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Eltham, &c, May and June."— Mr. Ingpen. " Netley, abundant. 1 ' 

 — Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 2. atomarius. Fusco-ferrugineus, supra niger, elytris maculd humerali, 

 fasciti posticd arcuatd, punctisque disci testaceis, antennarum articulo ultimo 

 brevi ovato. (Long. corp. 2 — 2~ lin.) 



My. atomarius. Fahricius. — Steph. Catal. 88. No. 944. — Bo. atomaria. Don. 

 XV.pl. 538. f. 2. 



Ferruginous-brown ; head piceous-brown, punctate ; mouth testaceous, with an 

 impression on the forehead : thorax short, truncate, the base bisinuated, the 

 disc convex, black or piceous, finely pubescent and punctate, with a deep fovea 

 on each side towards the base, and three obscure impressions, two on the disc, 

 the third on the middle of the hinder margin : scutellum black : elytra black, 

 punctate-striate, with a large quadrate pale testaceous spot on the shoulder, a 

 little beneath, towards the suture, a small rounded one, then from three to five 

 or six small scattered ones on the disc, afterwards a transverse arcuated ab- 

 breviated fascia, and lastly, an ovate or rounded spot towards the apex, all of 

 the same colour : body beneath fusco-ferruginous, with the abdomen paler : 

 legs the same, or pale testaceous. 



Rather variable in the form and colour of the spots, the latter being sometimes 

 ferruginous : — and also in the colour of the elytra, which are occasionally pale 

 rusty-brown, with paler markings. 



Rather scarce ; found occasionally near London, at Bristol, and 

 in the New Forest. " Netley." — Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 3. multipunctatus. Oblongus, ferrugineo-piceus, subpubescens, antennis 

 pedibusque dilutioribus, ihorace punctato, elytris punctata- striatis, maculis 

 punctisque plurimis testaceis. (Long. corp. 2 — 2j lin.) 



My. multipunctatus. Fabricius. — Steph. Catal. 88. No. 945. — Bo. multi- 

 punctatus. Don. xv. pi. 538. f. 1. 



Oblong: pitchy-ferruginous; slightly pubescent; with the antenna and legs paler: 

 the thorax punctate, with a longitudinal central stria ; the elytra delicately 

 punctate-striated; with several testaceous spots and markings, as if varied with 

 ferruginous and black, a quadrate spot being placed on the shoulder, a rounded 

 one near the suture, ten or twelve more or less distinct or confluent on the disc, 

 and a larger rounded one at the apex : the body beneath pitchy-brown, or dull 

 ferruginous. 



The number and size of the spots on the elytra vary considerably, and the insect 

 is frequently testaceous, with the elytra paler, and the markings more or less 

 obsolete. 



Not common in the metropolitan district; found at Coombe, 



