24 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



margin of the thorax is not strongly notched as he describes, and 

 the humeral spot is not round. Until very recently the only spe- 

 cimen I had seen of this insect was in the cabinet of J. Curtis, Esq., 

 F. L. S., whose name I have adopted ; it was taken, I believe, by 

 him in Norfolk : however, upon an examination of all the specimens 

 of Dromius which I possessed, I found among them, to my satisfac- 

 tion, a single humeralis, which was captured by myself in the London 

 district ; but much as I regret the loss of the true habitat of my insect, 

 I am happy to record the fact that several specimens were taken 

 near Southend, in April last, by the Rev. F. W. Hope, to whose 

 kindness I am indebted for the variety with four spots. 



B. WitJiout wings. a. Body oblong. 



Sp. 8. fasciatus. Subdepressus niger, thorace feri'iigineo, elytr'xs 

 suhlcEvibus, antice pallidis, postice Jiiscis, macula pallida, antenjiis 

 pedibusque pallidis. (Long. c. \\ — 1|- lin.) 



Ca. fasciatus. Fabridus. — Dr. fasciatus. Stepli. Catal. No. 19. 



Considerably elongated and depressed: head shining^ pitchy black: thorax 

 subquadrate, ferruginous, a Uttle elongated : the elytra sUghtly striated, pale 

 anteriorly, brown posteriorly, with a small pale spot near the suture: the 

 antennae and legs pale : under part of the body pitchy-black. — In some 

 specimens the elytra are destitute of the pale spot, in others they are nearly 

 aU pale, with a fuscescent external marginal dash near the apex : others again 

 have a triangular fuscous spot surrounding the scutellum. 



Found abundantly near Southend, by the Rev. F. W. Hope, 

 during the spring of 1825 and 1826, and again in 1827. It also 

 occurs in Devonshire, as appears by specimens in the British Mu- 

 seum. I am not aware that it has been taken elsewhere, though I 

 have observed it in collections by the name of Dr. bifasciatus ; but 

 the insect, so called by De Jean, is evidently distinct, and appears 

 not to have occurred in Britain. 



Sp. 9. notatus. Niger, thorace p'lceo, elijtris siihlcevibus pallidis, 

 apice J'uscis, macidd viinutissivid pallida, antennis pedibusque 

 riifescentibus. (Long. c. 1| — 2 lin.) 



Dr. notatus. Steph. Catal. A^o. 20. 



It is not without hesitation that I give this insecrt as a distinct species: its chief 

 diiierences consist in its superior size and deeper colom- : like the last it is 

 considerably elongated and depressed : the head and thorax are deep piceous, 

 the latter has a paler margin : the basal half of the elytra is pale ochraceous, 

 the rest fuscescent, with a minute pale spot near the suture : the antennae and 

 legs are reddish : under parts of the body dusky. 



Found at Southend with the preceding species. 



