340 ! HETEROMERA. NOTOXID^E. 



with a faint impression near the base; legs and antenna? pale. (L. 1^-1 f 1.) 

 On firs : Ockham Heath ; Norwood ; Chelsea ; Cramond ? : 6-7. 



2661 aeneus Ste. M. v. 421. — Brassy-black, shining; glabrous; thorax 

 short, punctured, its sides entire ; elytra irregularly punctate-striate, with- 

 out fovea? ; tibia?, tarsi, and base of antenna? dull red. (L. if 1.) Firs : 

 London district : 6. 



2662 Picia? Ahr. F. x. pi. 9. — Pitchy; shining, punctured ; thorax with its 

 sides entire ; elytra punctate-striate, the stria? irregular at the base ; tibia?, 

 tarsi, and base of antennae ochreous. (L. If 1. ) On firs : Southgate: 6. 



2663 4-pustulatus Marsh, i. 297. — Ste. M. iv. 219. pi. xxi. f. 5. — Dark 

 piceous ; head and thorax dull red, thickly punctured, the sides of the 

 latter finely crenulated in the middle ; elytra with a dull red spot at the 

 base, and another near the apex: legs dull red. (L. 1|-1^ 1.) White- 

 thorn hedges : Hertford ; Ripley ; Camberwell ; Battersea fields ; Coombe 

 Wood; Swansea: 6-7. 



2664 denticollis Gyll. iii. 715. —Ste. M. iv. 219. — Elongate; fuscous; 

 head, thorax, antenna?, and legs testaceous ; thorax very much punctured, 

 its sides denticulated and narrowed behind ; elytra punctate-striate, with 

 an oblique pale testaceous spot at the base within: eyes black. (L. 1^-lf 1.) 

 Hedges : London district : 6. 



562 Mycterus Clairville. 



2665 griseus Clairv. E. H. i. 124. pi. 16. f. 1—3. — Ste. M. iv. 216. pi. xxi. 

 f. 4. — Black, with a griseous-yellow pile above ; and a griseous or silvery 

 pubescence below ; rostrum with 2 impressed longitudinal approximating 

 stria?. (L. 3f-4|-l.) Hedges: Kingsbridge, Devon: 6. 



Fam. 72. PYROCHROID^ Leach. 



dlxiii. Pyrochroa Ant. rather longer than the head and thorax, pectinated 

 in the $ , serrated in the $ : tho. somewhat orbiculate, margined behind : 

 eyes notched within, remote in <§ . 



563 Pyrochroa Geoffroy. 



2666 rubens Fab. E. ii. 109. — Ste. M. v. 63. — Py. coccinea Don. ii. 

 pi. 56. f. 1. — Black; slightly shining; head, thorax, scutellum, and 

 elytra dull blood red, rather pubescent ; thorax a little narrowed behind : 

 eyes brown. (L. 5-8 1. ) Hedges: abundant in the S. of England: 

 4-6. 



2667 coccinea L. F. No. 705. — Ste. M. v. 64. — Cur. xiii. pi. 590. — 

 Shining black : thorax above, and elytra, bright blood-red, or scarlet ; 

 scutellum black ; clothed with a short concolorous pubescence. (L. 

 6-7 1.) Hedges: local: Darenth and Birch Woods; Epping; New 

 Forest: 6-7. 



Fam. 73. NOTOXIDyE Stephens. 



dlxiv. Notoxus Tho. produced in front into a horn-like process, extending 

 over the head ; the latter united to the thorax by a distinct neck. 



dlxv. Anthicus Tho. oblong, somewhat heart-shaped, narrower than the 

 head, the base and apex truncate, the latter not produced over the head : 

 neck distinct. 



564 Notoxus Illiger. 



2668 monoceros L. ii. 651. . — Samou. pi. ii. f. 23 Ste. M. v. 72. pi. xxv. 



f. 5. b. thorax. — Testaceous-red, with a silken pile ; crown fuscous ; 



