194 MANDIBULATA. COI.KOl'TKRA . 



Titcliy, shining: head black, iinely anil minutely punctured: thorax also finely 

 punctured, ferruginous: elytra entirely rufo-testaceous, rather deeply 

 punctured: abdomen with the margins of the segments broadly rufo-testa- 

 ceous : legs rujh-ftrruginous : antennae the same, slightly incrassated at 

 the apex. 



Rare near London, where it sometimes occurs. 



Sp. 7. Silphoides. Niger, nitidus, Icevis, ihoracis laterilus pedihusque lividis, 

 eltjtris pallidis margine macullqtie longitudinali nigris. (Long. corp. H lin.) 

 Sta. Silphoides. Liiuu.—Ta. Silphoides. Steph. Catal. 269. No. 2790. 



Blade, shining, smooth: head rounded, mouth rufo-piceous ; palpi black: 

 thorax with the lateral margins broadly livid : elytra pale livid testaceous, 

 with the lateral margins and an irregular longitudinal discoidal patch black : 

 abdomen short, with the apex and margin of the penultimate segment testa- 

 ceous : legs livid : antennae black, with the base livid, the apex scarcely 

 incrassated. 



The longitudinal black patch on the elytra is slightly variable in size, being 

 sometimes very slender, and almost interrupted ; at others very broad, and 

 nearly covering the disc. 



Found within the metropolitan district, and in Norfolk and 

 Suffolk, not very uncommonly. " Cramond." — Rev. W. Little. 



Sp. 8. marginellus. Ater, nitidus, thoracis margine elytrorumque apice ferru- 



gineis. (Long. corp. 1| lin.) 

 Ozy. marginellus. Fabricius. — Ta. marginellus. Steph. Catal. 273. A'o.2869. 



— St. marginatus. Donovan, xv. pi. 582. f. 2. 



Black, shining, glabrous, and finely punctured : head subrhomboidal : thorax 

 with the lateral and posterior m,argins rufous : elytra black, with their tips 

 and a lateral longitudinal line rufous, the sides themselves black : abdomen 

 short, with the apex dull reddish: legs rufous: antennae black, with the 

 base rufous, the apex slightly incrassated. 



Var. /3? St. laevigatus. Marsham. — Ta. laevigatus. Steph. Catal. 273. 

 No. 2868. — This scarcely diiFers except in wanting the rufous basal margin 

 to the thorax, and in having the legs piceous. 



Abundant within the metropolitan district ; and in Norfolk, 

 StnTolk, Devonshire, he. " Near Swansea." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 9. laticollis. Ater, nitidus, subtilissime punctulatus, elyiris pedibusque rufis, 



ihoracis latiori lateribus rifescentibus. (Long. corp. 1§ lin.) 

 Ta. laticollis. Gravenhorst.— Steph. Catal. 273. No. 2870. 



Black, shining, finely punctulated, glabrous: thorax bread, with the lateral 

 margin pale or rufescent, sometimes nearly concolorous with the disc: 



