288 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



Black, immaculate, slightly shining, thickly and deeply punctured : head with 

 an obsolete frontal channel : thorax unequal, with the lateral margins sinu- 

 ated : elytra ample, with large irregularly placed punctures, each elytron with 

 about^ye obsolete elevated longitudinal lines, of which the sutural one is most 

 obsolete, and the others are inserted in pairs near the apex. 



Immature specimens have the thorax and elytra dull griseous. 



Not common within the metropolitan district : I have frequently- 

 taken it in gardens at Hertford feeding on the common raspberry. 

 " Marsden." — G. Wailes, Esq. " Baron-wood." — T. C. Hey sham, 

 Esq. " Epping-." — Mr. Douhleday. " On Crwmlyn and Sketty 

 Burrows, not uncommon."" — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Cambridge, 

 Monk's-wood, and Bath.'" — C. C. Bahington, Esq. " Raehills.'"' — 

 Rev. W. Little. « Weston."— i^et;. A. H. Mattheivs. 



Sp. 2. rustica. Nigra, supra confertissime profunde rugoso-punctata, thorace 



elytrisque griseis, his lineis elevatis evidentioribus. (Long. corp. 4 — 6 lin.) 

 Ga. rustica. Fabricius.—Steph. Catal. 211. A^o. 2136. 



Black; above thickly and deeply rugose-punctate: thorax griseous, with the 

 lateral margins sinuated : elytra also griseous, opaque, deeply and thickly punc- 

 tured, with Jive distinct elevated glossy longitudinal lines, placed as in the 

 foregoing species : legs and antennse black. 



Taken in June and July on the borders of Whittlesea-mere. 



Sp. 3. Capreae. Suboblongo-ovata, nigra, supra glabra, grisea, punctatissima, 

 capita maculisque thoracis nigris. (Long. corp. 2 — 2^ Hn.) 



Ch. Capreae. Linne.— Marty n, C pi. 17. f. 45.— Ga. Caprese. Steph. Catal. 

 212. No. 2137. 



Somewhat oblong, ovate, above glabrous: head and eyes black, the former 

 thickly punctured, with the forehead unequal and channelled : thorax dull 

 griseous, with three black spots placed triangularly, the disc ruggedly punc- 

 tured : elytra dvll-testaceous, immaculate, shining, thickly and deeply punc- 

 tured : abdomen black : four anterior femora black, tibiae and tarsi griseous, 

 the two hinder black with the joints griseous : antennae with the basal joints 

 griseous tipped with black, the remainder of the latter colour. 



Very abundant throughout the neighbourhood of London, on 

 willows, sallows, &c. during the summer. " Gibside." — G. Wailes, 

 Esq. "Yrostenden, Suffolk:'— W. C. IIewitso7i, Esq. "Seven- 

 oaks." — Mr. Ingpen. " In Crwmlyn-bog, and about Penllergare, 

 common." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Raehills." — Rev. W. Little. 



Sp. 4. saturata. Convexa, ovata, nigra, supra glabra, griseo-atra, punctulata, 

 capite thoraceque medio, antennis femoribusqne nigris. (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 



