20G MAXDir.ULATA. COLEOPTEltA. 



golden streak on each side : legs rufous : antenna: the same at the base, the 

 apex black. 



Not uncommon in pastures throughout the metropohtan district in 

 the spring and summer ; also found in Suffolk, Norfolk, Devonshire, 

 &c. " Very common near Swansea." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Near 

 Edinburgh."— i?ey. W. Little. 



Sp. 5. castanopterus. Ater, antennis basi et aplce, elytris pedibusque rwfif, 



thorace iminuciiJato, scutello JIavo-aureo. (Long. corp. 5 lin.) 

 St. castanopterus. Gravenhorst. — Steph. Catal. 275. No. 2895. 



Black, opaque, pubescent : head and thorax punctulated, the latter immacu- 

 late : ic«^<.'//«TO clothed with a g-oWfH-yellovv down: elytra rufous : abdomen 

 with a small golden-yellow patch of down on each segment above^ and a 

 faint streak of the same beneath : legs rufous : antenria dusky-black, with 

 the base and apex ruj'ous. 



Somewhat rare : found occasionally within the metropolitan dis- 

 trict ; also in Scotland and in Devonshire. " Swansea, not com- 

 mon."— />. W. Dillwyn, Esq. "Near Edinburgh."— i?ei5. W. 

 Little. 



Sp. 6. stercorarius. Niger, opacus, pubescens, antennarum basi, elytris pedi- 

 busque rujis, scutello atro-holosericeo. (Long. corp. 5§ — 6 lin.) 

 St. stercorarius. Olivier. — Steph. Catal. 276. ]Vo. 2896. 



Black, opaque, pubescent, depressed; head and thorax deeply punctured; 

 the former with a rufous streak between the antennae, the latter immacu- 

 late : scutellum clothed with dark pile : elytra rufous : abdomen with each 

 segment both above and below, with an oblique streak of silvery down at 

 the base : legs dark testaceous : antennce black, with the base pitchy-red. 



Common in the spring and early summer months in the vicinity of 

 the metropolis, and occasionally found in the autumn : it also occurs 

 in Norfolk and Suffolk. " Not uncommon, near Swansea." — L. W. 

 Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 7. sericeps. Ater, opacus, capite thoraceque nigro-oeneis, antennis nigrican- 



tibus, elytris pedibusque ferrugineis. (Long, coi'p. 5^ lin.) 

 St. aericeps. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 275. No. 2897. 



Black, opaque : head and thorax, brassy-black, finely punctured, the former 

 not wader than the thorax, with a faint reddish line between the antennae; 

 the latter immaculate : scutellum black : elytra dull ferruginous : abdomen 

 with the base of each segment clothed with silvery down : legs dull ferru- 

 ginous: antenna: dusky, or totally black. 



