168 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Sp. 3. flavicollis. Niger, antennarum articulo prima thoraceque testaceo-Jlavis 

 elytris rvfo-falvis, plagd latCi nigrd, pedibus palpisque pallida Jlavis. (Long, 

 corp, 1^—14 lin.) 



Tr. flavicollis. Sturm.— Steph. Catal. p. 34. No. 327. 



Head black : thorax testaceous yellow immaculate ; with a slight dorsal line, 

 and an impunctate fovea on each side at the base : elytra pale fulvous-yellow, 

 with a broad black longitudinal dash from the base nearly to the apex, leaving 

 the suture and margin clear ; rather faintly striated, the striae impunctate : 

 abdomen pitchy-black, breast and head beneath fulvous : legs and palpi pale 

 yellow; the basal joint of the antennae testaceous-yellow, the rest fuscous. 



Far from abundant ; taken in sand-pits on Hampstead-lieath : 

 also in Norfolk, and near Ripley. " On Wandsworth-common." — 

 Messrs. Ingpen, Waterhouse, and Westwood. 



b. The posterior migles of the thorax somewhat acute. 

 Sp. 4. ruficoUis. Nigro-piceus, antennis thoraceque rufo-fulvis, pedibus testaceis. 



(Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Tr. ruficolhs mihi. Steph. Catal. p. 34. No. 326. 



About the size of the foregoing : deep pitchy-black : the head as in the last : 

 thorax rather light fulvous-red ; with a moderate dorsal line, and an obsolete 

 transverse impression, at the base on each side a slightly punctate fovea: 

 elytra uniform pitchy-black, rather deeply and simply striated, the abbreviated 

 striae obsolete : legs and palpi pale-testaceous : antennae fulvous, with the tip 

 dusky. 



Found sometimes near London and at Hertford. " Bottisham." 

 — Rev. L. Jenyns. 



Sp. 5. suturaUs. Nigro-piceus, antennis, suturd margineque elytrorum fulvis, 

 pedibus pallidis. (Long. corp. l| — 2jlin.) 



Tr. suturalis. Leach MSS.—Steph. Catal. p. 34. No. 325. 



Larger than the foregoing : deep pitchy-black : head smooth, with a minute 

 frontal impression, and two puncta between the eyes: thorax sometimes 

 fulvescent, with a rather deep channel down the centre, and an obsolete 

 transverse impression, the base on each side with a moderate fovea, rather 

 slightly punctate : elytra pitchy-black, with the margin and suture fulvous ; 

 deeply striated, the strise impunctate, the margin with a series of impressions 

 at the tip : legs and palpi pale testaceous : antennae fulvous with the tip dusky. 



Rare near London; taken occasionally at Hampstead. " Wands- 

 worth-common." — Mr. Ingpen. " Banks of the Tees." — L. Rudd, 

 Esq. " Near Swansea."" — Mr. Millard. " Midgley Moss, near 

 Halifax."— Mr. Gibson. ' 



Sp. 6. paUipes. Niger, sub t us piceus, antennis pedihusque pallide fulvis, elytris 



siriatis, striis subpunctutis. (Long. corp. 2\ — 2^ lin.) 

 Tr. paUipes milti — Steph. Catal. p. 34. No. 322. 



