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reticulated ; apex of antennas fulvous ; about four lines ; 

 woods, in the South of England; rare. PL 50, Jig. 1. 



Family [50]. Telephorid^e. Leach. 



Genus [366]. Silis. Megerle. One species. The male has 

 the antennas serrated, and the lateral emargination of the 

 thorax deeper. 



S. ruficollis, Fab. Black and shining ; thorax red testa- 

 ceous ; antennas and legs sometimes pitchy ; about four 

 lines ; grassy places, especially near marshes ; not com- 

 mon. PL 50, Jig. 2. 

 Genus [367]. Telephorus. De Geer. Twenty-eight species? 

 T. fuscus, Lin. Black ; thorax, excepting the anterior 

 margin, and the three basal joints of the antennae red ; 

 legs obscure pitchy ; about eight lines ; hedges ; not 

 uncommon. PL 50, Jig, 3. 

 Genus [368]. Podabrus. Fischer. One species. 



P. alpinus, Payk. Testaceous ; thorax with an obscure 

 discoidal spot ; elytra either testaceous or slaty ; poste- 

 rior legs and all the tarsi obscure ; about seven lines ; 

 trees in woods ; not uncommon. PL 50, Jig. 4. 

 Genus [369]. Ragonycha. Esch. Five species. 



R. melanura, Fab. Reddish testaceous ; antennas and 

 tarsi obscure ; apex of the elytra black ; about four 

 lines ; common. PL 50, Jig. 5. 

 Genus [370]. Malthinus. Lair. Nineteen species. 



M. flaveolus, Payk. Yellow testaceous ; forehead blackish ; 

 disc of the thorax with two obscure spots ; elytra fuscous, 

 bright yellow at the apex, and the antennas obscure at 

 the tip; about three lines; trees, by beating ; not un- 

 common. PL 50, Jig. 6. 



Family [51]. Melyrid^e. 



Genus [371]. Malaciiius. Fab. Fifteen species. In the 

 female the antennas are simple. 



M. asneus, Lin. Metallic green; head yellow in front; 

 anterior angles of the thorax and the elytra vermilion 

 red, with an elongate triangular spot at the base, ex- 

 tending about half way down the suture, green ; about 

 four and a half lines; not uncommon in meadows and 

 gardens. PL 51, Jig. 1. 

 GenilS [372]. Aim.ocnemus. Staph. One species. 



A. imprcssus, Marsh. Bronzy, with a pale pubescence; 



