298 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Pale-rufous: the thorax elongate, narrowed in front: the antennae, tarsi, and 



apex of the elytra hlack. 

 The distinctly elongate thorax, black antennae and tarsi, and rufous body, are 



the chief distinctive characters of this insect. 



Very abundant throughout the metropolitan district, and I be- 

 lieve not uncommon in most parts of the country. " Davidson's 

 Bank."" — T. C. Heysham, Esq. " Epping." — Mr. DouMeday. 

 " Glanville's Wootton." — /. C. Dale, Esq. " Very common (near 

 Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 15. pilosus. Linear i-elongatus, fusco-testaceus, longiiis pilosus, thorace an- 

 gustiori subquadrato, marginato. (Long. corp. 4 — 4J lin.) 



Ca. pilosa. Paykul. — Te. pilosus. Steph. Catal. 131. No. 1332. 



Elongate, linear; of a deep dusky-testaceous: eyes very prominent, deep black; 

 antennas fuscescent, with the base pale : thorax rather deeply margined, the 

 disc pilose, dusky- testaceous : elytra elongate, of an ochraceous-fuscous, very 

 pilose; body beneath with the apex pale: legs more or less deeply tes- 

 taceous. 



Var. /3. With the antennae and legs entirely of a pale testaceous, the thorax 

 slightly rufescent, and the elytra pale. 



Whether Var. /3. be the Telephorus unicolor of Curtis I am unable to decide : it 

 is the species originally called Te. longicornis by me in my MSS. 



Four or five examples of this species are the only specimens that 

 have come beneath my observation : one I captured at Ripley, in 

 June, 1827, and the others have all been taken at Darenth. 



B. With the sides of the thorax distinctly rounded. 



a. With the thorax rounded anteriorly. 



1. Antennae with the second joint scarcely longer than the third. 



Sp. 16. clypeatus. Supra pallidas, vertice thoracisque disco anierius angustato 



nigro, pedibus pallidis, posticis infuscatis. (Long. corp. 3^ — 4 lin.) 

 Ca. clypeata. Illiger. — Te. clypeatus. Steph. Catal. 131. No. 1333. 

 Above pale, with the hinder part of the head and the disc of the thorax black, 

 the colour of the latter narrowed in front; the legs pale, the posterior clouded 

 with fuscescent. 

 The clear whitish-ochreous margins to the thorax, and the glossy-black central 

 discoidal spot on the latter, with the pale legs and antennae, are the more 

 prominent characters of this insect. 



This species, I believe, is not found within the metropolitan di- 

 strict: I have taken it at Dover and near Hastings: it occurs in 

 Suffolk, and in South Wales is not very uncommon. " In woods 

 (near Swansea) not uncommon."" — L. W. Dillzvyn, Esq. 



