurs ; tarsi entire. 



dxliv. Ripiphorus Scutel. concealed : eyes remote : body compressed : elytra 

 rather shorter than the body, acuminated, gaping : wings exposed : ant. of 

 c? bipectinated ; of ^ semiserrated. 



(dxlv. Ripidius Scutel. concealed ; eyes large, united above : elytra very short, 

 dilated externally at the base, attenuated at the apex : wings ample, ex- 

 posed : ant. of $ very deeply pectinated ; ^ apterous?) 



542 Anaspis Geoffroy. 



2593 frontalis L. ii. 682. — Wood. i. pi. 28. — Ste. M. v. 42. — Black, 

 with a brown pile ; mouth, labrum, base of antennas, and anterior legs 

 pale testaceous ; middle thighs pitchy ; anterior margin of forehead in $ 

 testaceous-yellow, in $ pitchy-red. (L. 1-2 1.) Flowers and hedges: 

 generally distributed : 5-7. 



2594 lateralis Fab. E. ii. 125. — Ste. M. v. 43. — Black, with a brown 

 pile ; mouth, labrum, and forehead, and sides of the thorax, broadly tes- 

 taceous ; 4 anterior legs entirely, and base of hinder thighs, testacous-yel- 

 low; rest of hinder legs brownish; base of antenna? yellowish. (L. 

 l£-lf 1.) Hedges: Ripley; S.Wales: 6-7. 



2595 ruficollis Oliv. E. iii. 9. pi. 1. f. 9 Ste. M. v. 43. — Black, with 



a dusky pile ; mouth, base of antenna?, and legs yellowish ; tips of an- 

 tenna? and of joints of tarsi dusky; thorax reddish-yellow. (L. 1-1 \ 1.) 

 Flowers : generally distributed : 6-7. 



2596 fuscescens Ste. M. v. 43. — Black, with a fuscous pile ; head, thorax, 

 and legs entirely testaceous-yellow ; eyes black ; base of antenna? pale tes- 

 taceous ; apex fuscescent. (L. 1|-1^ 1.) On flowers : South Lambeth and 

 Ripley: 6-7. 



2597 thoracica L. ii. 682. — Oliv. E. iii. 9. pi. 1. f. 10. — Ste. M. v. 44. 

 note. — Black ; slightly pubescent ; head, thorax, base of the antenna?, and 

 the 4 anterior legs testaceous-yellow. (L. l£ 1.) Flowers : London dis- 

 trict: 6-7. 



2598 melanopa Forst. C. i. 64. — Ste. M. v. 44. — Testaceous-yellow ; pu- 

 bescent ; eyes, breast, and abdomen black ; elytra with 3 broadish spots, 

 1 basal, the 2d a bent band-like one, the 3d common and near the apex ; 

 tips of the antenna? and of the joints of the tarsi dusky : — disc of thorax 



