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559 Aderus Westwood. 



2654 Boleti Marsh, i. 486. — Ste. M. v. 76. pi. xxv. f. 6. — Rusty-testa- 

 ceous, finely and thickly punctured, clothed with a delicate silken pubes- 

 cence : elytra with several irregular denuded patches j abdomen fuscous : 

 legs pale testaceous: head dusky: eyes black. (L. 1|-1^1. ) Flowery 

 hedges : Ripley ; South Lambeth ; Dulwich ; Southgate ; Ensham, 

 Oxon : 4-7. 



Fam. 71. SALPINGIDiE Leach. 



dlx. Salpingus Ant. short, clavate ; club 5-jointed : labrum 4-drate : head 

 flat, produced anteriorly into an elongate rostrum, which is contracted in 

 the middle : body oblong-ovate, flattish : elytra wider than thorax. 



dlxi. Sph^eriestes Ant. short, clavate ; club indistinctly 5-jointed : labrum 

 rounded in front : head slightly convex, produced anteriorly into a short, 

 flat rostrum : body oblong-ovate, rather convex : tho. with lateral margins 

 sometimes crenulated. 



dlxii. Mycterus Ant. elongate, filiform, articulations obconic : head pro- 

 duced in front into an elongate slender rostrum : tho. trapeziform : body 

 ovate, clothed with a silken down. 



560 Salpingus Illiger. 



2655 ruficollis L. ii. 609- — Pz. F. xxiv. f. 19. — Ste. M. iv. 217. — Pale 

 reddish yellow, shining ; punctured ; eyes black ; back of the head and 

 the elytra blue or metallic green, the latter punctate-striate ; abdomen 

 pitchy-red; terminal joints of antennae fuscous. (L 1^-1^1.) 



Var. ? Sa. bicolor Marsham. — Ste. M. iv. 217. — Paler; head at base, and 

 elytra, dark blue, abdomen red. Under bark, &c. : London district; New 

 Forest ; Bristol ; Swansea ; Pencarrow : 6. 



2656 viridipennis Zeigler. — Ste. M. iv. 217. — Pale reddish-yellow; shin- 

 ing ; punctured ; eyes black ; elytra deep blue, or greenish, punctate- 

 striate ; abdomen pitchy ; legs pale testaceous ; antenna? reddish, terminal 

 joints dusky. (L. 1-lq- 1.) Under bark, &c. : London district: 6-7. 



2657 planirostris Fab. E. ii. 410. — Pz. F. xv. f. 14. — Ste. M. iv. 217. — 

 Above brown-brass, shining ; beneath pitchy-red ; rostrum short, broad, 

 flat, pale testaceous ; elytra punctate-striate ; legs and antennas pale tes- 

 taceous, the terminal joints of the latter fuscous. (L. 1-1^ 1.) Hedges : 

 London district ; S. Wales : 6-8. 



561 SpHiERiESTES Kirby. 



2658 ater Pk. F. i. 298 Ste. M. iv. 218. — Black, somewhat brassy, 



smooth ; thorax subcordate, its sides entire ; disc thickly punctured, and 

 with 2 foveas ; head rounded ; base of antennae and legs pitchy-red. 

 (L. l£ 1.) On firs: Dulwich; Southgate; Raehills ; Norfolk: 6. 



2659 foveolatus Act. Hoi. (Liung.) 1823. pi. 3. f.*2. — Ste. M. v. 421. — 

 Cur. xiv. pi. 662. — Brassy-black, glabrous, shining ; mouth, antennae at 

 the base, and tarsi, dull red ; head and thorax coarsely punctured, t,he 

 latter with 2 foveae, short, and with the sides entire ; elytra irregularly 

 punctate-striate, and each with a deep ovate fovea near the base. (L. 

 l%-2^ 1.) Under beeches and elms, Cramond, and in the N. of England : 

 7-9. 



2660 immaculatus Ste. M. iv. 219. — Chestnut-brown or dull red, flattish; 

 glabrous, shining; head rounded; eyes black; thorax thickly and coarsely 

 punctured, with a fovea on each side at the base, the sides entire ; elytra 



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