256 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Sp. 2. meridianus. Niger, supra cinereo-subttts argenteo-pubescens, abdominis 

 apice iesiaceo ant piceo, elytris subattenuatis testaceis aut nigris, pecfore 

 nitente. (Long. corp. 7 — 13 lin.) 



Ce. meridianus. Linne. — Donovan, xiii. pL 435./. 6.— To. meridianus. Steph . 

 Catal 202. No. 2068. 



Black, clothed above with an ashy, and beneath with a silvery down : thorax 

 unequal, with a longitudinal central furrow : elytra slightly attenuated behind 

 with three obsolete elevated lines, sometimes rufo-testaceous, at others black ; 

 or black with a dull testaceous base, or the lateral margin alone testaceous : 

 abdomen black, with the apex more or less testaceous, or pitchy-black : legs 

 sometimes testaceous, with the joints black ; or entirely black, with all inter- 

 mediate proportions of the latter hue : antennae more or less testaceous at the 

 base, black or fuscous at the apex. 



Not remarkably abundant, but far from uncommon during the 

 summer, tliroughout the metropolitan district, frequenting the 

 trunks of the ash particularly, and occasionally found upon flowers, 

 or on the oak. " Castle- Eden-Dene, Wilton-le-Wear." — G. WaileSy 

 Esq. " Bottisham." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Hornsey-wood," &c. — 

 Mr. Ingpen. " Epping." — Mr. Douhleday. " About Sketty, and 

 once near the Boatside." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Weston-on-the- 

 green." — Rev. A. H. Matthews. 



Sp. 3. chrysogaster. Niger, supra cinereo-infra aureo-tomentosus, aldomine 

 toto rufo-testaceo, elytris valde attenuatis rufo-testaceis, immaculatis aut su- 

 turd apiceque late nigro-fuscis. (Long. corp. 5 — 9 lin.) 



Sten. chrysogaster. Olivier. — To. chrysogaster, Steph. Catal. 203. No. 2069. 



Black, clothed above with ashy, and beneath with golden pubescence : thorax 

 unequal, with a slender longitudinal furrow : elytra very much attenuated, 

 with three very obsolete elevated lines, rufo-testaceous, immaculate, or with 

 the suture and a considerable portion of the apex, in rare instances above two- 

 thirds of the surface, fuscous-black: abdomen entirely rufo-testaceous: legs 

 generally testaceous, with the joints black. 



Much more abundant than the foregoing insect, frequenting um- 



Ce. Cursor. Linns.— Turton f.'J—To. Cursor. Steph. Catal. 203. No. 2067. 

 note. 



Pubescent : thorax with an acute spine on each side : elytra with two or three 

 elevated lines, the disc thickly rugulose, the apex acuminated. Male black, 

 with the mouth and base of the antennae varied with ferruginous : female 

 larger, black, with the mouth, antennte, body, and legs varied with ferrugi- 

 nous, the elytra rufous, with the suture and a stripe black. 



Introduced by Turton into th? British list. 



