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Probably a mere suffused variety of the last-described insect, from which it 

 differs chiefly in the darkness of its hues. 



Found near London, at Hertford, Dover, and in Suffolk, Hants, 

 and Devonshire. 



Sp. 13. sanguinicollis. Niger, thorace Iwvi rufo, capitis latitudine, elytris ab- 

 breviatis apice sulphur eis, tibiis pallidis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 

 €a. sanguinicollis. Fallen? — Ma. sanguinicollis. Steph. Catal. 134. No. 1363. 



Black: thorax smooth, rufous, immaculate, slightly margined: elytra linear, 

 rugose-punctate, much shorter than the abdomen, fuscous, with the apex sul- 

 phurous : body fuscous, with the sides, margins of the segments and the apex 

 yellow: femora dusky-black ; tibiae and tarsi pale-yellow : antennae flavescent 

 at the base, black towards the apex. 



The bright, immaculate, rufous thorax of this insect distinguishes it from its 

 fellows, without taking other characters into consideration. 



Found in various parts of the country; not very abundantly 

 within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 14. fulvicollis. Niger, thorace Icevi Julvo, elytris abbreviatis apice Jlavo, 



pedibus antennarumque basi pallidis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 

 Ma. fulvicollis. Kirby MS S.— Steph. Catal. 134. No. 1364. 



Black, thorax slightly margined, fulvous, immaculate : elytra shorter than the 

 abdomen, a little rugulose, fuscous, with the apex yellow : legs entirely and 

 base of the antennas pale-yellow. 



Differs from the foregoing in having the thorax immaculate fulvous. 



Less abundant than the last, but found in various places within 

 the metropolitan district and in Suffolk. 



Sp. 15. minimus. Niger, thorace marginato, l&vi, elytris abbreviatis, apice 



sulphureis, pedibus fuscis. (Long. corp. 1^ — 2^ lin.) 

 Ca. minima. Linne— Ma. minimus. Steph. Catal. 134. No. 1365. 



Black: head and thorax smooth, the latter margined, shining, with the anterior 

 and posterior edges, and sometimes the lateral ones, yellow : elytra dusky, 

 with the apex yellow : body black, with the segments delicately margined 

 with white, the apex yellow in the male : legs black, with the base of the 

 femora and the joints sometimes pale : antennae entirely black. 



Known from the foregoing species by having the thorax black in the centre and 

 glossy. 



Not uncommon in the neighbourhood of London. 



Sp. 16. cognatus. Niger, thorace submarginato, luteo-testaceo macula nigrd, 



elytris apice Jlavis, antennarum basipallido. (Long. corp. 2 — 2^ lin.) 

 Ma. cognatus. Steph. Catal. 134. No. 1366. 



