146 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



mon in Cambridgeshire." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Common near 

 Swansea. ,, — L. W. Dillzoyn, Esq. " York and Newcastle. 1 ' — 

 W. C. Hewitson, Esq. " Parley-heath."— J. C. Dale, Esq. 



Sp. 5. quadrimaculatus. Ater, subnitidus, oblongo-guadratus, thoracis later ibus 

 subparallelis, elytris macula lunatS. rubra ; tibiis anticis tridentatis, extimo 

 Integra. (Long. corp. 3^ — 4^ lin.) 



Hi. quadrimaculatus. Linne. — Steph. Catal. 100. No. 1050. 



Oblong-quadrate, black, moderately glossy: thorax large, but very little narrowed 

 anteriorly, the lateral striae rather faint, the outer one scarcely reaching be- 

 yond the middle, the interior entire : elytra depressed on the back, each with 

 four rather faint striae externally, leaving a broad space very smooth towards 

 the suture; at the base of each elytron a more or less distinct large lunate red 

 spot, frequently occupying the entire shoulder, and extending beyond the 

 middle of the elytra in a curved direction, towards the suture : this spot is often 

 interrupted, forming a lunule at the base, and a rounded spot on the disc, 

 behind the middle, and sometimes the basal spot is divided into two : anterior 

 tibiae with three stout acute simple dentations externally : antennae with a fer- 

 ruginous club. 



Differs from the two following in having a marginal stria on the elytra, the 

 latter with four striae, the anterior tibiae with the dentations simple, &c. 



Apparently not very rare in remote parts of the coast of Kent, 

 and at times in the utmost profusion. " Hister 4-maculatus, of 

 which I had previously taken few specimens, now (1827) covered 

 South Sea Common, so that many were crushed under foot at every 

 step." — Lt. Davies, in Loudon's Magazine. " Deal." — Rev. F. 

 W. Hope. " Heme Bay." — Mr. Ingpen. " Ramsgate." — Mr. 

 Stone. 



2. The elytra without a marginal stria. 



Sp. 6. sinuatus. Ater, nitidus, thorace antice angustiori, elytris tristriatis, area, 

 magna rubra longitudinali, tibiis anticis tridentatis, extimo bifido. (Long, 

 corp. l\ — 3^ lin.) 



Hi. sinuatus. Illiger. — Steph. Catal. 100. No. 1051. — Hi. 4-maculatus. Dono- 

 van, xv. pi. 525. 



Somewhat rounded, glossy-black: thorax very smooth, narrowed anteriorly, the 

 exterior lateral striae scarcely reaching beyond the middle, the interior deep 

 and nearly extending to the base: elytra slightly convex, with three striae 

 externally, but none on the margin ; three faint abbreviated ones at the apex 

 towards the suture, the one nearest the suture longest; on each elytron a large 

 bright red arcuated spot, reaching from the base nearly to the apex, and 

 bending inwards: anterior tibiae with three stout teeth, the exterior bifid. 



The red spot on the elytra varies considerably; in one of my specimens it 

 occupies nearly the entire disc, leaving the suture and apex with an oblong 

 spot in the centre alone black. 



