176 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Page 15. f Sp. 3. Demetrias imperialis. Pallide flavus, capite atro, thorace 

 oblongo-ovali, elytris striatis, flagd suturali maculdque marginali posticd nigro- 

 fuscis. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 



De imperialis. Megerle.—Steph. Catal. Appendix. 



Head black ; mouth and neck rufescent : thorax oblong, narrow behind, slightly 

 margined, smooth, pale rufescent : elytra flat, obsoletely striated, very pale/ 

 with an abbreviated wedge-formed brown dash at the suture, and a deep 

 black spot on the outer margin of each elytron towards the apex : body beneath 

 and legs pale, with the breast pitchy-black : antennse pale. 



" Taken at Southend, April, 1828."— jRei;. F. W. Hope. 



Page 21. f Sp. 3, b. Deomius Sigma. Pallidus, capite nigra, thorace quadrato 

 rujo, elytris suturdjdsciaque posticd dentatdfuscis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



Dromius Sigma. De Jean. — Steph. Catal. Appendix. 



The form of the preceding insect (Dr. 4-maculatus), but the size of the fol- 

 lowing, from which it differs by its quadrate thorax and greater width : the 

 head black : thorax quadrate, rufo-ferruginous, with the margins paler, and a 

 small impression at the base, near the posterior angles : elytra pale yellowish- 

 testaceous, the suture, except at the apex, brown, and a little behind the 

 middle a broad transverse fascia of the same colour, dentated anteriorly in the 

 middle, and dilated posteriorly on the outer margin : body beneath, and legs, 

 pale testaceous, the former darkest. 



I have seen one specimen only, which was taken near Dorking, in April last, by 

 Mr. Waterhouse. 



Page 21. Dromius 4-notatus. Var. y. "With the pale spots on the elytra 

 united, as in Dr. 4-maculatus, var. H ; taken near Darlington, in company 

 with a profusion of var. a." — Mr. C. Horner. 



Page 23. Dromius impunctatus. " In plenty near Lawrence Waltham, in 



Berkshire, in March last." — Mr. Hanson. 



Page 25. Sp. 11, b. Dromius maurus. Ater, nitidus, thorace hrevi postics 

 oblique attenuato, elytris hrevihits, Imvissimis. (Long. corp. 1^—1^ lin.) 



Dr. maurus, Ziegler. — Stcph. Catal. Apptndix. 



Allied to Dr. glabratus, but smaller, of a deeper black, with the thorax very 

 much attenuated behind, and the elytra considerably shorter than the abdo- 

 men: the upper surface is entirely of a deep glossy black, and the elytra 

 impunctate, and not striated ; body beneath, and legs also black : antennae 

 rather brownish. 



Not uncommon near Ripley. " Dorking." — Mr. Waterhouse. " Neai* Law- 

 rence Waltham, in Berkshire." — Mr, Hanson. 



Page 27. Lebja crux-minor. "Near High Buckington, Devonshire." — T. Cocks, 

 Esq. 



Page 29. Lami'rias cyanocephalus. " Sparingly, under moss, on oaks, near 



