88 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



species, all of which were captured in the neighbourhood of Edin- 

 burgh ; but even there it does not appear to be abundant. " Near 

 Dunkeld in Perthshire, about September." — Dr. LeacJi, 



'\ Sp. 2. notatus. Rufo-piceus, pallido-sguamosus, rostro tenui nigro-piceo, 

 elytris tenuius punctato-striatis,fasciis duabus latioribus ahhreviatis pallido- 

 sguamosus. (Long. Corp. 3—5 lin.) 



Li. notatus. Fabricius. — Pi. notatus. Steph. Catal. 167. No. 1700. 



Rufo-piceous, with pale lutescent scales : rostrum pitchy-black, with the base 

 paler; head as in the last: thorax thickly punctate, with an obsolete dorsal 

 carina, with four whitish transverse spots : scuteUum niveous : elytra mode- 

 rately punctate-striate, the striae composed of small oblong-quadrate punc- 

 tures, the alternate interstices elevated ; the disc before the middle with an 

 indistinct transverse fascia, and behind with a broad transverse anteriorly 

 dilated one, both composed of whitish or flavescent scales: body beneath 

 piceous, with whitish scales : legs rufo-ferruginous, with a whitish squamous 

 ring on the tibiae. 



A pair of this species, which belonged to Mr. Sparhall, I was 

 informed was captured in some fir-trees in the neighbourhood of 

 London — at Coombe-wood, I believe ; but as the information was 

 obtained through an interested dealer, some deception (as is too 

 frequently the case) might have been practised as to its exact loca- 

 tion : the insect has been several times taken in Scotland. " Rivel- 

 stone-wood." — Dr. Leach. 



Sp. 3. Fabricii. Plate xxi. f. 1. — Rufo-piceus, pallido-sguamosus, rostro pic eo- 

 ferrugineo, elytris tenuius punctato-striatis, fasciis duabus interruptis pallido- 

 sguamosus. (Long. corp. 4|^ Un.) 

 Pi. Fabricii. Leach MS S.— Steph. Catal. 167. No. 1701. 



Elongate, rufo-piceous, with pale lutescent scales ; rostrum rusty-piceous, slender : 

 thorax coarsely punctured, a little glossy, with a distinct dorsal carina, and 

 four transverse luteous spots on the disc, as in the former species: scutellum 

 luteous: elytra elongate, not very deeply T^unctate-striate, the alternate inter- 

 stices not elevated, the disc sparingly sprinkled with minute flavescent scales 

 with an interrupted fascia toivards the base, and a second slender one behind 

 the middle, of similar scales : legs dusky-piceous, with an indistinct whitish 

 ring of scales round the tibiae. 



Specimens of this beautiful insect are in the collection of the 

 British Museum : they were captured in Scotland — " Rivelstone- 

 wood, near Edinburgh, by Mr. Wilson." — Dr. Leach. " Jedburgh, 

 Roxburghshire." — Rev. W. Little. 



