256 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



Sp. 12. ephippium. Ater, hirtus, elytris sanguineis macula suturali oblongd 



nigrd, tarsis piceis. (Long. corp. 5 — 6 lin.) 

 El. ephippium. Fabricius.—Steph. Catal. 123. No. 1245. 



Black : head and thorax clothed with short rufescent hairs, with a lanceolate 

 hlack patch on the suture, common to both elytra, more or less broad, and 

 neither touching the base nor the apex; scutellum, antennae, and legs black; 

 tarsi piceous. 



Very rare near London, and not common in other parts, though 

 seemingly very much distributed over the country. " Oxford." 



Rev. F. W. Hope. " Bewdley Forest."— W. Raddon, Esq. 



" Epping Forest, near Wanstead."— Mr. Stone. " Chris tcliurch, 

 by Rev. W. Bingley, and Salisbury." — Dr. Leach. 



Sp. 13. sanguineus. Ater, pube rufescente vestitus, thorace obsolete canaliculato, 



elytris sanguineis immaculatis, tarsis piceis. (Long. corp. 4 — 6^ lin.) 

 El. sanguineus. Linne?—Don. xv. pi. 508. f. Z.—Steph. Catal. 123. No. 1216. 



Black : head and thorax clothed with a short rufescent down, the latter some- 

 what convex, punctured, with an obsolete channel behind: elytra bright im- 

 maculate blood-red, punctate-striated, sparingly clothed with short rufous 

 hairs ; antenna? and legs black ; tarsi piceous. 



Whether this be the true E. sanguineus of Linne, his concise definition does not 

 satisfactorily enable me to decide ; as his description will equally apply to this and 

 the three following species, whose specific distinctions were first noticed by Count 

 HofFmansegg, and pointed out by him to Dr. Leach, who supplied me with 

 the specimens whence the following descriptions have been drawn up : — this, 

 which is the largest, species may be readily known by having the pubescence 

 above entirely rufescent. 



Also rare near London : it has been taken in the woods between 

 Highgate and Hampstead, and in Epping Forest and Coombe ; but 

 in the New Forest it has occurred in the utmost profusion on oaks. 

 " Barmouth." — Rev. F. W. Hope. " Salisbury and Spitchweek 

 Park in July. ri — Dr. Leach. 



Sp. 14. rufipennis. Ater, pube fusco vestitus, thorace subcanaliculato, elytris 



sanguineis immaculatis, tarsis nigro-piceis. (Long. corp. 5 — 6 lin.) 

 El. rufipennis. Hoffmansegg MSS.—Steph. Catal. 123. No. 1247. 



Black : head and thorax densely clothed with a deep fuscous or black down, the 

 latter a little depressed and coarsely punctate, obsoletely channelled behind : 

 elytra punctate-striate, blood-red, immaculate, sparingly clothed with short 

 fuscous hairs : antennae and legs black ; tarsi dusky piceous. 



In general smaller than the ibregoiug, with the pubescence above entirely fuscous 

 or black. 



