188 MANDIBUI.ATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Rather slender, black, glabrous^ somewhat obscure : head striated between the 

 eyes : rostrum moderate ; punctulated, the apex shining, the base rather 

 thickened : antenncB long, medial, piceous at the base : eyes somewhat im- 

 mersed : thorax narrow, subcylindric ; very much punctulate, the punctures 

 confluent, a slight dorsal channel behind: coleoptra very black, somewhat 

 elliptic, slightly striated, the striae obsoletely punctured, interstices rather flat, 

 legs black, with all the femora and the anterior coxoe and tibiae dull rufo- 

 testaceous. Rostrum longer, and the thorax more distinctly sulcate behind in 

 the other sex. 



Abundant in clover-fields, at all times ; selecting the Trifolium 

 ochroleucum for its pabulum, " Bottisham, in red clover." — Rev. 

 L. Jenyns. " Dorking." — Mr. Waterhouse. " Not uncommon 

 (near Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 67. apricans. Atrum, glabrum, femoribus tibiisque anticis rufo-testaceis, 

 thorace oblongo-cylindrico, coleoptris obovalibus, punctato-sulcatis, antennis 

 basi rufis. (Long. corp. 1^ — if lin.) 



Ap. apricans. Herbst. — Ap. flavi-femoratum. Steph. Catal. 188. N'o. 1942. 



Black, glabrous j head punctulate ; wrinkled between the eyes : rather long, 

 filiform, shining, punctured, a little thickened in the middle : antennce mo- 

 derate, medial, with the base testaceous : eyes slightly immersed : thorax 

 punctulated, with an impressed dorsal line behind : coleoptra subglobose, or 

 globose-ovate, somewhat gibbous, rather glossy, black, sometimes a little 

 tinted with brassy, punctate-striate, the interstices slightly convex : legs 

 black, two anterior coxae, all the trochanters and femora and anterior tibiae 

 Yu{o-testaceous. ■ 



Extremely abundant during the year in meadows, especially 

 where the Trifolium pratense grows. " Dalston, Cumberland." — 

 T. C. HeysJiam, Esq. " Bottisham, in red clover." — Rev. L. Jenyns. 

 " Raehills."— i^^u. W. Little. " Bath, &c."— C. C. Babington, 

 Esq. " Swansea, &c." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 68. laevicolle. Atrum, glabrum, fronte sulcatd, femoribus testaceis, thorace 



Iceviusculo, coleoptins globoso-ovatis gibbis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Ap. laevicolle. Kirby.— Steph. Catal. 188. No. 1943. 



Black, shining, glabrous : head scarcely punctured, with about three sulci between 

 the eyes : rostrum rather moderate, a little thickened and somewhat incrassated 

 in the middle, obsoletely rugulose-punctate : antennae moderate, placed a little 

 behind the middle of the rostrum : thorax cylindric, very delicately punctu- 

 late, with a slight impressed fovea before the scutellum : coleoptra subglobose, 

 gibbous, striated, the striae somewhat punctate: all the femora, with the 

 trochanters, and two anterior coxce, ^ale-testaceous : anterior tibiae rufous, with 



