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Also rather scarce : found within the metropolitan district in June ; 

 i have taken it at Darenth, and also near Ripley. 



Bp. 5. huraeralis. Nigra, cinereo-holosericea, ore, antennarum basi, thoracis 

 lateribus, elytrorum macula humerali, pedibusque anterioribus Jlavo-testaceis. 

 (Long. corp. 2J lin.) 



Mo. humeralis. Linne.—Stepli. Catal 250. No. 2485. 



Black, with an ashy pubescence : mouth entirely, and anterior margin of the 

 forehead broadly testaceous-j ellow : thorax rather longer than broad, longi- 

 tudinally black in the middle, with the sides broadly and irregularly testa- 

 ceoMi-yellow : elytra sublinear, with the apex rounded, the shoulder with an 

 ovate testaceous-jeWovr spot, forming a continuation of the thoracial border : 

 thorax beneath testaceous-yellow ; bi'east and abdomen black, the terminal 

 segments of the latter with the margins sometimes dull testaceous, the anal 

 style very elongate, slender, and pitchy : four anterior legs entirely testa- 

 ceous ; posterior femora black, with the base and apex slightly testaceous ; 

 tibiae testaceous at the base, the apex fuscous : tarsi dull ferruginous : 

 nntennas black, slightly serrated, with the three basal joints testaceous. 



This species is also rather scarce : I found several specimens at 

 Ripley in July, 1827- The insect occurs at Coombe-wood. 



Sp. 6. axillaris. Nigra cinereo-holosericea, ore, antennarum basi, thorace tcto, 

 elytrorum macula humerali, pedibusque anterioribus flavo-testaceis. (Long, 

 corp. 2§ lin.) 



Mo. axillaris. Gyllenhal, Ins. Suec. v. 2. _/. 611. 



Black, with an ashy pubescence : mouth entirely testaceous ; forehead ante- 

 riorly obsoletely rufo-piceous : thorax totally immaculate, shining testaceous- 

 fellow, clothed with a concolorous pubescence : elytra sublinear, finely 

 punctured, with a wedge-shaped testaceous-yellow humeral spot: body 

 beneath, anal style, and legs, as in the foregoing species : antenna dusky 

 black, with the base testaceous. 



I possess a single example of this species, which I believe I for- 

 merly captured near Hertford. 



Sp. 7. variegata. Nigra, cinereo-holosericea, ore, thoracis limbo antico, elytra- 

 rum macula humerali, antennis pedibusque totis flavo-testaceis. (Long. corp. 

 2— 2§ lin.) 



Mo. variegata. Fahricius. — Steph. Catal. 250. No. 2486. 



Black, with an ashy pubescence : mouth entirely testaceous : thorax rather 

 longer than broad, testaceous-jellow, with a large basal black spot, and the 

 anterior margin sometimes fuscescent : elytra with the apex rounded; very 

 finely punctulated ; deep black, with a large elongate testaceous-yellow 

 streak at the base, attenuated behind, and extending nearly to the middl(* 



Mandibulata. Vol. V. 29tii Fjeb. 1832. e 



