14 Pi AD Be Ley), gies 
fine yellow, but turns brown afterwards: the ftripes down the elytra 
are not deep black, but have a greenifh tint.—Taken in May. 
Length a quarter of an inch. 
: BAG. ie 
MYCETOPHAGUS QUADRIMACULATOUES. . 
Funcus BerTLe wiTH FOUR Sports. 
COLEOPTERA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Palpi four, unequal. JMaxilla membranaceous, with a tooth or 
fpine. Lip round, entire. Antennz gradually enlarge towards the 
end. Fab. Gen. Inf. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
Entirely black, except one large yellow brown fpot on the bafe of 
the elytra, and another near their extremities. 
MycretrorHaGus QuaDRIMACULATUS: rufus thorace elytrifque 
nigris, his maculis duabus rufis. Fab. Ent. Sy/t. t. 2. 
He Te PulaQie 
Ips Maculata. Fab. Mant. Inf. 1. n. 8. p. 45. 
Mrtomae Geogr Inf 6. U P2265) tape Oo piea Deen Ya 
Silphoides boleti. Herbft. Archiv. 4 tes. Heft. 2. 11. p. 41. tab. 21. 
fig. 51. 
Der Viergefleckte Pfiflerkafer. Panz..Faun. Inf. Germ. 
Three fpecimens of this rare fpecies were found together, con- 
cealed in the porous part of the Honey-comb Boletus *. According 
to Herbft. Archiv. it is ufually found on plants of this genus. It is 
not fcarce in Germany. 
* Boletus Cellulofus, 
The 
