TRICHIUS FASCIATUS. Niger, flavo-rufo-tomentosus, elytris atris fasciis
duabus luteis internè confluentibus. (Long. Corp. 7-8 lin.)
SYN. Scarabæus Fasciatus, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ II. _p._ 556. _Fabricius
Ent. Syst._ 1. 119. _Donovan Brit. Ins._ 4. _pl._ 140. _Steph. Illustr.
Brit. Ent. Mandibulata_, 3. _p._ 230.
Trichius Succinctus, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ II. _p._ 132 (variety).
HABITAT: Germany, France, England.
Head and thorax black, but thickly covered with yellow hairs. The
scutellum black and triangular. Elytra tawny yellow, not reaching to the
anus; having a black margin, and three large black spots situated on the
lateral margin. Abdomen and breast black, and covered with hairs of a
very light or pale yellow. Femora and tibiæ black and hairy.
{76}The insect here figured is regarded by most authors as a variety only
of the Trichius fasciatus. Fabricius, however, considered it as a distinct
species, which he named Trichius succinctus. Dessau also, in the Bulletin
des Sciences Naturelles (February 1829), has published some observations,
in order to prove the specific distinctness of this and two other species
with which it is generally regarded as identical. Its habits are different
from those of the other Trichii; being generally found upon flowers, a
peculiarity, with which its hirsute body and bee-like appearance apparently
offer some indicatorial connexions. It is extremely rare in this country.