16*2 >IAX1)IHL1I,ATA. C'OLEOl'TF.llA. 



Al. Daltoni. Kirhy MSS.—S. G. Daltoiii. Shph. Cutul 2G8, iVo. 2768. 

 Var. ?— Al. Simsii. Stvjih. Cutal. 2(JH. No. 276 1 ? 



Slightly dilated, ferruginous or chesinui, rather shining and pubescent : head 

 subcordatc, minutely inflexed, rather darker in colour than the rest of the 

 body, very obsoletely punctidated: thorax broader than long, shining, 

 punctured, dilated, rounded behind, subtruncate and emarginate in front, 

 Avith the anterior angles somewhat rounded; elytra rather longer, but 

 scarcely wider than the thorax, more pubescent, and very thickly punc- 



• tulated: abdomen broad, recurved, with the sides strongly margined, the 

 back rather flat, the under side convex : legs rather pale, with the four 

 anterior femora flavescent : antennae as long as the thorax, pilose, a little 

 thickened towards the apex, the terminal joint ovate-acute. 



V^ery rare : specimens have been taken in March, beneath moss, 

 in Charlton-wood, Kent ; and one at " Copgrove, in Yorkshire, by 

 Mr. Daltowr—Klrhi MSS. 



G. With the thorax broad, subangulated behind on each side : 

 antennae thick. 



Sp. 168. limbata. Fusco-nigra, thorace lineato, peciore margine elytrorum 

 pedibusque mfescentibus, antennarum articulo extimo elongato. (Long. corp. 

 2— 2i lin.) 



St limbatus. Paykul!.— Ah limbata. Steph. Catal. 268. No. 2765. 



Fuscous-b/ack, shining, very smooth, with a silken pubescence : head narrower 

 than the thorax, subcordate : thorax longer than the head, truncate in front, 

 emarginate, and a little narrowed, rounded behind, somewhat depressed, 

 smooth, with an obsolete longitudinal dorsal line: breast reddish: elytra 

 scarcely longer than the thorax, but wider, smooth, with the entire margin 

 rufous : abdomen scarcely twice as long as the elytra, black, with the apex 

 reddish : legs rufous : antennae rather shorter than the thorax, pitchy-black, 

 with the base and apex reddish, incrassate exteriorly, with the terminal 

 joint thick elongate, compressed. 



Not uncommon in the neighbourhood of the metropohs: found 

 also in Norfolk and Suffolk. 



Sp. 169. divisa. Nigra, obscura, ehjtris pedihus palpisque testaceis, thorace 



lined media longitudinali impressd. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 

 St. divisus. Jfar.?/iam.—Al. divisa. Steph. Catal. 268. N'o. 27 66. 



Black, obscure: head somewhat triangular: thorax transverse-subquadrate, 

 subtruncate in front, rounded behind, with a longitudinal /«rroi« in the 

 middle, deeipest posteriorly : elytra rather longer and wider than the thorax, 

 dull testaceous: abdomen both above and beneath entirely black and shining, 

 about twice as long as the elytra : legs pale testaceous : antennw black, with 



