258 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



common, is a portion of the western edge of Darenth-wood, where 

 I have taken at different periods eight or ten specimens. " Nut- 

 hurst, Sussex." — Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 18..balteatus. Ater, hirtus, antennis pedibusque piceis, elytris ant ice ultra 



medium rufo-ferrugineis. (Long. corp. 3^ — 4 lin.) 

 El. balteatus. Linne.—Wood, i. pi. 2\.—Steph. Catal. 123. No. 1251. 



Black, pubescent : head thickly punctate, with the front rounded : thorax glossy, 

 convex above, and rather thickly, but not coarsely, punctured : elytra deeply 

 punctate-striate, the interstices punctured ; from the base to beyond the middle 

 rusty-red, with a broad black patch occupying the entire apex: legs piceous, 

 with the tarsi pitchy-red ; antenna; dusky at the base, rufescent at the apex. 



Found in Coombe, Darenth, and Birch woods, and in the adjoin- 

 ing lanes, but not common : also in Norfolk, and other parts. 

 " Nuthurst." — Rev. F. W. Hope. " Prestwick Carr, near New- 

 castle." — W. C. Hewltson, Esq. " Windsor, and Kingsbridge, 

 Devon." — Dr. Leach. 



b. With the thorax unequal, the sides dilated. 



1. With the body slightly pubescent, and depressed. 



Sp. 19. ustulatus. Niger, antennis simplicihus, elytris rufo-testaceis immacu- 



latis. (Long. corp. 3^ — 4 lin.) 

 El. ustulatus. Paykul.—Steph. Catal. 123. No. 1252. 



Black, somewhat depressed, slightly pubescent : head and thorax finely punc- 

 tured, the latter dilated in the middle, with the posterior angles small and 

 but slightly prominent, the disc glossy, very convex: elytra entirely of a 

 pale testaceous-red, punctate-striate, the stria? rather shallow : legs dusky, 

 with the tibiae and tarsi more or less pale testaceous : antenna? fuscous, or 

 piceous. 



Found in the New Forest, and the vicinity, but rare : also in 

 the Isle of Wight. " Nuthurst."— Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 20. bipustulatus. Oblongus, niger, thorace convexo nitido, elytris depressis, 

 maculd haseos rubrti, pedibus piceo-testaceis. (Long. corp. 3^ — 4 lin.) 



El. bipustulatus. Linne. — Steph. Catal. 123. No. 1253. 



Oblong, black, depressed, slightly pubescent: head rugosely-punctate, with the 

 front unequal and foveolated : thorax dilated on the sides, the disc very convex 

 and glossy, finely punctured ; the posterior angles prominent, acute : elytra 

 depressed, dilated in the middle, rounded at the apex, punctate-striated, with 

 the interstices punctulated, slightly shining-black, with a more or less distinct 

 ovate rufous spot on the shoulder: legs and suture pitchy-testaceous; tarsi 

 paler. 



The red spot at the base of the elytra is sometimes obsolete. 



