38 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



Not uncommon near London : also found in Norfolk, Suffolk, 

 Devonshire, &c, in flowers. " Near Swansea." — L. W. Dillzoyn, 

 Esq. 



Sp. 15. obsoleta. Ovata, depressa, subpubescens, ferruginea, thorace profunda 

 emarginato, lateribus rotundato, elytris apice truncatis. (Long. corp. 1^ — lg 

 lin.) 



Ni. obsoleta. Illiger.-Steph. Catal. 79. No. 839. 



Ovate, depressed, obtuse, slightly pubescent, ferrugineo-testaceous ; eyes black: 

 thorax with the anterior margin broadly and deeply emarginate, the sides 

 greatly rounded, even to the hinder angle, rather convex . above, the sides 

 but slightly depressed : elytra broad, slightly convex, impressed about the 

 middle of the back, the apex truncate, with the angles rounded ; body beneath 

 convex, finely punctured : legs short, stout, pale testaceous. 



Var. a. With the body beneath and the disc of the thorax and elytra obscure 

 fuscous-brown, the elytra with a paler somewhat rounded spot behind. 



Var. (i. Paler, with the disc of the elytra obscure, a round dot behind, and a 

 streak anteriorly within the margin, paler. 



Var. y. Entirely pale testaceous, with the eyes black. 



Var. I. Ferruginous, with the body beneath, the disc of the thorax, and each 

 elytron with a posterior blotch, narrowed anteriorly, dull fuscous. 



Var. s. The same, with the body ferruginous, and the disc of the thorax less 

 clouded. 



Common beneath the bark of trees, of birch especially, also 

 in flowers, throughout the metropolitan district, in Norfolk, &c. 

 "Bottisham." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Carfin, Lanarkshire. 1 '' — Rev. 

 F.W. Hope. " Glanvilles Wootton: 1 — J. C. Dale, Esq. " Cam- 

 bridgeshire and North Wales." — C. Darwin, Esq. 



Sp. 16. variegata. Convexior, ovata, rufo-ferruginea, thorace emarginato, lateribus 



explanato, elytris truncatis, puncto medio nigro. (Long. corp. l\ lin.) 

 Ni. variegata. Herbst f—Steph. Catal. 79. No. 840. 



Smaller and more convex than the last-mentioned, with the markings different ; 

 ovate rufo-ferruginous, thickly and rather deeply punctured ; head depressed, 

 with black eyes : thorax with the anterior margin broadly and deeply emargin- 

 ated, with the sides rounded, rufo-ferruginous, with the disc darker ; the scu- 

 tellum rufo-ferruginous : elytra ovate, deeply margined, the disc slightly 

 convex, clothed with short, pale, shining hairs, with a round black spot in the 

 middle of each elytron, and sometimes a larger fuscous transverse mark within 



■ the apex ; body beneath glossy piceo-rufous : legs pale reddish. 



Rather scarce : found near London, beneath bark, especially of 

 firs and larches. " Near Swansea, not common.' 11 — L. W, Dllhoyn, 

 Esq. 



