36 MANDIBULATA.— COLEOPTERA. 



and the sides whitish, the latter each with a single tubercle; the anterior 

 margin but little constricted: elytra lineated iviih whitish and cinereous, with 

 an oblong black spot on the suture : femora piceous, tibiw and tarsi pale testa- 

 ceous : antennae piceous. 



Found sometimes within the metropolitan district, but apparently 

 abundant near Bristol. " Occasionally found among herbage (near 

 Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 26. Chrysantherai. Niger, elytris fasciis duabus alhido-squamosis anteriore 

 flexuoso-arcuatd , posteriore undulatd; antennis tibiis tarsisque ferrugineis, 

 (Long. corp. \\ lin.) 



Cu. Chrysanthemi. Germar.—Ne. Chrysanthemi. Steph. Catal. 15.5. No. 1570. 



Black : thorax depressed, with a slender dorsal line and the sides whitish-ash, 

 the latter unituberculate : elytra with the base and apex of the suture white, 

 the middle deep black, the disc with a narroiv squamous-white Jlexuous fascia, 

 arising at the base of the suture, passing obliquely towards the middle, then 

 suddenly bent forwards near the margin towards the shoulders; and near the 

 apex is an indistinct undulated one : tibiae, tarsi, and antennce ferruginous. 



Rare : I possess a single example captured by myself near 

 Ripley, and a second taken " near Norwich."" — /. Sparshall, Esq. 



Sp. 27. melanostigma. Niger, corpore subtus pallido, elytris nigro-cinerascenti- 



bus, macula communi nigra. (Long. corp. 1;^ lin.) 

 Cu. melanostigma. Mar sham. — Ne. melanostigma. Steph. Catal. 155. No. 1571. 



Black ; beneath pale ashy: thorax cinereous, with an obsolete pale dorsal line; 

 elytra ashy-black, the suture with the base whitish, the middle black ; antenncB 

 piceous : tibice and tarsi obscure ferruginous. 



Apparently rare : my specimens were obtained from the Mar- 

 shamian collection. " Among herbage about Penllergare." — L. W. 

 Dlllwyn^ Esq. 



Sp. 28. cinereus. Cinereus, elyti'is basi lined suturali ahbreviatd antics alba 



postice nigra, tarsis rubellis. (Long. corp. if — 2 lin.) 

 Cu. cinereus. Marsham. — Ne. cinereus. Steph. Catal. 155. No. 1572. 



Cinereous-black ; beneath clothed with whitish scales ; above with ashy : thorax 

 with the sides slightly unituberculate; elytra striated, the interstices lineated 

 with cinereous ; the suture with the anterior half whitish or white, the 

 posterior black : antennce and legs piceous ; tarsi rufescent. 



From the Marshamian cabinet : captured in Suifolk. 



