18 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTEllA. 



Sp. 2. Verbasci. Niger, thoracis laterihus grisescente villosis, elytris striatis, 

 interstitiis alterms elevatioribus nigro cinereoque tesseUatis, maculis duabus 

 suturalibus inagnis atro-holosericeis. (Long. corp. 2 — 2^ lin.) 



Rh. Verbasci. Fahricius. —Ci. Verbasci. Steph. Catal. 151. No. 1518. 



Deep black ; the sides of the thorax and the breast clothed with a griseous 

 clown, the middle of the femora black : elytra striated, the alternate interstices 

 elevated and tessellated with black and cinereous, and the suture the same, 

 with two larger velvety black spots near the base and apex — the former with 

 a cinereous one behind, and the latter with one both in front and behind. 



Smaller than the foregoing, of a darker hue, with the centre of the thorax black, 

 the sides griseous, the elytra tessellated with black and cinereous, and the 

 dorsal spots comparatively smaller. 



Found principally on the Verbascum Thapsus, though it occasion- 

 ally frequents other plants, towards the end of July. 1 have taken 

 it plentifully in September in Battersea-fields. " Common near 

 Swansea." — L. W. DillzvL/n, Esq. 



Sp. 3. Thapsi. Fusce-brunneus, undique cinereo-virescenti pubescens, elytris 

 maculis denudatis obsolete tesseUatis, duabusque suturalibus atro-holosericeis 

 orbiculatis, simplicibus. (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 



Cu. Thapsi. Fabricius. — Ci. Thapsi. Steph. Catal. 151. No. 1519. 



Fuscous-brown, clothed throughout with a greenish-ash pubescence: elytia 

 striated with somewhat denuded spots, obsoletely tessellated, in the alternate 

 interstices, and two orbiculate simple ones on the suture, one near the base, 

 the other towards the apex: legs fuscescent, varied with cinereous pubescence: 

 tarsi and sometimes the anterior tibiie ferruginous. 



Taken in June on the Scrophularia, rather plentifully in some 

 districts, especially in a chalk-pit at Northfleet. 



Sp. 4. Hortulanus. Fusco-brunneus, pube cinereo undique tectus, coleoptris 

 maculis duabus atris dorsalibus. (Long. corp. 2g lin.) 



Cu. Hortulanus. Marsham.—Ci. Hortulanus. Steph. Catal. 151. N'o. 1520. 



Fuscous-brown ; clothed throughout with cinereous down : elytra very obso- 

 letely tessellated with dusky, with two large black spots on the suture. 



Merely a variety of the preceding in my opinion. 



Found also upon plants of the genera Scrophularia and Verbascum 

 in June, less abundantly than the last. " Near Swansea, not com- 

 mon." — L. W. Dilhvyn, Esq. 



Sp. 5. Blattariffi. Fusco-brunneus, undique cmereo-griseo piihescens, elytris 



tesseUatis, maculis duabus atris dorsalibus. (Long. corp. 1^— l|lin.) 

 Ci. Blattarite. Clairville.— Steph. Catal. 151. No. 1521. 



