5& MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



of uniform colour, flavescent: femora dusky ; tibiije and tarsi rufo-testaceous : 

 rostrum piceous. 



Found on tlie melilot near London and in Suffolk. 



Sp. 5. flavicollis. Rufo-piceus, thorace pubejlavescenti tectus, elytris grisescen- 

 tibus, antennis pedibusque testaceis. (Long, corp. 1^ lin.) 



Si. flavicollis. Kirby MSS. Ty. flavicollis. Steph. Catal. 160. No. 1624. 



Rufo-piceous, or dusky, clothed with dense pubescence, grisescent on the head 

 and elytra, and yellowish on the thorax ; beneath ashy : thorax with the 

 lateral margins Jlavescent-ash : elytra rather deeply striated, the interstices 

 of uniform colour : antennae and legs entirely testaceous : rostrum piceous. 



Taken within the metropolitan district in June ; also in Suffolk. 



Sp. 6. picirostris. Nigro-piceus, puhe sericea nitidd tectus, antennis pedibus 



rostrique apice rufo-ferrugineis. (Long. corp. 1;^ lin.) 

 Cu. picirostris. Paykul. — Ty. picirostris. Steph. Catal. 160. No. 1625. 



Pitchy-black, clothed with an uniform olivaceous glossy silken pubescence above, 

 beneath ashy- white: head piceous: thorax immaculate, somewhat cinerascent: 

 elytra moderately striated, the striae slightly punctate, the apex sometimes 

 rufescent : antennae, legs entirely, and apex of the rostrum, rufous. 



Not uncommon in corn-fields near London : found on the Tri- 

 folium pratense. I have taken it at Ripley in plenty. — " Not 

 common near Swansea." — L. W. Dillwi/n, Esq. 



Sp. 7. tomentosus. Niger, pallide tomentosus, thorace subgriseo, antennis pedi- 

 busque rufo-testaceis. (Long. corp. \^ lin.) 

 , Cu. tomentosus. ^eri65^.—Ty. tomentosus. Steph. Catal \&Q. No. IQ^Q. 



Rather larger than the foregoing : black, clothed with a pale pubescence, some- 

 what griseous on the thorax, which is immaculate : elytra simply striated ; 

 the interstices uniform : antennae and legs rufo-testaceous : rostrum piceous 

 at the apex, the base black. 



Not common near London, where it occurs in corn-fields in 

 June. 



Sp. 8. canescens. Piceus, capite thoracisque striis tribus obsolete canescentibus, 



elytris striatis, suturd nigra, pedibus rufo-piceis. (Long. corp. I5 hn.) 

 Cu. canescens. Marsham. — Ty. canescens. Steph. Catal. 160. No. 1629. 



Piceous; clothed with a hoary pubescence: head immaculate: eyes black; 

 thorax with a narrow dorsal line, and the sides obsoletely cinerascent : elytra 

 rufo-piceous, striated, with the suture dusky or black; abdomen pitchy: legs 

 and antennae rufo-piceous. 



Found in Devonshire, and near London. 



