254 MANDIBULATA. COLEOFTERA. 



Yorkshire, common." — Rev. G. T. Rudd. " King's Park, Edin- 

 burgh."— i^ey. W. Little. 



Sp. 2. alternans. Riifus, nitidus, capite elytris abdominisque cingulo nigris, 

 capite quadrato, antcnnis .subpUo.sis. (Long-, corp. 3 — 4 lin.) 



St. alternans. Gravenhorst. — Ot. alternans. Steph. Catal. 284. No. 3036. 



Slender, filiform, shining, rufous : head black, subquadrate, very glossy, smooth, 

 with a few punctures at the base : thorax narrower than the head, very 

 smooth, with a few minute scattered punctures on each side: elytra black, 

 extremely smooth and glossy, impunctate : abdomen with a black belt towards 

 the apex, the latter rufous : legs and antenna also rufous, the last slightly pilose. 



Not common, at least within the metropoHtan district. " Marton, 

 Yorkshire."— iiey. G. T. Rudd. " King^s Park, Edinburgh."— 

 Rev. W. Little. 



Sp. 3. pilicornis. Ruber, capite, elytris lavibus, abdominisque annulo nigrican- 

 tibus, aniennis pilosis. (Long. corp. 3^ lin.) 



St. pilicornis. Paykull. — Ot. pilicornis. Steph. Catal. 284. No. 3037. 



Shining red, with a few scattered hairs: head rather broader than the thorax, 

 subcordate, smooth, pitchy-black : thorax somewhat longer than the head, 

 smooth, with an impressed point on each side : elytra pitchy-black, smooth, 

 with an obscure stria towards the suture: abdomen red, with the two 

 penultimate segments black above and below : legs, palpi, and antenna 

 rufous, the latter pilose. 



Sometimes pitchy-red, or rust-coloured, with the head and thorax paler. 

 Probably immature. 



Rather scarce: found beneath the bark of firs and pines. 

 « Dorking."— G. Waterhouse, Esq. " Windsor."— J. O. West- 

 woodi Esq. 



Sp. 4. glabricornis. Rufus, capite elytris abdominisque cingulo nigris, antennis 

 apice incrassatis glabris. (Long. corp. 2f lin.) 



Gy. glabricornis. Kirby MSS — Ot. glabricornis. Steph. Catal. 284,. A^o.3038. 



Slender, rufous, shining, glabrous: head somewhat wider than the thorax, 

 subcordate, black, shining : thorax ablong, with the angles rounded a little, 

 widest in front, smooth, with two punctures on the disc, placed transversely: 

 elytra black, obscurely reddish at the base, smooth : abdomen red, with a 

 black belt towards the apex: legs and antennas rufous, the latter glabrous, 

 clavate : mouth rufous. 



Not common : found beneath the bark of the Scotch fir. " Near 

 London." — P. H. Desvignes, Esq. " Crwmlyn sand-hills."^ — 

 X. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



