76 AIAXD115ULA1A. COLEOrTEKA. 



Fitchy-black, with a griseous pubescence : head ovate-globose, deep bhxck, 

 punctulate; thorax also punctiilate-elongate, petiolated anteriorly, g/oiose- 

 iumicl, witli the base narrowed : colcopfra rather broader than tlie thorax, 

 truncate at the base, the apex slig'itly narrowed, //le disc jmiicttiir, and the 

 suture s/ighili/ elevated: legs rufous, with the joints dusky : antcnine black, 

 with tlie htixc ruj'uus. 



Of this insect I have specimens captured on the banks of the 

 Thames in July : it has also been taken on the coasts of the Isle 

 of Widit. 



Genus CCCCLXXIV.— Adekus, Westwood. 



Anlounc about half the length of the body, 11-jointed, the basal joint large, 

 second and third minute, fourth and following as stout and long as the first, 

 the apical one longer and acute. Palpi maxillary with the terminal joint 

 large and securiform : labial clavate : head transverse, inflexed, not produced 

 behind into a neck; eyes large, prominent, lateral: thorax subquadrate, 

 rather narrowed before : elytra elongate, broader than the thorax, dilated 

 behind : body ovate : legs simple; tarsi with the antepenultimate joint bilobed. 



The absence of a distinct neck removes this genus from the two 

 preceding ; and the manifest brevity of the second and third joints 

 of the antenna?, with the slender posterior femora, and other less 

 evident characters, — as well as the apparent external similarity of 

 the sexes, — point out its distinction from the two following. The 

 species frequent thick flowery hedges. 



Sp. 1. Boleti. Plate xxv. f. G. — Testaceo-j'errugineus, tenuissime sericeo- 

 pubescens, capite obscuriori, oculis nigris, abdomine Jhsco, elytris in quibusdain 

 partibus quasi denudatis. (Long. corp. 1^: — l^lin.) 



Ly. Boleti. Marshavi. — Ad. Boleti. Steph. Catal. 254. No. 2529. 



Rusty-testaceous, very finely and thickly punctulated, and clothed with a 

 very delicate silken pubescence : head rather dusky : eyes black : thorax 

 with a transverse impression behind : elytra with several irregular patches, 

 as if denuded of pubescence : abdomen fuscous : legs pale testaceous. 



In June, 1827, I found this insect not uncommonly in thick 

 hedges, abounding with dogwood, near Kipley ; and I have since 

 taken it at my own house at the Hermitage : it has also occurred in 

 the vicinity of Southgate, and at "Ensham, Oxon." — Mr. Westwood. 



