374 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTEllA. 



the ample margined elytra, as well as by the want of posterior angles 

 to its lunate thorax : the antennae are remarkably short, and the club 

 is more solid than in the following genus : the thorax is apparently 

 remote from the elytra, arising from the rounding of its posterior 

 angles ; and the palpi are of dissimilar form : all the species are of 

 dark tints, usually black, more or less spotted or marked with 

 rufous. 



Sp. 1. bipustulatus- Niger, capite abdominis margine elytrorumque fascia 

 media composiid ahhreviata rubris. (Long. corp. 1^ — 2 lin.) 



Co. bipustulata. Linne. — Martyn, C. pi. 13. J". 21. — Ch. bipustulatus. Steph. 

 Catal. 230. i\^o. 2358. 



Gibbous, black, with the head rufous : elytra each luith a transverse fascia in the 

 middle, composed of two or three more or less confluent nfous spots : mar- 

 gins of abdomen also rufous : legs black, with reddish joints. 



Var. /3. The dorsal fascia composed of three minute distinct rufous spots. 



Var. y. The dorsal fascia broad and entire. 



Var. ^. With the anterior angles of the thorax rufescent. 



Not an vmcommon species on oaks, &c. in the neighbourhood of 

 Hertford, Coombe and Darenth woods, &c. in the summer. 

 "York."— TF. C. Hewitson, Esq. " Raehills."— 72ev. W. Little. 

 " Armathwaite.'" — T. C Hey sham, Esq. "On Rosa spinosissma 

 on Sketty-burrows, at times plentiful." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 2. renipustulatus. Niger, elytris pustula disci transverse ovafd, abdomineqne 



rubris. (Long. corp. 2 — 2| lin.) 

 Co. renipustulata. Illiger. — Ch. renipustulatus. Steph. Catal. 230. No. 2359. 



— Coccinella. Millard, pi. 2.f. 7. 



Gibbous, black : elytra finely punctured, each with a large ovate rufous spot, 

 placed transversely: abdomen totally red: legs black; tarsi rufescent 

 beneath. 



Rather local, but in profusion about Jvme in the sandy lane at the 

 entrance to Darenth-wood from the village : I have also met with the 

 insect at Hertford, and have received it from Bristol. " Raehills."" 

 •^Rev. W. Little. " On Sketty-burrows, and plentiful on Vacci- 

 num myrtillus in Crwrnlyn-bog." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Weston." 

 — Rev. A. H. Matthews. " Epping." — Mr. Donbleday. 



Sp. 3. Cacti. Niger, elytris macula magna, pectore abdomineque rubris. (Long. 



corp. 2i lin.) 

 Co. Cacti. Li?in, S. N. ii. 154. 



