1892.] 



THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



The male Sevicosoma hnmnea has the thorax entirely black ; that of the 

 female has a dark patch in the middle. The male Tillits elongatus has 

 the thorax black, that of the female is bright red with the exception 

 of the front margin. Cryptocephaliis coryli has the thorax entirely 

 black in the male, bright red in the female. A dimonia sanguinea ha.s 

 the thorax and elytra red with black markings and the legs mostly 

 black in the male, while in the other sex the legs are red and 

 the thorax and elytra are without spots. The male Campylus linearis 

 has the elytra pale yellow with or without a dark suture, the female 

 has this portion of the body black, with a yellow outer border. The 

 male Metcecus paradoxus has the. elytra almost entirely yellow, while 

 in the female these portions of the body are nearly or quite black. 

 Two of the longicorn beetles have the elytra yellow in the males 

 (with the apex and outer margin black in Leptiira sanguinoleiita , 

 with the apex and suture black in Strangalia inelaniira) wliile the 

 females of these species have the yellow replaced by bright red ; the 

 elytra of the male Apion hevigatum are black, those of the female deep 

 violet ; those of Apion sorbi are brassy-black in the male, and greenish- 

 blue in the female. Canon Fowler notices the presence of a small 

 black spot near the suture of the elytra in the female Ciciiidela 

 campestris which is absent in the male — a mark which very much 

 reminds one of the minute white spot present in the red band on the 

 forewing of the female red admiral butterfly, and which also is never 

 found in the other sex. The small brachelytrous Antliohiuui sorbi and 

 torqitatuni have the abdomen — or that portion of it which is uncovered 

 by the elytra — black in the male, red or red-brown in the female. 

 The very rare (British) Oxyfnerea stictica has the first four segments 

 of the abdomen marked beneatli witli a row of white spots in the 

 male, which are absent in the female. The female only of Strangalia 

 arinata has the basal abdonimal segments marked with yellow ; and the 

 male only of Apion rufirostie has the apex of the abdomen red. 



(To be continued.) 



LIST OF LEPIDOPTERA OF 

 ABERDEENSHIRE AND KINCARDINESHIRE 



BY WM. REID, PITCAPLE. 

 (Continued from pas^c 96.) 



Nonagria lutosa. — Recorded from Fyvie. 



Nonagria fulva. — Very common on Moors, and waste ground, 

 varies from pale whiteish, through every shade of brown, to almost 

 black. 



