COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS. 149 



XANTHOLINUS FULGIDUS. 



PLATE V. Fig. 2. 



Staph, fulgidus, Paykull — Othius fulgidus, Leach, Stephen*. 

 — Olivier, iii. No. 42, pi. 4, fig. 34, a, &, c. 



This genus includes such brachelytrous insects as 

 are of a linear shape, with the head and thorax in 

 the form of an elongated square, the antennae placed 

 near each other at the base, and in general suddenly 

 bent, or geniculated, as it is called, and having the 

 greater number of the joints somewhat granular or 

 cup-shaped. The legs are rather short and strong, 

 and the anterior tarsi very slightly or not at all di- 

 lated. The species, of which we have given a mag- 

 nified figure, is of frequent occurrence in most parts 

 of Britain and the north of France. The head is 

 oblong-ovate, of a glossy black colour, punctured on 

 each side, and having a transverse series of three or 

 four remote punctures between the eyes. The tho- 

 rax is nearly of the same colour as the head, with a 

 few small punctures on each side, among which three 

 larger ones are observable. The elytra are of a deep 

 red, shining, punctured, and clothed with short hairs. 

 The abdomen is black, the terminal segment, as well 

 as the under side of the body, pitch-red. The legs, 

 antennae, and the organs of the mouth, are light-red. 



