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spots; scutellum white, with a central denuded line; 

 eleven to thirteen lines; ash trees and willows. PL 77, 



fig- 4 - 

 Genus [557]. Lamia. Fab. One species. 



L. textor, Lin. Black, mottled with a few scattered pale 

 pubescent spots ; seven to fourteen lines ; decaying wil- 

 lows. PL 78, fig. 2. 



Family [101]. Lepturid^e. Leach. 



Genus [558]. Rhagium. Fab. Three species. 



R. Inquisitor, Lin. Black, mottled with yellowish hair ; 

 the elytra with two testaceous irregular transverse bands, 

 with a black smooth lateral spot between them ; seven to 

 eleven lines ; old wood, ash trees. PL 78, fig. 3. 



Genus [559]. Toxotus. Megerle. One species. 



T. meridianus, Lin. Either testaceous, with the head, 

 thorax, knees and tarsi black ; or entirely black ; or black, 

 with the legs reddish testaceous, except the knees ; six 

 to fourteen lines ; common on ash trees. PL 78, Jig. 4. 



Genus [560]. Pachyta. Megerle. Three species. 



P. octomaculata, Fab. Black ; the elytra livid, with eight 

 black spots, two placed laterally, one apical, and one on 

 the disk near the scutellum ; four to six lines ; Umbel- 

 liferae in woods. PL 79, fig. 4. 



Genus [561]. Grammoptera. Serville. Five species. 



G. praeusta, Fab. Black, clothed with close decumbent 

 golden down, excepting the head and the apex of the 

 elytra ; the base of the antennae and the legs testaceous ; 

 four to five lines ; Umbelliferae in the New Forest. PL 

 79, fig. 3. 



Genus [562]. Leptura. Lin. Ten species. 



L. quadrifasciata, Lin. Deep black; the elytra with four 

 transverse interrupted waved testaceous bands ; the api- 

 cal joints of the antennae sometimes red ; seven to ten 

 lines ; flowers, in woods. PL 79, fig. 2. 



Genus [563]. Strangalia. Serville. Two species. 



S. elongata, De Geer. Black ; the elytra testaceous, with 

 an angulated transverse band near the base, frequently 

 variously interrupted, another broader one towards the 

 apex, with a large lateral spot between these and the ex- 

 treme apex of the elytra also black ; the four anterior 

 legs testaceous, their tarsi black ; the posterior pair 

 either entirely black, or the base of their tibiae only tes- 

 taceous ; five to eight lines; common on flowers, in 

 woods. PL 79, fig. 1. 



