82 MANDIBULATA — COIEOPTERA. 



Sp. 7. Sparshallii. Fernigineus, pubesccns, nitidus, capiic angustalo, thorace 



hasi imprcsso. (Long. corp. I — 5 lin.) 

 Sc. Sparshalli. Denny, pi. 13./. S.—Sfeph. Catal. 256. No. 2538 

 Ferruginous, pubescent, shining : head punctured, contracted, the anterior 

 angles elevated: thorax e\onga.ted,^finc!ij punctured, the anterior part rounded 

 and deflexed, the sides rather contracted ; a parallel depi-ession at the base, 

 extending a little way up each side, the base rugulose : elytra punctured, 

 elongate-oval, the base truncate, with a deep excavation on each side of the 

 suture, and a slight depressed line at the shoulder : antennae and legs pale 

 ferruginous ; the former gradually clavated, v^'ith the apex nearly acute. 



Found in July, 1827, at Ripley. " Arminghall-wood, Norfolk, 

 by Mr. Sparshall, November." — Denny, I. c. " In moss, Mading- 

 ley-wood, Cambridgeshire, April, 1831." — C. C. Babington, Esq. 



Sp. 8. scutellaris. Ovatus, puhescens, niger, thorace svhquadrato, convexo, hasi 

 angustato punctis sex transversis impressis, elytris hasi Joveolis quatuor, seutello 

 suturaquc suhelevatis. (Long. corp. f lin.) 



Sc. scutellaris. Kunzt. — Denny, pi. 12. f. S.—Steph. Catal. 256. N'o. 2539. 



Ovate, black, slightly pubescent : head contracted, flat : thorax convex, the 

 anterior angles roiuided, the base narrowed, truncated, and slightly emargi- 

 nated, with six transverse iinpressions : elytra punctured, the base with four 

 deep excavations, suture and scutelluvi a. \iit\e elevated : legs piceous; ante- 

 rior femora in the male triangular, compressed and dilated ; antennae testa- 

 ceous, the apex acute. 



Not very common ; found occasionally near London in the spring. 

 " Bristol."— X)r. Leach. " NoxMk:'—Denmj, I. c. 



Sp. 9. bicolor. Elongatus, nitidus, puhescens, nigrn-castaneus, aniennis flaves- 

 centibus, articulo octavo reliquis minori, thorace nigriori postice ruguloso. 

 (Long. corp. | lin.) 



Sc. bicolor. Curtis. — Denny, pi. 13. /. 4. — Steph. Catal. 256. No. 2540. 



Elongated, pitchy-chestnut, shining pubescent : head small, flat, finely punc- 

 tured : eyes black : thorax minutely punctured, broad anteriorly, the base 

 contracted and rugulose : elytra bright chestnut, finely punctured, with two 

 deep impressions at the base : legs pale chestnut : antennce bright testaceous- 

 yellow, the seventh joint enlarged, the eighth smaller, the three terminal 

 ones the largest, the last obtuse. 



Found, but rarely, within the metropolitan district. " Netley." 

 -^Rev. F. W. Hope. " New Forest and Arminghall-wood in the 

 spring." — Denny., I. c. 



Sp. 10. collaris. Oblongus, 7iiger, punctatus, thorace antice latiori, postice valde 

 angustato, seriebus duabus transversis punctoruni impressoruni, elytris sutura 

 et seutello, elevatis. (Long. corp. ^ — 1 lin.) 



