86 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Very abundant witliin the metropolitan district, appearing so 

 early as March, upon willows in blossom. " Li fields about Sketty, 

 and on alders in June ; and beneath the bark of old trees of the 

 same kind." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Cardew-mire." — T. C. Hey- 

 sham, Esq. " Willows, Knockholt, Kent." — Mr. Ingpen. 



Sp. 10. tfeniatus. Fusco-piceus, pedibus testaceis, thorace postice subangustiori, 

 basi apiceqiie testaceo, elytris pallidis fusco-inaculatis, rostro crassiori rugoso. 

 (Long. Corp. 2^ lin.) 



Rh. taeniatus. Fabricius. — Do. taeniatus. Steph. Catal. 166. i\^o. 1696. 



Fusco-piceous : head punctate, clothed with cinereous pubescence; forehead 

 impressed : rostrum rather stout, rugose, carinated : thorax a little contracted 

 anteriorly, the lateral margins rounded and somewhat narrowed posteriorly, 

 the disc transversely fusco-piceous, obsoletely punctate ; the anterior and 

 posterior margins unequally testaceous: scutellum piceous: elytra pun ctate- 

 striate, pale testaceous, with depressed cinereous pubescence, variegated with 

 irregular denuded fuscous spots : apex of the abdomen dull ferruginous : 

 legs pale, imniaculaie, rufo-testaceous : antennae ferruginous. 



Sometimes black, with the thorax rufous, spotted with fuscous, the elytra rufo- 

 ferruginous, variegated with ash-colour and fuscous ; legs rufo-ferruginous. 



Inhabits willows, not very abundantly, in the vicinity of London. 



Sp. 11. majalis. Niger, cinereo-pubescens, tho7~ace, elytris, antennis, pedihus 

 anoque rvfo-ferrugineis, rostro crassiori rugoso, elytrorum disco Jusco-nebu- 

 loso. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



Cu. majahs. Payhul. — Do. majalis. Steph. Catal. \.Q6. No. 1697. 



Black, clothed with cinereous pubescence : head thickly punctate and slightly 

 pubescent : thorax rufo-testaceous, somewhat thickly punctate, with a rather 

 smooth dorsal line ; scuteUum minute, dusky-testaceous : elytra punctate- 

 striate, rufo-testaceous, variegated with ashy pubescence, and denuded irregular 

 fuscous spots : breast and base of abdomen black, pubescent ; apex of the 

 latter rufo-testaceous : legs entirely rufo-testaceous ; femora with a minute 

 tooth, posterior sometimes unarmed: rostrum rather stout, thickly rugose- 

 striated. 



f Sp. 12. dorsalis. Niger, fere glaber, elytris rubris, margine sutur&que anticd 



dimidiatii nigris, rostro longiusculo, crassiori, striato. 

 Cu. dorsalis. Linni. — Berkenhout (! ). — Do. dorsalis. Steph. Catal. 166. iVo. 



1698 note. 

 Black, nearly glabrous ; elytra rufous, with the margins and anterior half of the 



suture black ; rostrum rather long, stout, and striated. 

 Said by Berkenhout and others to inhabit Britain ; but I have not hitherto seen 



an indigenous example. 



