386 MANDIBULATA. COLEOl'TKllA. 



scutellumj 2 exterior, 1 towards the suture, frequently connected therewith,, 

 and 3 oblique towards the apex, the 2 outermost of which are generally con- 

 nected by a flexuous black line. 



Var. /3. The same, with the spots on the thorax and eljtra more or less 

 confluent. 



Var. y. Thorax with the base black, with a pale line, the lateral margin 

 yellow, with a black dot : the elytra with all the spots more or less confluent. 



Also very rare ; the only locality I am acquainted with of this spe- 

 cies being the vicinity of Church Cobham, in Surrey. 



Sp. 23. hyperborea. Subovata, nigra, thoracis late?Hbus lunulaque haseos albis, 

 elytris rubris, posterius fasciis duabus utrinque abbreviatis nigris, Jlavo-mar- 

 ginatis. (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 



Co. hyperborea. Paykul, F. S. p. ii. 38. 



Subovate, black: with an oblong white spot over each eye: the sides of the, 

 thorax and a lunule at the base white : posterior margin with a didymated 

 white spot in the middle : elytra red, each with two black fasciae, composed 

 of spots, and placed obliquely from the scutellum to the lateral margin pos- 

 teriorly, being edged on each side with whitish, and slightly interrupted, 

 the first composed of three united spots, and the second of two : tarsi ferru- 

 ginous beneath. 



I possess a single specimen captured in Scotland. 



Sp. 24). undecim punctata. Subovata, nigra, thorace utrinque macula apicisalbci, 



elytris riifis, punctis nigris. (Long. corp. 2 — 2^ lin.) 

 Co. undecimpunctata. Linne. — Don. xvi. pi. 572. f. 2. — Steph. Catal. 236. 



No. 2384. 



Subovate, black: head with a pale spot before each eye : thorax with an irre- 

 gular whitish or flavescent spot on each anterior angle : scutellum black : 

 elytra rvfous, more or less spotted with black : legs black. 



Var. a. Coleoptra with 11 black spots, placed on each, §, 1, 2, 2, the two 

 pairs obliquely. 



Var, jS. Elytra with the first pair of spots united. 



Var. y. Elytra with the second pair of spots united. 



Var. S. (var. /3. Syst. Catal.) Elytra with both pair of spots united, so as to 

 form two abbreviated transverse fasciae. 



Var. £. (var. S. Syst. Catal.') Coleoptra with 9 spots, the humeral one 

 wanting. 



Var. K- (var. e. Syst. Catal.) Coleoptra with the common spot nearly obli- 

 terated, the posterior lateral one wanting. 



Var. n. Coleoptra with both the lateral spots of the two pairs wanting. 



Not uncommon in the neighbourhood of London, frequenting 

 weedy banks in June and July, especially. " York." — W. C 



