138 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Sp. 15. suturalis. Atra, squamuUs cinereis aut virescentihts obtecta, thoracis 

 lateribus, suturd, linedque longitudinali elytrormn pallidioribus, antennarum 

 bast pedihusijue ferrug/ne/'s. (Long. corp. 2 — 2^ lin.) 



Si. suturalis. Steph. Catal. 178. No. 1818. 



Black, not very thickly clothed with ashy or greenish scales: rostrum and fore- 

 head with a slightly impressed longitudinal line: thorax with the lateral 

 margins — and in some instances with a narrow central line — pale; the suture 

 and a streak down the centre of each elytron also pale ; the elytra faintly punc- 

 tate-striated : legs and base of the antennte ferruginous ; club of the latter, 

 and sometimes the femora, dusky or black. 



Taken near London ; but more abundantly in the vicinity of 

 Bristol. 



Sp. 16. subaurata. Nigra, squamuUs subauratis tenue obtectis, thorace sub- 

 tilissivih punctn/ato, obsolete trilineato, antennis pedibusque testaceo-Jerrugineis. 

 (Long. corp. 1^—2 lin.) 



Si. subaurata. Kirhf MSS.—Steph. Catal. 178. No. 1819. 



Black, slightly clothed with cupreous or golden scales ; thorax very finely and 

 thickly puncturt'd, with three very obscure pale lines, one central, the others 

 lateral: elytra punctate-striate, the striie rather close, and the interstices a 

 little varied : legs and anteiince rusty-testaceous : the femora and club of the 

 antennte are sometimes dusky; in which it closely resembles the following 

 species, of which (were it not from its smaller size) it might seem to be a 

 variety. 



Common throughout the metropolitan district, and at Dover. 

 « Raehills, rare."— Rev. W. Little. 



Sp. 1 7. tibialis. Nigra, parcius cupreo squamulosa, thorace subtilissime punctu- 

 lato, supra ti-ilincato, pectoris lateribus lined argented utrinque, tibiis testaceis. 

 (Long. corp. 2— 2:], lin.) 



Cu. tibiahs. Herbst.—?A.. tibialis. Steph. Catal 178. No. 1820. 



Black, sparingly clothed with coppery scales ; head and thorax very finely punc- 

 tvu:ed, the latter with three rather obsolete silvery-white lines, the lateral ones 

 continued to the margins of the breast : elytra rather faintly punctate-striate, 

 the interstices clothed with coppery-brown scales ; Jt'7Ho?'a generally black; 

 tibiae, and frequently the tarsi, pale ferruginous : antennoe pale ferruginous, 

 with the club rather dusky. 



Abundant, not only in the vicinity of the metropolis, but in other 

 places in the south of England. 



Sp. 18. humeralis. Nigra aut fusca, gi-iseo aut cinereo squamulosa, thorace 

 obsolete trilineato, elytris temic j.ninctato-striatis, scutello, lineoldque humerali 

 pallidis; antennis pedibusque riifo-firrugineis. (Long. corp. if— 2.> lin.) 



