230 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



cent : they may be distinguished from the Cetonise by wanting the 

 appendages at the outer edge of the base of the elytra, so con- 

 spicuous in those insects ; and from the Acanthuri by the anterior 

 tibiae being distinctly bidentate only, as well as by the form of the 

 terminal joint of the palpi. 



A. With the hody more or less tomentose. 



Sp. 1. fasciatus. Niger, Jlavo-rnfo tomentosus, ehjtris atrisfasciis duabus luteis 



interne confluentibus. (Long. corp. 7—8 lin.) 

 Sc. fasciatus. Linne. — Bon. iv. pi. 140. — Tr. fasciatus. Steph. Catal. 117- 



No. 1198. 



Black: head and thorax densely clothed with erect fulvous hairs: elytra nearly 

 glabrous, of a deep satiny black, with two transverse yellow fasciae united by 

 a longitudinal one from the base to the apex, leaving the suture itself black; 

 or yellow, with a rounded spot at the base and apex, an abbreviated trans- 

 verse fascia, and the margin black : abdomen densely pubescent above, pilose 

 beneath. 



Var. /3. Tr. succinctus. Fabricius.— Steph. Catal. I. c. — With the elytra black 

 at the base and apex, the centre yellow, with an abbreviated transverse 

 fascia not touching the suture. 



The fascife on the elytra vary considerably in form. Var. /?., of which I possess 

 specimens taken by my friend Mr. Dillwyn, is clearly only a variety. 



This rare and elegant insect has not hitherto occurred, I believe, 

 within the metropolitan district, although greatly distributed over 

 the western portion of the island from south to north. " Aberdeen 

 by Mr. Townsend, and near Exeter by Mr. Harris." — Dr. Leach. 

 " Loch Rannoch." — J. C. Dak, Esq. " About forty of these 

 beautiful insects have been taken in the neighbourhood (of Swan- 

 sea), and I have generally seen them in pairs, mostly on umbel- 

 liferous plants. It has also been taken at Coytrahene and St. 

 Hilary."— L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



B. With the body glabrous, shining. 



Sp. 2. variabilis. Niger, subnitidus, rugoso-punctatus, elytris albo-punctatis. 



(Long. corp. 9 — 10 lin.) 

 Sc. variabilis. Linnc. — Tr. variabilis. Steph. Catal. 118. No. 1200.— Curtis, 



vi. pi. 286. 



Black, slightly shining: clypeus and thorax thickly punctured, the latter with 

 the punctures rather coarse and deep, with a shallow dorsal channel, and fre- 



