O MANDIDULATA. COLEOPTEllA. 



both in a good and damaged condition : they are elongate, cylindric, 

 scaly, and very smooth, with six short legs and an obscure proleg 

 behind ; they are the favourite food of the nightingale while in cap- 

 tivity, and are called meal-worms. 



Sp. 1. RIolitor. N^igro-piceus suhnitidus, subtns Tufo-ferrvgineiiis, thorace sub- 

 quadraio, clytris obsulet} striato-punctatis, fcmorihus anticis brevibus. (Lotig. 

 Corp. 5 — 8 lin.) 



Te. Molitor. Linn('..—SamoucUe, pL 4./ l.—Steph. Caial.2i2. iVo. 2415. 



Fitchy-black, slightly glossy, beneath rvfo-ferrvginous : head very thickly 

 piuicturedj with the mouth and anterior margin pale rufo-piceous : thorax 

 subcjuadrate, the lateral margin slightly rounded; the disc very thickly punc- 

 tulate, and with an oblique, oblong, impressed fovea towards the base on 

 each side : elytra obsoletely striated, the striae obscurely punctured, and the 

 interstices very finely punctured throughout : legs shining xwio-ferruginous, 

 with the anterior femora short, compressed, the anterior tibia incurved and 

 slightly ciliated beneath. 



Immature specimens are rufo-piceous above, and pale ferruginous beneath. 



The larva is of a pale ochreous colour. 



Common in bakehouses, &c., within the metropolitan district, and 

 in other parts of the country, during the spring months. " Swansea." 

 —L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " York, &c."— IF. C. Hewitson, Esq. 

 " Carlisle.''— r. C. Heysham,Esq. " Epping."— Mr. Douhleday. 

 " Weston." — Rev. A. H. Matthetvs. " Very common at Ely." — 

 Ren. L. Jenyns. 



Sp. 2. laticoUis. IViger, suhnitidus, thoracis lateribus rotundato-dilatatis, disco" 

 punctata, elytris subprofunde punctato-striatis, femoribus anticis brevioribus 

 subincrassatis. (Long. corp. 6 lin.) 



Te. laticollis. Steph. Catal. 242. No. 2416. 



Black, slightly shining : head and thorax very thickly punctured, the latter with 

 the sides considerably dilated and rounded, the disc with tivo foveas, and the 

 base on each side with two impressed lines : elytra moderately convex, 

 rather deepily striate, the striae punctured, and the interstices thickly but 

 finely punctulated : hodij beneath pitchy-black : legs piceous : anterior femora 

 short, slightly incrassated ; anterior tibiae a little curved. 



Allied to Te. loripes, but differs in not having the tibiae flexuous. 



Taken in London in April. 



Sp. 3. obscurus. Niger, opacus, confertissime punctulatus, subtus picevs, elytris 

 obsolete striato-punctatis, femoribus anticis longiorihus subincrassatus. (Long, 

 corp. 5 — 6§ lin.) 



Te. obscurus. Fabricius — Steph.' Catal. 242. No- 2il6.—Cu}lis, vii. /;/. 331. 



