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not common ; Windsor, Sherwood and New Forests. 

 PL 60, fig. 5. 



Genus [440]. Dirc^a. Fab. One species. 



D. variegata, Fab. Fuscous; antennae and elytra testa- 

 ceous, the latter mottled with fuscous ; about three lines ; 

 old trees ; Windsor ; very rare. PL 60, fig. 6. 



Genus [441]. Hypulus. Payk. One species. 



H. quercinus, Payk. Pitchy red ; thorax dark ; antennae 

 and elytra dull red ; the latter with a curved line at the 

 base, another waved about the middle, and the apex 

 black ; legs fulvous ; nearly four lines ; old trees ; rare. 

 PL 60, fig. 7. 



Genus [442], Abdera. Steph. Three species ? 



A. quadrifasciata, Curt. Pitchy brown; anterior and 

 posterior margins of the thorax and two waved bands on 

 the elytra, as well as the antennae and legs, testaceous; 

 about two lines ; flowers in hedges ; rare. PL 60, fiv. 8. 



Genus [443]. Scraptia. Latr. Two species. 



S. nigricans, Steph. Pitchy fuscous, covered with a golden 

 pubescence ; antennae fuscous ; legs testaceous ; one line 

 and a half ; flowers in gardens; Surrey; rare. PL 61, 

 fig- 1- 



Genus [444]. Hallomenus. Payk. Three species. 



H. dimidiatus. Steph. Brown, covered with a silky pile ; 

 elytra pale brown ; legs testaceous ; a little more than 

 two lines ; North of England ; rare. PL 61, fig. 2. 



Genus [445]. Orchesia. Latr. Three species. 



O. micans, Illig. Pitchy brown, with a close silken pubes- 

 cence ; elytra a. little paler; antennae, palpi and legs 

 testaceous ; about two lines ; in Boleti ; not uncommon. 

 PL 61, fig. 3. 



Family [74]. CEdemerid.^. Leach. 



Genus [446]. Ischnomera. Steph. In the female of the spe- 

 cies figured the antennae have eleven joints. Four species. 



I. melanura, Lin. Head and thorax reddish testaceous ; 

 ' elytra covered with a silken pile, pale testaceous, with 



their apex black ; antennae and legs testaceous, the mid- 

 dle of the former and the four posterior thighs fuscous ; 

 five to eight lines ; coasts, near timber. PL 61, fig. 4. 

 Genus [447]. GEdemera. Oliv. In the female the legs are 

 simple. Three species. 



CE. caerulea, Lin. Of a rich golden green, shining ; an- 

 tennae and tarsi black ; about five or six lines ; flowers ; 

 common. PL 61, fig. 5. 



