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624 Stafhvlinus of Authors. 



3054 erythropterus L. ii. 683. — Don. ix. pi. 308. — Ste. M. v. 205. — 

 St. ca?sareus Ceder. F. I. No. 1055. — Black, pubescent; elytra, legs, 

 and base of antenna?, red ; hinder margin of thorax, and a round spot on 

 either side of each abdominal segment, with golden down ; scutellum with 

 deep black. (L. 5^-9^1.) In pastures: London and Edinburgh dis- 

 tricts; S. Wales; Devon; Suffolk; Norfolk: 4-10. 



3055 castanopterus Grav. ML 10. — Ste. M. v. 206. — St. erythropterus 

 var. Oliv. E. iii. 1 8. pi. 3. f. 23. — Black ; base and tip of antenna?, 

 elytra, and legs, red; thorax immaculate ; scutellum with a golden-yellow 

 down ; each segment of the abdomen with a small spot of the same on 

 either side. (L. 5-6 1.) Meadows: London district, rare ; Devon; S. 

 Wales; Scotland: 10-4. 



3056 stercorarius Oliv. E. iii. 18. pi. 3. f. 23. — Ste. M. v. 206. — Black, 

 opaque, pubescent ; base of antenna?, legs, and elytra red ; scutellum 

 clothed with a dark pile : each segment of abdomen with an oblique streak 

 of silky down at the base on either side ; legs dull-testaceous ; base of an- 

 tenna? pitchy-red. (L. 5g-6 1.) Dung heaps, &c. : London district; 

 Norfolk ; Suffolk ; Devon : 3-9. 



3057 a?riceps Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 206. — Black, opaque ; head and thorax 

 brassy-black, finely punctured : scutellum black : elytra dull red ; ab- 

 domen with a downy silvery spot at the base of each segment on either 

 side; legs dull red. (L. 5h 1.) London district; Suffolk ; Swansea: 3-9. 



3058 chalcocephalus Fab. E. ii. 592. ? — Ste. M. v. 207. — Dusky black ; 

 pubescent ; head and thorax brassy, finely punctured ; elytra dusky-red ; 

 abdomen with 2 obscure pubescent golden lines at the base of each seg- 

 ment ; legs brown ; thighs dusky ; antenna? dusky-brown. (L. 61.) Lon- 

 don district ; Devon : 5-6. 



3059 a?neocephalus Pk. F. iii. 274.— Oliv. E. iii. 16. pi. 2. f. 16 Ste. M. 



v. 207. — Black, pubescent; head and thorax shining brass, very finely 

 punctulated ; elytra pitchy-brass ; thighs pitchy; tibia? and tarsi dusky- 

 testaceous ; antenna? at base and palpi dullish red. (L. 6-7 1.) Sand-pits 

 Hampstead Heath ; S. Wales ; Edinburgh : 4-6. 



3060 aeneicollis Dahl. — Gyll. iv. 475. — Ste. M. v. 435. — Narrow ; black, 

 rather densely pubescent ; head and thorax finely bronzed, and punctured ; 

 elytra fuscous; tibia?, tarsi, and base of antenna? dull red. (L. 8 1.) Lon- 

 don district : 5-6. 



3061 brunnipes Oliv. E. iii. 13. pi. 1. f. 7. — Ste. M. v. 207 Pitchy- 

 black, rather obscure, punctulate ; head and thorax shining ; the latter 

 with a smooth dorsal line ; elytra obscure ; legs entirely, and base and 

 apex of antenna?, red. (L. 5-7^ 1.) Under stones, &c. : London dis- 

 trict; Suffolk; Norfolk; Raehills : 5-9. 



3062 cantianus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 207. — Deep black ; pubescent; head 

 and thorax shining, irregularly punctured ; the latter with a faint smooth 

 dorsal line ; elytra obscure, punctured, with a larger impression near the 

 suture towards the apex ; legs and antenna? brown. (L. 6^1.) Under 

 stones : London district ; about Gravesend : Winchester : 5-9. 



625 Goerius Leach. 



3063 olens Mull. Z. D. 97. — Fab. E. ii. 591. — Mart. C. pi. 41. f. 21. — 

 Ste. M. v. 208. — Deep black, opaque, sparingly tomentose ; finely and 

 thickly punctured. (L. 9-16 1.) Abundant in fields, roads, &c. : every 

 where in autumn. ^ 



3064 f macrocephalus Leach. — Ste. M. v. 208. — Deep black; head very 



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