388 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTEEA. 



Var. S. The spots smallj with the last pair united transversely. 

 Var. e. With all the spots nearly obliterated. 



Not uncommon on fir trees throughout the metropolitan district, 

 especially near Ripley and Hertford. " Madingley, Cambridge- 

 shire." — C. C. Babington, JEsq. *' Swansea, not common." — L. W, 

 Dillwyn, Esq. "Weston." — Rev. A. H. Matthews. "Brought 

 marsh." — T. C. Hey sham, Esq. 



Sp. 27. mutabilis. Oblongo~ovata, thoracis marginibus maculisque duahus Jlavo- 

 albidis, elyiris rubris, nigro-punctatis, pedibus anticis senii-rvfis. (Long, 

 corp. If — 2J lin.) 



Co. mutabilis. Illiger. — Steph. Catal. 236. No. 2387. Co. 7-notata. — Don. xi. 

 pi. 362. /. 3. var. 



Oblong--ovatej black : margins of the thorax and two spots on the disc behind 

 yellowish- white ; front of the head sometimes the same : elijtra rufous, with a 

 variable number of black spots placed in the type ; 1 on the shoulder ; then 2, 

 one marginal^ the other near the suture^ then 2 oblique, one larger slightly 

 discoidj the other lateral ; then 1 within the apex : scutellum generally 

 black : legs black, with the tibics and tarsi of the first pair, and the apex of 

 the intermediate tibiae nxto-testaceous. 



As in Co. variabilis, scarcely two examples of this species are to be found alike, 

 one or other of the spots above indicated being generally absent, the full- 

 spotted varieties being rare ; as are also those with few spots, more espe- 

 cially those with the elytra immaculate ; the two most common varieties 

 consisting of those which have the scutellar spots, with the two oblique 

 ones towards the apex and the apical one, and with or without the humeral 

 one. The thorax has from one to three yellow lines passing backwards 

 near the disc; and in some rare instances the thorax is yellow, with a 

 quadrate central black patch, and a small spot of the same on each side. 



Frequent within the metropolitan district, in thick hedges. 

 " Common (near Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Liverpool." 

 — Rev. A. H. Matthews, 



Sp. 28. tredecimpunctata. Oblonga, nigra, thorace aniicl lateribusque flavo, 

 puncto nigro, elytris rubris Jiavisve nigra punctatis, tibiis tarsisque rufo-testa- 

 ceis. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 



Co. 13-punctata. Linne'.—JDon. xi. pi. 362. /. 2.— Steph. Catal. 237. No. 2388. 



Oblong, black : head fulvous anteriorly : thorax ivith the anterior and lateral 

 margins yellow, the latter with a black dot on each side: elytra rufous or 

 luteous, with, typically, 13 black spots, placed, 1 common, 1 transversal, 

 2, 2, and 1, near the apex : femora black, tibice and tarsi rufo-testaceous. 



Var. /?. With the second pair of spots confluent. 



