124 NEW BRITISH COLEOFTERA SINCE 1839. 



punctulated, with a distinctly elevated central carina, 

 which is exceedingly smooth and glossy. 

 Scutellum obtusely triangular, punctulated. 

 Elytra bright blood red, black for one-third the length at 

 the base, distinctly punctulate, somewhat wider than the 

 thorax, parallel, depressed, the suture elevated, with a 

 stria on each side. 

 Abdomen depressed, strongly margined, very finely punc- 

 tured, the antepenultimate segment narrowly edged 

 with white, the last sparingly covered by stout black 

 diverging hairs. 

 Beneath finely punctured and pubescent, black. 

 Legs elongate, black, the trochanters rufo-brunneous, the 

 apices of the tibia and the tarsi rufous, and covered 

 with aureous pubescence. 

 Male, with the fifth segment beneath sinuated, the sixth 



canaliculate. 

 Female, with the penultimate segment beneath a little 



produced and rounded. 

 Length 3 — 3| lines. 



This very distinct insect is certainly the most beautiful of 

 its genus, the bright blood-red of its elytra contrasting 

 strongly with the shining black of its body; whilst the large 

 orbicular head, narrow carinated thorax, elongate antennae 

 and legs, give it quite the appearance of a Slilicus. 



It would appear to be very rare, two specimens only 

 having come beneath my notice : one, a male, I took 

 amongst gravel, near the river Irthing, Cumberland, in 

 June, 1847 ; the other, a fine female, was captured in a 

 similar locality, on the Devil's Water, Northumberland, by 

 Geo. Wailes, Esq. at the Club's field meeting, in May 

 last. 



T. J. B. 



