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sides of the latter with denuded black spots : legs black : antenna? rusty- 

 fuscous. 

 The short form of this insect, and its totally immaculate upper surface and 

 black scutellum, distinguish this from the foregoing insect. 



One example I obtained from the Marshamian cabinet : I am not 

 aware of its locality. 



Sp. 5. tessellatus. Oblongo-ovatus, niger,pubescens, capite thoraceque Jerrugineo- 

 variis, subtu.i niveis nigro punctatus, antennis brunneis. (Long. corp. 2^ — 3 

 lin.) 



De. tessellatus. Fabricius. — Steph. Catal. 96. No. 1019. 



Oblong-ovate, black, pubescent : the head and thorax varied with ferruginous, 

 the latter slightly convex and thickly punctured : scutellum pale ferruginous: 

 elytra clothed with a black pubescence, with a few cinereous hairs inter- 

 mixed : breast and abdomen dotted with depressed rigid snowy hairs, with 

 large denuded lateral spots, and other smaller ones on the disc, forming three 

 series : legs black, thick, with an obsolete whitish fascia beneath : antennae 

 rusty-brown. 



The ferruginous pubescence on the head and thorax, and the three rows of 

 denuded spots on the lower surface of the abdomen, at once distinguish this 

 pretty species from its congeners. 



In August, 1814, I found a considerable number of specimens of 

 this insect, both in the larva and imago states, in an oyster on the 

 beach off Shoreham in Sussex ; the only locality I am aware of. 



Sp. 4. vulpinus. Oblongus, niger, cinereo subpubescens, subtus niveus, thoracis 



lateribus densiiis cinereo-villosis. (Long. corp. 3 — 4^ lin.) 

 De. vulpinus. Fabricius.— Steph. Catal. 96. No. 1018, note. 



Oblong, black, with the sides of the thorax having a narrow border of griseo- 

 cinereous down ; the breast and abdomen beneath snowy, with some black 

 denuded marginal spots : head pitchy-black, with a griseous pubescence ; and 

 rufous mouth : thorax with its disc having a few scattered cinereous hairs ; 

 the margins, as above stated, densely pubescent : elytra with a few cinereous 

 hairs: scutellum cinereous : antenna? rufo-piceous : legs piceous, with a white 

 pilose ring on the femora. 



Not uncommon in the metropolis, and throughout its immediate vicinity ; in 

 large provision-warehouses, kitchens, &c. ; but I very much doubt its claim 

 to be placed among the indigenous species, having witnessed ship-loads of 

 hides from the Brazils direct, infested with this species. 



