136 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Black, clothed above with griseous and beneath with cinereous scales : thorax 

 with three whitish lines : elytra striated, immaculate, not lineated : femora 

 dusky : tibis, tarsi, and antennas rufescent. 



Less common than the last, but generally distributed throughout 

 the south of Britain. " Raehills." — Rev. W. Little. " Among 

 herbage (near Swansea), not common." — L. W, Dilhsoyn^ Esq. 

 " Harrowby."— T. C. Heysham, Esq. " Bottisham."— i^et;. L. 

 Jenyns. 



Sp. 9. ruficlavis. Nigra nitidiuscula, antennis cmnino tibiis tarsisque rufis, 



elytris punctato-striatis. (Long. corp. 2—2^ lin.) 

 Cu. ruficlavis. Marsham. — Si. ruficlavis. Steph. Catal. 177. No. 1812. 



Black, slightly shining : head faintly punctured : thorax ovate, punctured, rather 

 narrower than the elytra united ; the latter faintly punctate-.f^rm^e, the inter- 

 stices immaculate : femora black : tibiae and tarsi pale rufous : antennce entirely 

 of the latter colour. 



Not very common ; found within the metropolitan district, and 

 near Bristol. " Among herbage on Crwmlyn Burrows."" — L. W. 

 Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 10. nigriclavis. Nigra obscura, antennis tibiis tarsisque rufis, antennarum 

 clava nigra. (Long. corp. 2—2^ lin.) 



Cu. nigriclavis. Marsham. — Si. nigriclavis. Steph. Catal. 177. No. 1813. 



Oblong-ovate ; dull black : thorax ovate, shghtly punctured, and about as narrow 

 again as the elytra united ; the latter rather faintly -f^wnctaXe-striate, imma- 

 culate : femora black ; tibiae and tarsi rufous : antennw rufous, with the club 

 black. 



Also rather uncommon ; found throughout the metropolitan di- 

 strict, and in Somersetshire and Devonshire ; also, I believe, in Nor- 

 folk and Suffolk. — " On a quince-tree at the Willows (near Swan- 

 sea), in June." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 1 1. canina. Nigra, dense fusco squamosa, thorace longiori subtilissime punc- 

 tulato, obsolete trilineato, antennarum bast tibiisque ferrugineis. (Long corp. 

 2—2^ Kn.) 



Cu. canina. Fabricius. — Si. canina. Steph. Catal. 177. No. 1814. 



Black, densely clothed above with fuscous scales: head very finely punctured, 

 slightly glossed with coppery ; with the eyes blackish : thorax rather long, 

 with the lateral margins slightly dilated, the disc moderately convex, with a 

 narrow dorsal line and the margins whitish, marked with four small yellowish 

 white dots between, sometimes obsolete.: elytra punctate-striate, entirely clothed 



