218 MANDinULATA. COLEOFTERA. 



Sp. 10. variabilis. Alger, niiiJus, elyiris piceis, capite thoraceque orlnculatis, 

 hoc punctis oparsis. (Long. corp. 2^^ — 4 lin.) 



St. variabilis. Gi/llenhall.—Qu. variabilis. Steph. Catal. 277. No. 2926. 



P//c/i7/-black, shining : head orbiculate, scarcely narrower than the thorax, 

 smooth, with three punctures behind : thorax also orbiculate, with some 

 oblique scattered spots in front, and a double series of six larger ones on the 

 disc: elytra rather obscure, very much punctiilated, pubescent, piceous or 

 black : abdomen also pubescent, with the penultimate joint slightly edged 

 with white : legs piceous ; antennsE pitchy-black, or rufescent : jialpi black. 



Extremely variable in size, and slightly so in colour; the antennae, legs, and 

 margins of the abdominal segments being sometimes rufescent. 



Not common: found within the metropolitan district; also in 

 Norfolk, Suffolk, and Devonshire. 



+Sp. 11. atriceps. Rvjb-piceus, nitidus, antennis elytris pedihus anoque ferru- 



gineis, capite at7-o. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 

 St. atriceps. Kirby MSS.—Qu. atriceps. Steph. Catal. 277. No. 2927. 



Reddish-piceous, or obscure ferruginous : head black, polished, smooth, with 

 three lateral punctures at the hinder angle, and one near each eye : thorax 

 also polished and smooth, with a few punctures on the margin, and a double 

 row of six on the disc, placed obliquely: elytra ferruginous, punctulated: 

 abdomen with the ap^x bright ferruginous : legs also ferruginous: antennce 

 rather stout at the apex, and with the palpi black. 



Taken in Suffolk. 



Sp. 12. Lathburii. Piceus, capite nigra, antennis elytrisque fulvis, abdomine 



dilatato. (Long. corp. 3| lin.) 

 St. Lathburii. Kirby MSS.—Qu. Lathburii. Steph. Catal. 277. No. 2928. 



Pitchy : head orbiculate, narrower than the thorax, very glossy and glabrous, 

 black, with three punctures placed triangularly behind, and another before 

 each eye : thorax ample, highly polished and glabrous, with a double row 

 of large impressions placed obliquely, one submarginal, and two on the 

 hinder margin : elytra dull yellow, obscure, slightly pubescent : abdomen 

 b?'oad, pitchy : legs rufo-piceous ; tarsi rufous : antenna and palpi fulvous- 

 yellow. 



The antennae are sometimes brown at the apex, and the posterior legs pitchy. 

 Not common : found near London, and in Suffolk, " beneath algae 

 in the Orwell in June.''— Kirby MSS. 



Sp. 13. hoemorrhoidalis. Niger, subnitidus, elytris pedibusque piceo-castanets, 



abdomine dilatato apice rufo, antennis piceis. (Long. corp. 85 lin.) 

 Qu. haemorrhoidalis. Leach MSS.— Steph. Calal. 277, No. 2929. 



