302 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Rare near London, but rather abundant in the midland and 

 northern counties. " Netley. 11 — Rev. F. W. Hope. " Hyde-park." 

 —A. Cooper, Esq. " Glanville's Wootton."— J. C. Dale, Esq. 

 " Common (near Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 27. rusticus. Niger, thorace punctata, macula disci nigr a, femoribus omnibus 

 rufis, apice nigris. (Long. corp. 5 — 6 lin.) 



Ca. rustica. Gyllenhal. — Te. rusticus. Steph. Catal. 132. No. 1343. 



Black, pubescent : thorax punctate, rufous, with a central black spot : head an- 

 teriorly, base of the antennae and of the femora, and margin of the abdomen, 

 rufous : apex of the antenna and femora, the tibiae, and tarsi fuscous-black. 



The central black spot in the disc of the thorax, rufous femora, and smaller 

 size, are the chief characters of distinction between this and the preceding 

 insect. 



Extremely common in May and June in the south of England. 

 " Glanville's Wootton."— /. C. Dale, Esq. " Scarborough."— W. 

 Bean, Esq. " Very common (near Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn, 

 Esq. " North Wales."— Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 28. lividus. Rufo-testaceus, thorace rotundato immaculato, macula frontali, 

 pectore, abdominis bast, genubus tibiisque posticis nigris. (Long, corp. 5—65 

 lin.) 



Ca. livida. Linne. — Barbut. pi. \i.f. 8. — Te. lividus. Steph. Catal. 132. No. 

 1344. 



Rufo-testaceous, pubescent : thorax rounded, immaculate : a small spot on the 

 forehead, the breast, and base of the abdomen, the apex of the hinder femora, 

 and the hinder tibiae black : tip of the antennae fuscescent. 



In some examples the entire vertex is fuscescent, and the tips of the four poste- 

 rior femora, with the four hinder tibiae, are black. 



The black frontal spot and posterior tibiae serve to distinguish this common 

 species. 



Perhaps the most abundant species of this genus in Britain; 

 scarcely an umbelliferous flower being without a specimen during 

 May and June. " Baron-wood." — T. C. Hey sham, Esq. " Ep- 

 ping." — Mr. Doubleday. " Glanville's Wootton."— J. C. Dale, 

 Esq. " Very common (near Swansea)." — L. W. Dilkvyn, Esq. 



Sp. 29. confinis. livfo-icstaceus, pectore abdominis basi oculisqiie nigris, pedibus 



toto pallide testaceis. (Long. corp. 4^ — 5 lin.) 

 Te. confinis. Steph. Catal. 132. No. 1345. 



Rufo-testaceous, pubescent ; thorax shining immaculate ; breast and base of the 

 abdomen, with the eyes, black : legs and antennae entirely of a pale testaceous. 



