286 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Ovate, fuscous-black, slightly pubescent : head black : thorax very short, sinu- 

 ated on the anterior and posterior margins, griseo-testaceous : elytra of a livid 

 griseo-testaceous : body beneath fuscous-black, with the segments slightly 

 margined with pale ochraceous : femora fuscescent ; tibiae and tarsi pale tes- 

 taceous : antenna; with the second and third joints pale. 



Less than either of the foregoing, and differs from the following in being broader 

 and more depressed, exclusively of its colours. 



Also very abundant in hedges throughout the metropolitan 

 district; in Devonshire, near Edinburgh, Norfolk, Kent, &c. 



Sp. 10. dorsalis. Ovalis, ferrugineus, suturd nigrd ad apicem ferrugined. 



(Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Cryptocephalus ! dorsalis. Marsham. — Cy. dorsalis. Steph. Catal 129. No. 



1307. 



Above ferruginous, with the suture black at the base, then fuscescent towards 

 the middle and ferruginous at the apex; body beneath fuscous, or rusty- 

 black. 



I suspect this insect may prove to be a mere variety of the foregoing, although 

 Marsham and a recent compiler place it with the Cryptocephali ! It is, how- 

 ever, rather narrower and more convex. 



The original Marshamian specimen of this insect is the only- 

 example I have seen. " Has been taken on the alder, and by 

 Mr. Jeffreys on the Crwmlyn sand-hills." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 11. griseus. Ovatns, nigro-fuscus, puhescens, thorace brevissimo sinuuto, 

 elytris griseo-testaceis, antennarum bast pedibusque totis pattidis. (Long. corp. 

 1-1 i lin.) 



Cy. griseus. Fabrkius.— Steph. Catal. 129. No. 1308. 



Ovate, fuscous-black, pubescent : head dusky, with the mouth testaceous : 

 thorax very short, entirely of a fuscous-black hue, sinuated anteriorly and 

 posteriorly: elytra griseous-testaceous, or deep castaneous, sometimes fus- 

 cescent: antenna? with the four or five basal joints and legs entirely pale- 

 testaceous. 



Variable ; sometimes entirely of a silken fuscous-black, with the mouth, base of 

 the antenna; and legs testaceous ; at others of a pale rufo-testaceous, with the 

 eyes black, and the antenna; black at the apex; but all intermediate tints 

 occur. 



Extremely common in hedges and among herbage throughout 

 the metropolitan district. " Rose Castle." — T. C. Heysham, Esq. 

 " Nettles, Battersea-fields." — Mr. Ingpen. " Not unfrequently on 

 flowers (near Swansea). " — L. IV. Dilhcyn, Esq. 



