244 ■ MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



Le. arcuata. Linne. — Don. iii. pi. 84. _/! 1. — El. arcuatus. Steph. Catal. 201. 

 No. 2053. 



Black, obscure 5 head with a transverse yellow fascia : thorax very globose, with 

 a more or less distinct transverse flavescent fascia: elytra with four dots and a 

 humeral stripe, three narrow recurved Jasciw on the disc, and an obhque line 

 at the apex yellow : antennae and legs ferruginous : femora clavate, and more 

 or less saturated with black in the middle. 



Rather local : I have taken several specimens at Hertford, and 

 it has also been found abundantly at Chislehurst, and in Hainault- 

 forest, and in Suffolk. " Baron-wood." — T. C. Heysham, Esq. 

 " Near Newcastle, once taken." — W. C. Hewitson, Esq. 



4:Sp. 6. quadripunctatus. Niger, puhe depressd supra Jlavescenti-suhtus cinereo 



undique tectus, elytris singula punctis quatuor nigris. (Long. corp. 5 lin.) 

 CI. 4-punctatus. Fabricius.— Curtis, v. pi. 199.— Steph. Catal. 201. No. 2059. 



Black, densely covered above with a depressed yellowish pubescence, and be- 

 neath with cinereous : thorax immaculate : elytra each with four black spots, 

 one placed on the shoulders, the others, nearly equi-distantly, parallel to the 

 suture. 



In the cabinet of Mr. Sparshall, found in a window at Norwich, 

 in 1827. 



Sp. 7. Upsilon. Rufescente-ater , elytris fascia ad hasin arcuatd, macula trans- 

 versali media apiceque rvfo-albidis, antennis pedibusque rufo-piceis. (Long, 

 corp. 6 lin.) 



Ce. Upsilon. Marsham MSS.—Cl. Upsilon. Steph. Catal. 201. No. 2056. 



Reddish-Z)ZacA; ; forehead with a longitudinal sulcus bordered by an elevated 

 line on each side : thorax rugose, with the sides slightly tomentose : scuteUum 

 with the apex flavescent : elytra luith a broad recurved Ja^cM at the base ; a 

 second straight, broader one behind the middle, and the apex, reddish-white : 

 margins of the abdominal segments, especially on the sides, and a large round 

 spot at its base, yellowish-white : antenna and legs xvdo-piceous : the femora 

 darkest. 



f Sp. 5. detritus. Niger, thorace fasciis duabus, elytrisque quinque subrectis 



Jlavis, antennis pedibusque rufo-firrugineis. (Long. corp. 7 lin.) 

 Le. detrita. Linne. — Ce. detritus. Turton. (!J — CI. detritus. Steph. Catal. 

 201. A^. 2054. note. 



Black: head with an obscure yellow transverse fascia: thorax with two distinct 

 ones, and elytra with five nearly straight, the two first of which are remote 

 and interrupted : antenna3 and legs rufo-ferruginous. 



Turton indicates this as British, but I believe without authority. 



