334 HETEROMERA CANTHARID-&. 



2621 fasciata Fab. E. ii. 122 Samou. pi. 4. f. 8. — Ste. M. v. 50. — 



Black, thickly punctulated ; densely clothed with an ashy pile ; thorax 

 with 2 ashy pilose lines and the sides the same ; elytra with a single su- 

 tural stria on each, the suture and disc variegated with ashy down ; behind 

 the middle of the latter a whitish spot of the same; anal style short ; an- 

 tennae slender, serrated. (L. 3-5 1.) On flowers: New Forest; Monk's 

 Wood ; Dover ; Swansea : 6-7. 



544 Ripiphorus Fabricius. 



2622 paradoxus L. ii. 682. — Cur. i. pi. 19 Ste. M. v. 51. — Black; 



slightly pubescent ; thorax with a deep groove, the hinder angles testa- 

 ceous ; abdomen testaceous-yellow, with its apex often black : $ generally 

 with the elytra testaceous tipped with black, sometimes all black, or inter- 

 mediate. (L. 6-9 1.) In wasps' nests, and on flowers: Coombe Wood; 

 Godstone; Cambridge; Netley : 7-9. 



(545 Ripidius Thunberg.) 

 (2623 anceps Ste. M. v. 427. — Pitchy-black ; slightly glossy ; eyes deep 

 black, granulated ; thorax very rough ; elytra smooth, pale pitchy-brown ; 

 legs pale fuscous, with the joints pale at their origin ; antennas of a pale 

 whitish ochre. (L. 2 1.) Among papers: London: perhaps not truly 

 indigenous. ) 



Fam. 69. CANTHARID^ Leach. 



dxlvi. Sitaris Ant. simple : palpi filiform ; max. with terminal joint some- 

 what ovate : head inflexed : tho. orbiculate-quadrate : elytra shorter than 

 the body, much narrowed towards the tip, and gaping : wings 2, ample. 



dxlvii. Proscarab^eus Ant. thickened in the middle, distorted, especially 

 in the S '• palpi with terminal joint thickened : head vertical, broader than 

 the thorax, the latter squarish, flat on the back : elytra very short, lapping 

 over each other at the base : wings 0. 



dxlviii. Meloe Ant. filiform, or rather thickened at the tips; not distorted: 

 palpi with the terminal joint slightly thickened, or acute : head scarcely 

 wider than thorax, which is transverse- quadrate : elytra very short, lapping 

 over each other at the base : wings 0. 



dxlix. Cantharis Ant. elongate, simple, filiform : max. palpi with terminal 

 joint somewhat ovate : head large, heart-shaped ; tho. small, rather qua- 

 drate, narrower than the elytra, which are as long as the abdomen, soft, 

 linear, the apex slightly gaping : wings 2, ample. 



dl. Sybaris Ant. elongate, simple, filiform : max. palpi with terminal joint 

 hatchet-shaped : head deflexed, very broad : tho. elongate, somewhat conic, 

 narrowed in front : elytra wider than thorax, soft, linear, as long as abdo- 

 men, apex not gaping ; wings 2, ample. 



546 Sitaris Latreille. 



2624 humeralis Fab. E. ii. 371. — Cur. viii. pi. 340. — Ste. M. v. 53. — 

 Black ; coarsely punctured ; elytra finely punctured, of a dusky violaceous- 

 black, with the base yellowish, attenuated from the shoulders, and subulated. 

 (L. 5-6^1.) Banks: parasitic on Anthophoras? Chelsea; New Forest; 

 Oxford; Devonshire; Warwickshire; Kent: 6-8. 



547 Proscarab^eus Leach. 



2625 violaceus Marsh, i. 482. — Lin. Tr. xi. pi. vii. f. 3, 4, 5. — Ste. M. 

 v. 6.5. — Violet ; head and thorax finely punctured ; the latter with a 

 notch behind ; elytra rough : abdomen dark, with a rough violet spot on 



