52 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Oblong-ovate, black, deeply punctured; head pitchy; mouth rufescent: an- 

 tennae pale rufo-testaceous : thorax transversely ovate, black or piceous: 

 elytra broad, slightly convex, the apex truncate, much shorter than the 

 abdomen, thickly and deeply punctate, black, with a larger pale-rufous angu- 

 lated spot in the middle : legs pale rufescent. 



Var. /3. Steph. Catal. I. c— Ferruginous-black, with the elytra ferruginous, the 

 margin, angle of the scutellum, and apex black. 



Var. y. Steph. Catal. I. c— Ferruginous, with the abdomen fuscous. 



Found in marshy situations near London, in Battersea-fields 

 especially; also in Suffolk and Norfolk. " Netley." — Rev. F. W. 

 Hope. " On Caltha palustris, and other marsh-plants, on the 

 borders of Sketty-bog." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 2. pedicularius. Oblongo-ovatus ferrugineo-testaceus, profundi} punctatus, 

 oculis atris, pectore hrunneo. (Long. corp. 1 — 1^ lin.) 



De. Pedicularius. Linne.—Ca.. Pedicularius. Steph. Catal. 82. JVo. 871. 



Oblong-ovate, ferruginous- testaceous, deeply punctate: eyes black: antennas 

 ferruginous, with the club dusky: thorax transversely ovate, subtruncate 

 anteriorly, slightly convex: elytra broad, slightly convex, ferruginous, or 

 pale testaceous, rather pubescent : body beneath brown, with the apex paler : 

 legs short, stout, pale testaceous, the tibia? slender at the base, much dilated 

 at the apex. 



Var. (i. Rufo-testaceous, with the base of the abdomen fuscous or deep glossy- 

 black, the scutellum and suture more or less fuscous. 



Considerably smaller than the foregoing, which it closely resembles. 



Not uncommon in damp hedges amongst the flowers of aquatic 

 plants, near London. " Netley." — Rev. F. W. Hope. " Among 

 herbage (near Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 3. Urticae. Oblongo-ovatus, nigro-subaneus, profundius punctatus, antennis 



pedibusque rufo-pallidis. (Long. corp. f— 1 lin.) 

 De. Urticae. Fabricius. — Ca. Urticae. Steph. Catal. 82. No. 872. 



Oblong-ovate, somewhat brassy-black, slightly villose, deeply punctate ; head 

 black, thorax rather rounded in front, very convex, black, or glossed with 

 aeneous: scutellum aeneous : elytra broad, convex, much shorter than the ab- 

 domen, black or aeneous : abdomen subacuminated, punctured, black : antennae 

 pale rufous, legs the same, stout. 



Differs in having the body brown or dull-ferruginous ; and in being of a deeper 

 black, with the antennae dusky, and legs piceous. 



Abundant amongst nettles throughout the metropolitan district, 



