312 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



the suture more or less broadly dusky-Mack, the disc thickly and distinctly 

 punctured : /o2^r anterior femora pitchy-black, with the tibiae and tarsi tes- 

 taceous: posterior femora shining black : the tibia; fuscous: tarsi and base of 

 the antenna; testaceous. 



Found in the vicinity of London in hedges and grassy places. 



Sp- 15. thoracica. Ovata, nigra, nitida, antennarum basi, tibiis tarsisque pal- 

 lidis, elytris obsoletissime punctulatis, testaceis, suturd nigra. (Long. corp. 

 1 lin.) 



Ha. thoracica. Kirhy MSS.—Steph. Catal. 216. No. 2185. 



OvatOj, slightly convex, deep black, shining : thorax distinctly punctate : elytra 

 rather broad, testaceous, very obsoletely and distantly punctured, pale testa- 

 ceous, with the outer margin and suture deep black : femora black : tibiae, 

 tarsi, and base of the antennae pale. 



Also common throughout the vicinity of the metropolis, and in 

 Norfolk, Suffolk, &c. 



Sp. 16. fuscicollis. Ovata, fusca, nitida, antennarum basi, pedibusque testaceis, 

 femoribus posticis atris, elytris obsoletissime punctulatis , luteo-testaceis, suturd 

 medio nigro. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 



Ha. fuscicolUs. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 216. No. 2186. 



Ovate, fuscous, shining : thorax finely punctate, fusco-ceneous : elytra broad, 

 very obsoletely punctured, pa/e luteo-testaceous, with the suture black in the 

 middle, the colour sometimes extending to the apex: legs testaceous, with the 

 posterior femora black : antennae pale at the base, the apex fuscous. 



Not uncommon throughout the metropolitan district; found also 

 in Suffolk, and near Bristol. 



Sp. 1 7. Ballotae. Ovata, paulo convexa, testacea, subtilissime punctidatd, capite 



nigro, pedibus testaceis, thorace rufo-testaceo. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Ch. Ballotae. Mara/ta/ra.— Ha. Ballotae. Steph. Catal. 216. No. 2187. 



Ovate, slightly convex, very finely punctured, testaceous : head black : thorax 

 luio-testaceous : elytra pale testaceous, very delicately punctured, the suture 

 slightly rufescent : legs testaceous : antennae long : femora with the base tes- 

 taceous. 



Not very abundant near London : it occurs in Suffolk and Nor- 

 folk. " Swansea, not uncommon.'" — L. IV. Dilkct/n, Esq. 



Sp. 18. pratensis. Ovata, convexa, nigra, .supra subtilitsr, crebri punctidata, 

 antennarum basi, thorace elytris pedihusque palUdis. (Long. corp. | — 1 lin.) 

 Ha. pratensis. Panzer.— Steph. Catal. 2 1 6. No. 2188. 

 Ovate, convex, black, above very finely and thickly punctulate : head black or tes- 



