284 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



metropolis, frequenting hedges and flowers in the month of June. 

 " Rose Castle."— t. C. Heysham, Esq. " Epping." — Mr. 

 Doubleday. " Southend." — Rev. F. W. Hope. " On the flowers 

 of Crataegus Qxyaeanthae, not common (near Swansea)." — L. W. 

 Dilkoyn, Esq. 



Sp. 3. laetus. Oblongo-ovatus, testaceus, vertice nigricanti, elytrorutn suturd 



apiceque late nigro-fuscis. (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 

 Cist, laeta. Panzer. — Cy. laetus. Steph. Catal. 128. No. 1300. 

 Oblong-ovate, testaceous, pubescent, with the vertex dusky or black : the elytra 



thickly punctured, with the suture and apex more or less broadly black, this 



colour sometimes occupying above half the surface : abdomen and pectus also 



black. 



Supposed by Gyllenhall to be a variety of the foregoing ; but I 

 conceive it to be distinct from the circumstance of its not occurring 

 in company therewith near London, though seemingly abundant in 

 other places. Found in Devonshire, and near Edinburgh. " Swan- 

 sea." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Liverpool." — Mr. J. Hutchinson. 



Sp. 4. assimilis. Ovatus, brevis, livido-testaceus, pubescens, oculis antennarumque 

 apice nigro-fuscis, thorace subrotundato medio fusco. (Long. corp. 1^ — 2 lin.) 

 Cy. assimilis. Steph. Catal. 129. No. 1301. 



Ovate, short, of a livid testaceous or ochraceous, pubescent, with the eyes and 



apex of the antennae fuscous-black, the thorax somewhat rounded, fuscescent 



in the middle. 

 Shorter and proportionably broader than the following species, from which it 



also differs in being of a very pale livid testaceous hue, and in having the 



thorax longer and somewhat rounded. 



Found in hedges within the metropolitan district, but rarely; 

 more frequent in South Wales. 



Sp. 5. lividus. Ovalis, livido-testaceus, pubescens, oculis antennarumque apice 

 nigro-fuscis, thorace breviori transversi. (Long. corp. 2 — 2^ lin.) 



Cy. lividus. Fabricius.— Steph. Catal. 129. No. 1302. 



Oval, livid-testaceous, pubescent; with the eyes and tip of the antennae black- 

 brown, the thorax very short, transverse, with the disc more or less fuscescent. 



Longer than the foregoing, but not broader, thereby differing in form; its 

 thorax is very short and transverse, colour deep livid, or rufescent testaceous, 

 with the eyes and apex of the antennae of a darker hue. 



Extremely abundant in damp hedges throughout the metropolitan 

 district, and, I believe, elsewhere, in June. " Rushes, Battersea- 

 iiehls, very abundant." — Mr. Ingpcu. " Epping." — Mr. Double- 



