48 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



1827, I captured eight species of this genus, some in plenty, in a 

 single day. " Not uncommon (near Swansea)."" — L. W. Dillivyn, 

 Esq. " Monk's-wood." — C. C. Bahbigtoji, Esq. 



Sp. 2. aculeata. Nigra immaculafa, sey-iceo-jruhescens, thorace hrevi transvei'so, 

 eli/tris aticnuatis, aculeo aid elongato, aniennis profundins sc7-ratis. (Long', 

 corp. 2 — 2:f lin.) 



Mo. aculeata. Linnc.—Shaw. Gen. Z. vi. pi 38.—Steph. Catal. 249. A^o.2483. 



Immaculate black, with a silken pubescence : head convex ; mouth piceous : 

 thorax short, transverse, the base bisinuated, with the middle lobe a little 

 emarginate, the disc very convex : elytra attenuated, with the apex rounded 

 and gaping ; with a single stria towards the suture : body more shining 

 beneath, with a fine silvery pubescence, and an elongate anal style : legs 

 and antenna; also black, the latter distinctly serrated. 



Apparently scarce ; one of my specimens I captured at Ripley, as 

 alluded to above. " Common (near Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn, 

 Esq. " Monk's-wood." — C. C. Bahington, Esq. 



Sp. 3. pumila. Nigra immaculata, sericeo-piihescens, thorace longiori, elytris 

 linearibus aculeo ani elongato, antennis vix serratis. (Long. corp. \^ — 2 lin.) 

 Mo. pumila. Gyllenhal.—Steph. Catal. 249. No. 2483. 



Immaculate black, with a silken pubescence: antennce filiform black, very 

 slightly serrated : mouth piceous: f^o?-aj? subquadrate, a little longer than 

 broad : elytra sublinear, being a very trifle attenuated at the apex : body 

 beneath black, with a slight shining pubescence, and an elongate anal style : 

 legs also black. 



This is not the Mo. pumila of Latreille, as quoted by Mr, Curtis, but of 

 Gyllenhal. The former writer merely describes it as a species, but without 

 a name. 



Found occasionally upon umbelliferous flowers at Coombe-wood ; 

 and in plenty in a flowery lane near Ripley in June and July. " Not 

 uncommon (near Swansea)." — L. W. Dilhvyn, Esq. 



Sp. 4. ventralis. Nigra, holosericeo-pubescens, ore, antennarumque basi fusco- 

 testaceis, abdomine Jlavo-testaceo, aculeo elongato nigra. (Long. corp. 2§ lin.) 

 Mo. ventralis. Fabricius. — Steph. Catal. 249. No. 2484. 



Black, clothed with a silken pubescence : head rather glossy. Smooth : mouth 

 dull testaceous : thorax black, quadrangular, with an ashy pubescence, 

 tinted in certain lights with ferruginous : elytra considerably attenuated 

 behind, with the pubescence fuscous, with a rusty hue: abdomen testaceous- 

 yellow, dusky in the middle anteriorly, with an elongate style testaceous at 

 the base, and black at the tip : anterior legs dull testaceous, intermediate 

 piceous ; posterior black : antennae piceous, with the base dull testaceous. 



