394 MANDIBULATA.— COLEOPTERA. 



near the apex : legs black, with the tibiae and tarsi ferruginous ; antennse 

 also pale ferruginous. 



Var. (3. With the head yellow ; and the lateral margins of the thorax edged 

 with the same. 



Not common ; found occasionally at Hertford, and near Darenth. 

 " (Swansea,) not common." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 9. bisbipustulatus. Suhrotandus, minus convexus, niger pubescens, elytro 



singula punctis duobus rubris, thorace immaculato. (Long. corp. l^- lin.) 

 Co. bisbipustulata. Fabricius. — Co. bisbipustulatus. Steph. Catal. 238. 

 - iVo. 2393. 



Somewhat rounded, moderately convex, black, pubescent : head and thorax 

 immaculate: elytra each with two round red spots, placed one behind the other 

 at an equal distance from the suture, the posterior one largest: femora 

 black, with the apex, the tibiae, and the tarsi, ferruginous ; antennae also 

 ferruginous. 



Rare ; I possess only the Marshamian specimen : this insect has 

 been captured in the vicinity of the metropolis. '' Crwmlyn sand 

 hills." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 10. bipustulatus. Subovalis, niger, nitidus, lahro, tibiis tarsisque testaceis, 



elytris macula rotunda rubra pone medium disci, (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Sc. bipustulatus. Thunberg.— Steph. Catal. 239. No. 2399. 



Suboval, shining black, pubescent: mouth and labrum testaceous: elytra 

 ample, moderately convex, each with a large, round, pale rufous spot on the 

 disc behind the middle : femora black : tibiae and tarsi rufo-testaceous : 

 antennae testaceous, with the club fuscous. 



Also rare, at least within the metropolitan district. " Crwmlyn- 

 burrows, not common." — L. W. Dilhvyn, Esq. " Bottisham." — 

 Rev. L. Jenyns. 



Sp. 11. frontalis. Subhemisphmricus, niger, pubescens, elytro singula macula 



intra marginali rubra sub-humerali. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Co. frontalis. Fabricius. — Sc. flavilabris. Steph. Catal. 239. No. 2400. 



Subhemispheric, black, pubescent : head entirely reddish-yellow, or black, with 

 the mouth and labrum pale: thorax with the anterior angles reddish-yellow, 

 or totally Iilack : elytra ample, each with a rounded, or oblique ovate, red spot 

 within the margin, beneath the humeral tubercle: legs testaceous, . the pos- 

 terior femora, or the base of all black. 



Not very common ; found in grassy places in June near London : 

 I have taken it at Coombe. " On the sand hills near Swansea." — 

 L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



