318 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



Da. 4-punctulatus. Fabricius. — El. 4-punctulatus. Steph. Catal. 136. No. 

 1387.— Var. ? El. apicalis. Steph. Catal. I. c. 1388. 



Black, hairy; the elytra with two red spots, one at the base, the other towards 

 the apex ; the apical one sometimes wanting. 



In the British Museum are specimens of this insect, said to have 

 been taken by Dr. Leach, in Devonshire, about four years since. 



Genus CCXLIII. — Dasytes, Paykid. 



Antennas composed of somewhat elongate joints, of which the basal one is con- 

 siderably incrassated; the second minute, nodose; the third somewhat longer; 

 the fourth to the tenth gradually increasing, and frequently produced within, 

 forming a serrated edge ; the terminal one longer, ovate. Palpi with the ter- 

 minal joint truncate at the apex : body more or less elongate, very pilose : 

 elytra more or less linear, rarely dilated posteriorly, the apex dehiscent : legs 

 long; tarsi simple : claws with a membraneous process beneath. 



The more elongate and densely pilose body of the true Dasytes, 

 combined with the dissimilarity in the form of the antennae and palpi, 

 and the propensities of the insects to inhabit flowers, form the chief 

 distinctions of this genus from Aplocnemus: — but the genus evidently 

 requires greater subdivisions, at least the first and last species being 

 alien thereto — the first, from the remarkable posterior tibiae and ap- 

 pendages at the base of the tarsi, I would propose calling Eni- 

 copus ; and the latter, from its filiform shape, acute squamous 

 elytra, &c. might be termed Dolichosoma. 



±Sp. 1. ater. Oblongus, niger, vage punctatus, hirtus pilis nigris et cinereis. 



(Long. corp. 3£ lin.) 

 Da. ater. Fabricius.— Steph. Catal. 136. No. 1390. 



Oblong, black, with deep dispersed punctures, somewhat disposed in striae on the 

 elytra; clothed with long black and cinereous hairs: the head in front with an 

 ovate rugulose double impression : one sex has an elongate, incurved spine at 

 the base of the first joint of the tarsi, and the posterior tibiae are considerably 

 incrassated and bent. 



This singular insect doubtless belongs to a distinct genus from its allies, but I 

 have not ventured to detach it therefrom, other than as above mentioned. 



Said to have been captured by Dr. Leach, in Devonshire : speci- 

 mens are in the British Museum indigenous collection. 



