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MAlSIDIBULATxV. COLEOPTERA. 



punclate-striate, the punctures somewhat mamillated, the alternate interstices 

 sWghilY elevated ; the disc pale griseouSj thickly sprinkled ivith minute irre- 

 gular black spots and pomts^ the spots a little confluent on the sides of the 

 hinder margin: body beneath with the limb pale : legs pale, with the femora 

 black, or clouded at the base : antennae pale, with the apex fuscous. 



Rather scarce; I have occasionally beaten specimens out of a 

 hedge on the western border of Darenth-wood, in June. " Bottis- 

 ham." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " MonFs-wood." — C. C. Babingtony Esq. 



Sp. 8. ferruginea. Nigra, supra ferruginea, elytris vage punctatis, lineis 

 aliquot elevatis antennis pedibusque rufo-palUdis, flemorum basi nigricante. 

 (Long. Corp. 3 lin.) 



Ca. ferruginea. Fabricius. — Steph. Catal. 229. No. 2346. 



Black beneath, above ferruginous : thorax finely punctured : elytra rather 

 thic^j punctured, the punctures irregularly disposed, and interrupted with 

 several elevated casta;, of which two are parallel with the suture, and the 

 others somewhat irregular: abdomen broadly testaceo-ferruginous beneath: 

 legs pale rufescent, with the extreme base of the femora dusky : antennse 

 pale, with the apex fuscescent. 



Very rare : I have hitherto seen but few specimens, of which I 

 possess a fine series taken in Devonshire. The following insect is 

 generally confounded with the present, but the elevated lines on the 

 elytra, and the want of the depression in the middle of the thorax 

 behind, sufficiently distinguish the two, exclusively of other dif- 

 ferences. " Near Swansea." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 9. obsoleta. Supra griseoflavescens, fronte pedibusque pallidis, thorace 

 postice fovea impressd, elytris profunde punctato-striatis, inter stitiis alternis 

 subelevatis. (Long, cor p. 2^ lin.) 



Ca. obsoleta. Illiger.— Steph. Catal. 229. No. 2347. 



Above griseous-yellow : thorax with the lateral margins depressed, the base in 

 the middle with a distinct impressed fovea : elytra deeply punctate-striate, 

 with the punctures somewhat ocellated, the alternate interstices slightly 

 elevated: body beneath black, with the front and lateral margins of the 

 abdomen pale: legs entirely pale testaceous: antennae pale, with the apex 

 dusky. 



Not uncommon in grassy places within the metropolitan district ; 

 I have frequently captured it at Coombe-wood in May and June. 

 " Not uncommon (near Swansea)." — L. W, Dillwyn^ Esq. "Rae- 

 hills."— i?ey. W. Little. " Newcastle."— G. Wailes, Esq. "Near 

 Ely." — Rev. L. Jenyns. "Monk's-wood." — C. C. Babington, Esq. 



