2T2 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



with smaller punctures towards the apex, which is truncate : legs elongate, 

 posterior femora with a stout, acute tooth towards the apex. 



Rare : obtained from the vicinity of Bristol. 



Sp. 10. obscura. Supra fusco-wnea, opaca, subtus aureo-villosa, thorace sub- 

 quadrato, rugoso- punctata lined anticd impressd, elijtris lacunosis basi crebre 

 vage punctatis, apice truncatis,femoribus posticis valide dentatis. (Long. corp. 

 5 lin.) 



Do. obscura. Gyllenhal.—Steph. Catal. 207. No. 2105. 



Slightly depressed, above fuscous-brass, opaque, beneath clothed with a golden 

 down : head obsoletely punctulate : thorax subquadrate, rugose-punctate, with 

 a faint short longitudinal line at the front of the disc, the latter depressed: 

 elytra with four rather deep foveae, with the base within irregularly punc- 

 tured, the rest of the disc regularly punctate-striate ; the apex truncate : legs 

 rather long : posterior femora with an acute, stout tooth within towards the 

 apex: antennw black, uith the basal joint aeneous. 



Also rare ; taken witliin the metropolitan district and in Somerset- 

 shire. " Water-lily, Windsor." — Mr. G. Waterhouse. 



Sp- 11. thalassina. Viridi-aurea, subopaca, subtus aureo-villosa, thorace con- 

 vexiusculo profundi punctata, postice angustato, elytris regulariter punctato- 

 striatis, apice declive truncatis,femoribus posticis acute dentatis. (Long. corp. 

 4i lin.) 



Do. thalassina. Germar. — Steph. Catal. 208. No. 2106. 



Sligh tly depressed, above g-oWera green, or cupreous, opaque, beneath clothed with 

 a golden down: thorax rather convex, deeply punctate, narrowed behind, 

 the disc with an abbreviated dorsal line, the anterior angles prominent: 

 elytra rather convex, with obsolete depressions, deeply punctate-striate to- 

 wards the base, and faintly towards the apex, the latter somewhat obliquely 

 truncate : legs elongate : posterior femora with an acute tooth at the apex. 



My specimen of this species I obtained from Mr. Millard of 

 Bristol, in the vicinity of which city it was probably captured. 



Sp. 12. impressa. Supra fusco-wnea, nitida, subtus aureo-villosa, thorace sub- 

 quadrato, depressiusciilo, punctatissimo, elytris convexiuscuhs, punctato- 

 striatis, dorso quadrifoveolatis, femoribus posticis obsolete dentatis. (Long, 

 corp, 4 lin.) 



Do. impressa. Gyllenhal— Steph. Catal. 208. No. 2107. 



Somewhat depressed ; above shining fuscous-brass or reddish copper, beneath 

 clothed with a golden down : thorax subquadrate, slightly depressed, and very 

 much punctured, with the anterior angles deflexed, and a faint dorsal furrow : 

 elytra sUghtly convex, with four i?npressions on the disc, and regularly punc- 

 tate-striate, the interstices transversely rugose, and the apex obliquely sub- 



