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Oblong-ovate, above black-brown, pubescent ; punctate : moutb ferruginous : 

 antennae with the club fuscous: thorax with the lateral margin sometimes 

 dull-ferruginous : scutellum fusco-ferruginous ; elytra obsoletely punctate, ob- 

 scure black, with a spot on the shoulder, sometimes a larger sinuated one and 

 a smaller punctiform one, and the apex broadly and wavedly yellow ; the 

 abdomen above, beyond the elytra, pitchy-black, punctate: body beneath 

 fusco-ferruginous: legs rufescent. 



Varies : in some examples the yellow markings on the elytra are much larger, 

 and there is frequently a flexuous black fascia above, beyond the middle, dilated 

 towards the suture : — others are pale testaceous, with fuscescent markings. 



See remarks under the genus, respecting the propriety of con- 

 sidering this as an indigenous species : it frequently occurs, as there 

 mentioned, in brown sugar ; and occasionally out of doors : it has 

 been found in Suffolk, Norfolk, South Wales, &c. 



Sp. 2. pusillus. Oblongo-ovatus, supra nigro-fuscus, suhpuhescens, elytrisfusco- 

 testaceis, corpore subtus pedibusque rufo-testaceis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Ca. pusillus. Steph. Catal. 81. No. 869. 



Oblong-ovate, deep fuscous above, and slightly pubescent, with the elytra tes- 

 taceous-brown, immaculate ; the body beneath, legs, and antennae rufo-tes- 

 taceous. 



Var. /3. The elytra with a pale testaceous spot at the apex. 



Considerably smaller than the preceding, and much less distinctly punctate on 

 the head and thorax, the elytra of a darker hue, and nearly, or totally, im- 

 maculate. 

 Taken near London. 



Genus CXXXVL— Cateretes, Herbst. 



Antennce longer than the thorax, the two basal joints not very dissimilar in size; 

 the third not longer than the following, the three last forming an elongate, 

 somewhat obconic, compressed, club : Palpi, labial with the terminal joint 

 incrassated : head large, angulated : thorax large, slightly margined, sometimes 

 rounded at the angles, and in some cases rather narrowed behind : scutellum 

 very distinct : body ovate : elytra truncate, much shorter than the abdomen. 



The elongate antennse, with a slender, elongate, obconic club, 

 the truncate elytra and sliort ovate form of the insect, readily 

 point out the peculiarities of this genus, which consists of small 

 species, whose delight is in revelling amongst flowers. 



Sp. 1. bipustulatus. Oblongo-ovatus, niger, profundi pvnctatus, elytris maculd 



magnti mcdiCi antennis pedibusque pallide rufis. (Long. corp. lj — 2 lin.) 

 Be. bipustulatus. Paykul. — Ca. bipustulatus. Steph. Catal. 82. A T o. 870. 



