3S MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTEKA. 



Abundant in a lane near Putney in tlie spring ; and not very 

 uncommon in other parts of the metropolitan district in May and 

 June : also near Dover. " Near Swansea, not common." — L. W. 

 D'dhcyn, Esq. 



Sp. 33. quadriraaculatus. Nigricans, subdepressus, suhtus albo-squamosus, elytris 

 ma-ulis quatuor albo-squamosis, antennis pedibusque nigris, thorace submutico. 

 (Long. corp. I5 lin.) 



Cti. 4-maculatus. Linne.?—Ne. 4-maculatus. Steph. Catal. 156. No. 1.577. 



Dusky, somewhat depressed ; beneath white : thorax with the sides rounded, 

 and with an obsolete tubercle : elytra striated, loith a white squamous spot at 

 the base of the suture, another towards the apex, and 07ie near the middle of 

 the outer margin : antennce and legs black. 

 Kare near London: found also in Suffolk. " Taken among 



herbage (near Swansea), not common." — L, W. D'llhvyn, Esq. 



Sp. 34. Echii. Subdepressus, nigro-fuscus, squamosus, supra lineolis albis varie- 



gatus, pedihus nigris albo-variegaiis. (Long. corp. 2| — 3 lin.) 

 Eh. Echii. Fabricius.—Ne. Echii. Steph. Catal. 156. No. 1578. 



Somewhat depressed, fuscous-black, with whitish scales above and beneath, 

 forming various anastomosing lines on the elytra and thorax, the latter with 

 three distinct longitudinal lines, and sometimes with three rather obscure 

 transverse ones, those on the elytra very irregular, with a conspicuous oblique 

 Jlexuous one arising at the base of the suture, continued to the centre of 

 the disc, and terminating towards the shoulder on the outer margin : legs 

 black, variegated with white. 



Rare near London, on thistles, in June ; but more abundant in 

 Somersetshire : found also in Norfolk, and at Dover. — " Sandgate." 

 Dr. Leacli. " On thistles on Crwmlyn Burrows, and Mr. Millard 

 has found it on Echiura vulgare near Southampton." — L. W. Dill- 



•wi/n^ Esq. 



C. With the thorax unarmed, refiexed anteriorly. 



a. The elytra bearing setifoj^m scales. 



Sp. 35. horridus. Obscure riifis, tho7-ace elytrisque spinosis; rostro fusco, 



antennis testaceis, clavd fused. (Long. corp. 2— 2^ lin.) 

 Cu. horridus. Pander. — Ne. horridus. Steph. Catal. 156. iVb. 1579. 



Dull rnfous: forehead cinerascent: thorax gibbous, luith the anterior and 

 posterior margins elevated, the surface covered with numerous spines, and 

 whitish hairs intermixed: elytra obscure rufous, dusky towards the suture, 

 and sometimes with a dusky transverse central cloud, striated, the interstices 

 with a row of erect spines, intermixed with numerous whitish hairs: legs 



