294 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Head black behind, rufo-testaceous anteriorly : thorax immaculate rufo-testa- 

 ceous: scutellum subtestaceous : elytra black, pubescent, rugose-punctate: 

 breast piceous, or somewhat testaceous: abdomen yellow-testaceous, im- 

 maculate; legs entirely of the same colour, but paler, with the tarsi ob- 

 scure: antennae with the three or four basal joints testaceous, the rest black. 



Abundant throughout the metropolitan district, and not common 

 in other parts of the country. " Davidson's Bank, Cumb." — T. C. 

 Her/sham, Esq. " Glanville's Wootton.'' ■ — J. C. Dale, Esq. 

 " Southend." — Rev. F. W. Hope. " Common (near Swansea)." 

 — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 3. fulvicollis. Niger, ore, antennaram basi, tkorace, ano pedibusgue rvfo- 



testaceis. (Long. corp. 3 — 3^ lin.) 

 Te. fulvicollis. Sahlberg.—Steph. Catal. 130. A T o. 1320. 



Head black, with the mouth testaceous: thorax rufous, immaculate, or with a 

 few blackish marks towards the base : scutellum piceous : elytra linear, totally 

 black, slightly pubescent, thickly rugose-punctate : thorax beneath black in 

 the middle, with the sides testaceous : breast black : abdomen broad, testa- 

 ceous yellow, the anterior segments each with a broad transverse black fascia 

 at the base : legs rufo-testaceous, with the tarsi somewhat dusky : antennas 

 with the three or four basal joints testaceous, the rest black : apex of the 

 maxillary palpi black. 



Less common than the foregoing, but far from scarce within the 

 metropolitan district and elsewhere. " Epping." — Mr. Double- 

 day. « Glanville's Wootton."—/. C. Dale, Esq. 



Sp. 4. affinis. Lineari-elongalus, rufo-testaceus, vertice, thorace anticc, elytris, 

 pectore, abdominis basi antennarumque apice nigris. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 



Te. affinis. Steph. Catal. 130. No. 1321. 



Linear-elongate : rufo-testaceous, with the head behind, the anterior margin of 

 the thorax, the elytra, breast, base of the abdomen and apex of the antennae 

 black ; the tarsi fuscescent. 



More elongate in proportion than the preceding insect, and differs in having the 

 anterior edge of the thorax dusky or black, the palpi concolorous, and the 

 abdomen more decidedly testaceous at the apex: — it may possibly, however, 

 be a mere variety of that insect ; but I possess several examples of each sex, 

 of both insects. 



Also a common species within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 5. ater. Elongatus, fusco-niger, antennarum basi tibiisque totis pattide 

 luteis, thorace breviori subtransverso. (Long. corp. 3 — 3^ lin.) 



Ca. atra. Linnc.—Te. ater. Steph. Catal. 130. No. 1322. 



Elongate : head black : mouth testaceous : thorax fuscous-black, with the mar- 

 gins testaceous: scutellum and elytra also of the same hue, the ktter clothed 



