366 MANDIBUI.ATA. COLEOPTERA. 



Rare near London : it has occurred in the vicinity of Windsor, 

 and also near Godstone, in Surrey, in June. " Burghfield, on the 

 ragwort." — Rev. J. H. Bird, to whom I am indebted for a fine 

 series of specimens. 



B. With wings. 



a. With the posterior angles of the thorax not rounded, generally acute. 



Sp. 2. Murraea. Nigra, thorace avgvlato, elytris punctato-striatis, juxta su- 

 turain confertius, disco parciiis nigro-maculatis, thorace elytrisque ruhris aut 

 viridibus. (Long. corp. 3 — 4.| lin.) 



Ca. Murrsea. Linne.—Samoue/le, pi. 2.f. 10.— Steph. Catal.Q^H. No. 2340. 



Black ; above red or green : thorax punctate, immaculate, with the posterior 

 angles nearly straight : elytra ^u.ncta.ie-striate, thickly and irregularly blotched 

 with black near the suture, and rather prettily spotted with the same on the 

 disc : edge of the abdomen pale. 



The spots on the elytra vary considerably in size, but the shoulder has generally 

 an elongate dash of black. 



Rather local, but very common in some places within the metro- 

 politan district, especially by the banks of the Croydon Canal, near 

 Greenwich. " Common on Inula dysenteria (near Swansea)." — 

 L. W. Dillivyn, Esq. " Plaistow marshes, on ragwort." — Mr. Ing- 

 pen. 



Sp. 3. rubiginosa. Ovata, obscurius viridis, elytris substriato-punctatis, bast 



rufescentihus , pedibus pallidis , femoribus nigris. (Long. corp. 3^ lin.) 

 Ca. rubiginosa. Illigej\— Steph. Catal. 228. No. 2341. 



Ovate, black; above dull green: thorax with the posterior angles acuminated: 

 elytra somewhat striate-T^nnciaXe, with the base rufescent, the apex declining : 

 body beneath with the lateral margins sometimes slightly edged with testa- 

 ceous : femora black, with the apex, and the tibiae and tarsi pale : antennas 

 pale at the base, the apex black. 



Abundant on thistles within the metropolitan district from May 

 to July — the larvse subsisting upon that plant. " Bottisham, not 

 uncommonly." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Tynemouth, Newcastle, &c." 

 G. Wailes, Esq. 



Sp. 4. thoracica ? Nigra, thorace rujescente, postice ferrugineo, elytris punc- 

 tato-striatis , viridibus, maculd baseos Jerrugine/i, pedibus testaceis. (Long, 

 corp. 3| hn.) 



Ca. thoracica. Fabricius? —Steph. Catal- 228. No. 2342. 



Ovate, black : thorax rufescent, posteriorly ferruginous, with the hinder angles 

 acute: elytra punctate-striate, green, with a ferruginous spot at the base, the 



