344 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Ch. limbata. Fabricius.—Steph. Catal 223. No. 2287. 



Somewhat oblong-ovate, black, shining, very finely punctate ; forehead with a 

 curved impression : thorax with the lateral margins thickened ; the disc glossy, 

 with a faint brassy tint, and rather distinctly punctate towards the apex of 

 the lateral margin, and with a deep fovea on each side at the base : elytra 

 black, with the entire limb broadly deep ferruginous or sanguineous, the disc 

 finely punctured, the punctures somewhat disposed in lines on the margin : 

 legs and antennae black : antennae fuscous, with the base beneath rufescent. 



V^ery rare: specimens have been taken near Windsor in June, 

 and, I believe, in Devonshire. 



2. Body ovate. 



Sp. 18. sanguinolenta. Ovata, atro-cwrulescens, elytris prqfunde rugoso-punc- 



tatis, margine laterali late sanguineo. (Long. corp. 3^ — 4 lin.) 

 Ch. sanguinolenta. Linne.—Don. iv. pi. in.f. 3, 4. — Steph. Catal. 223. JVo. 2288. 



Ovate, deep bluish-black : head and thorax obsoletely punctured, except the 

 lateral margins of the last, which are deeply and irregularly punctate and in- 

 crassated : elytra ample, coarsely and thickly punctured, the punctures iri'e- 

 gularly confluent, forming a rugose surface, the lateral margins broadly san- 

 guineous — the colour changing after death to rufo- testaceous : — body beneath 

 and legs bluish : antennae black, with the basal joints bluish. 



Not uncommon at times within the metropolitan district. " Salt- 

 hill, abundantly on Linaria vulgaris, in the beginning of October."" 

 — Mr. Ingpen. " Raehills." — Rev. W. Little. " In Neath-valley, 

 sometimes not uncommon on the sands at the entrance to Caswell- 

 bay." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



tSp. 19. Carnifex. Ovata, nigra, elytris Icevissimis, margine exteriori san- 

 guineo. (Long. corp. 4? lin.) 

 Ch. Carnifex. PaykuL— Steph. Catal. 223. Nc. 2289. 



Ovate, black : elytra very smooth, with the outer margins sanguineous ; — ^rather 

 larger than the preceding species. 



I believe this insect was taken a few years since by Mr. Curtis, 

 in Suffolk, in the spring. 



Sp. 20. Staphylsea. Ovata, brunneo-testacea, supra suboeneo micans, elytris 



crebre subtiliter punctulatis. (Long. corp. 3 — 4 lin.) 

 Ch. Staphylaea. Linne.—Martyn, Col.pl. 14,. f. 3.— Steph. Catal. 223. N'o. 2290. 



Short, ovate, very ^convex, testaceous-brown, above slightly tinted wzY/i a metallic 

 hue : head and thorax very finely punctured : the lateral margins of the last 



