262 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Sp. 13. nigra. Augusta, nigra, subnitida, tenue jmlescens, ahdomine rufo, 



thorace obsolete punctato. (Long. corp. 4 — 5 lin.) 

 Le. nigra. LinnL—Martyn, C. pi. 27. f. 3.—Steph. Catal 205. No. 2082. 



Slender, black, slightly shining^ and a little pubescent: head broad: thorax 

 conic, the hinder angles acute, the disc obsoletely punctured : elytra finely 

 punctate : abdomen rufous, the base sometimes black, and the apex rarely so : 

 legs and antennae elongate, black. 



I have found this insect in profusion at Coombe-wood in certain 

 years, and I took a considerable number in June, 1827, at Ripley; 

 it also occurs at Daren th, and in Norfolk, Suffolk, Devonshire, &c. 

 " In 1810 was comparatively plentiful in gardens near Swansea, 

 but is generally rare." — L. W. Dillwi/n, Esq. '' Chevening, Kent, 

 on the ox-eye." — Mr. Ingpen. " New Forest." — Bev. A. H. 

 Matthews. 



B. Elytra with the apex entire, or subtruncate. 



Sp. 14. sexguttata. Lineari-elongata, nigra, cinereo-pubescens, etytris singula 



maculis tribus luteis longitudinaliter digestis. (Long. corp. 5 — 5^ lin.) 

 Le. sexguttata. Fahricius. — Steph. Catal. 205. No. 2083. 



Linear-elongate, A/acA;, thickly punctured, clothed with a delicate ashy-pubescence: 

 thorax somewhat convex, with the hinder angles obtuse : elytra each with three 

 luteous spots placed longitudinally : legs and antennae black : claws ferruginous. 



It varies in having the spots on the elytra confluent : — the two posterior ones 

 being united by a second line, and forming a lunule resembling, with the 

 simple spot, a note of ?. 



Of this apparently rare insect, I have at different periods captured 

 about half a dozen specimens in June, at Darenth-wood, every one 

 by mere accident, in casually sweeping along the grass by the sides 

 of the cart roads in the wood. 



Sp. 15. abdominalis. Lineari-elongata, nigra, cinereo-pubescens, abdominis 



apice , femorumque bast riifis. (Long. corp. 4 — 5 lin.) 

 Le. abdominalis. Steph. Catal. 203. No. 2084. 



Linear-elongate, black, with an ashy pubescence, finely punctured: thorax 

 short, convex, with the hinder angles acute : elytra rather broad : abdomen 

 with the apical segments rufous : legs black, with the base of the femora rufous: 

 antennae totally black. 



It varies in having the legs entirely black. 



This insect somewhat resembles the Le. femorata of Fahricius, but that is de- 



