170 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOFTERA. 



antenncB subclavate, hlack, with the base rufous, the intermediate joints 

 transverse, the apical one obtuse. 



Apparently very rare : I have one speeimen only taken by myself 

 near London ; it also occurs in Suffolk. 



Sp. 6. splendidus. Niger, nitidissimus, elytris basi pedibus anoquc rvfis, elyiris 



stria punctorum. (Long. corp. 2|^ lin.) 

 Ta. splendidus. Gravenhorst. — Is. splendidus. Sleph. Catal. 269. Ho. 2783. 



Black or piceous, very smooth and glossy, glabrous : head inflexed, subtrian- 

 gular, with the mouth rufous : thorax very delicately margined, compressed 

 in front, rounded behind : elytra rufous, with the outer posterior portion 

 black, a faint line near the suture, and an obscure stria, composed of about 

 five punctures, on each, in the middle : abdomen above twice as long as the 

 e\yitSi,jnceous, with the margins of the segments and the apex dhscxire rufous : 

 legs rufous : antenna; piceous, with the base and apex pjale, the terminal joint 

 ovate-acute. 



This species is also scarce; and is found within the metropolitan 

 district. 



Sp. 7. melanurus. Ater, lasvissimus, pedibus iestaceis, elytris sanguineis lined 



media punctorum impressorum,. (Long. corp. 1§ lin.) 

 Ta. melanurus. Kirby MSS.— Is. melanurus. Steph. Catal. 269. No. 2784. 



Deep black, very glossy and smooth, glabrous : head suborbiculate : thorax 

 black : elytra bright blood-red, each with a stria composed of punctures : 

 abdomen about twice the length of the elytra, entirely black ; or with the 

 extreme tip sometimes dull rufous : legs testaceous : palpi and antenna 

 hlack, the base of the latter sometimes piceous. 



Not very uncommon in the neighbourhood of the metropolis ; also 

 found in Devonshire, and in Suffolk. 



Sp. 8. brunneus. Rufo-brunneus, capite abdominisque apice nigris, elytris stria 



punctorum. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 St. brunneus. Marsham. — Is. brunneus. Steph. Catal. 269. No. 2785. 



Rufous-brown, very smooth, and shining: head black: thorax rufous: elytra 

 the same, each with a central stria composed of punctures, the extreme tip 

 sovnewhai fuscescent : abdomen above twice as long as the elytra, with the 

 apex black : legs rufous : antennce the same, thickened exteriorly. 



From the Marshamian Collection. 



Sp. 9. rufescens. Rifus, capite antennisque jjiceis, elytris striis quatuor punc- 

 torum. (Long. corp. 1§ — If lin.) 

 Ta. rufescens. Kirby MSS.— U. vniGScens. Steph. Catal. 269. No.2786. 



