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several of the midland districts. " A pair taken from under a stone 

 near Birch-wood.'" — Mr. Weatherhead. " In plenty in North 

 Wales, in Aug., 1829."— Rev. F. W. Hope. " Near Fakenham, 

 in Norfolk." — flew. T. Skrimshire. " Arthur's Seat."— Dr. 

 Leach. 



jSp. 2. cruciatus. Thorace nigro, vittis duabus rubris, elytris Jlavescentibus 



cruce communi lineoldque humerali nigris. (Long. corp. 7 lin.) 

 El. cruciatus. Linne. — N. G. cruciatus. Steph. Catal. 125. No. 1272. 



Head and thorax black, the latter with a longitudinal red line on each side: 

 elytra striated, flavescent, with the suture, a transverse fascia a little beyond 

 the middle, and the outer edge of the elytra from the transverse fascia to the 

 apex black : body beneath black, with the edges of the abdomen rufous : legs 

 pale rufous, with the tips of the femora black. 



Rare : but taken by the late W. Griesbach, Esq. near Windsor, 

 of whose capturing four or five examples are in the British 

 Museum. 



t Sp. 3. bimaculatus. Niger, elytris testaceis, apice nigris, puncto albo. (Long. 



corp. 3^ lin.) 

 El. bimaculatus. Fabricius.—N . G. bimaculatus. Steph. Catal 125. No. 1273. 



Body beneath, head, antenna?, and thorax shining black: elytra striated, rufous 

 from the base nearly to the middle, then black to the apex, with a white spot 

 on each within the tip ; towards the middle of the elytra is a black dentate 

 patch, united to the black margin : legs flavescent, with black femora. 



This species may possibly not belong to the present, genus. 



There are specimens of this insect in the collection at the British 

 Museum, said to have been taken by Dr. Leach, about five years 

 since, in Devonshire. 



Genus CCXXVIII. — Caloderus # mihi. 



Antenna; rather approximating at the base, short, simple in both sexes ; the basal 

 joint short, robust; second very short, subclavate; third as long as the 

 fourth, both obconic ; the remainder, except the terminal one, shorter, also 

 obconic; terminal one slender, ovate-acute. Palpi short: mouth porrect: 

 head small, rounded, deeply inserted in the thorax, which is very gibbous, 

 rounded laterally, immarginate; the hinder angles short, not carinated: body 



Kit/.«:, pulchcr; ltpi } collum. 



