iy2 MANDIBULATA. — tOLEOPTERA. 



St. luimlatus. LInni!.— Donovan, xv. pL 532. /. 1.— Bo. lunulatus. Stepk. 

 Catal. 2C9. No. 2788. 



Rufous, glabrous, smooth, ami shining: head elongate, black: thorax through- 

 out of a very bright glossy red ; elytra hhie-hlack, with the base entirely, 

 and the posterior margin narrowly testaceous: scuteUum red: breast and the 

 apex of the abdomen black: legs pale rufo-testaceous : antennae with the 

 four basal joints rufo-testaccous, the six following black, the terminal one 

 dusky. 

 Not uncommon in the gills of fungi at Coombc-wood, near 



Darenth, Hertford, and other parts of the metropolitan district. 



Taken also in Norfolk, Suffolk, Devonshire, &c. " Near Swansea, 



not common." — L. W. Dillivyn, Esq. 



Sp. 2. atricapillus. Rzrfus, nitidus, capite, pectore scutello, ahdominisque apice 

 nigris, el y iris nigrO'Cwruleis, lunula humerali apiceque paUidis. (Long. corp. 

 ■ 2i— 3 lin.) 

 St. atricapillus. Fabricius.— Bo. atricapillus. Steph. Caiul. 269. No. 2789. 



Rufous, glabrous, smooth, and very glossy: head narrow, elongate, black: 

 mouth testaceous: thorax shining, immaculate red: scuteUum black: elytra 

 blue-black, with a lunate spot on the shoulder, and the hinder margin whitish, 

 the disc with three faint striae of punctures : breast black : abdomen with 

 the two apical segments black, the penultimate with a pale edge : legs 

 entirely pale testaceous: antennae with the four basal joints rufo-testaceous, 

 the six following black, the terminal one pale testaceous. 



Much less abundant than the preceding : found within the metro- 

 politan district, and also near Bristol. 



Sp. 3. trimaculatus. Rufus, capite pectoreque nigris, thoracis disco abdo- 

 minequefuscis, elytris testaceis, angulo apicis exteriore punctoque ante scuteUum 

 nigricantibus. (Long. corp. 2 — 3 lin.) 



St. trimaculatus. Paykull. — Bo. maculatus. Steph. Catal. 269. No. 2790. 



Rufous, shining, glabrous, smooth: head subovate, black: thorax luith the 

 disc fuscous or dusky, very glossy : elytra testaceous, with two crenulated 

 striae, the region of the suture and the outer apex dusky or black : abdomen 

 fuscous, with the margins of the segments a little rufescent, the apex pilose : 

 legs pale testaceous : antennae dusky, with the base rufous. 



The disc of the thorax is sometimes entirely rufous ; but the comparative bulk 

 .of the insect will readily serve to distinguish it from its allies. 



Not uncommon in boleti, &c. within the metropolitan district; 

 also found in Somersetshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Devonshire. 

 *' Swansea and the Penllergarc woods." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



