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MAND113ULATA. COI.KOl'TERA. 



Pitchy-black, shining: head siibcordate, piiiicturod : thorax oblong, also 

 punctured, with a narrow smooth longitudinal lino : clijtra rather depressed, 

 slightly pubescent, testaceous-yeWow, and punctulated : legs testaceous ; 

 anterior femora very obscurely dentate : abdomen pitchy, with a delicate 

 white edge to the antepenultimate segment ; in the male the penultimate 

 segment beneath is simply notched, but not impressed; in the female it is 

 somewhat conic and entire: antenna" brown ; palpi red. 



Sometimes pitchy-red, with the elytra and legs paler, and the abdomen 

 dusky; or with the entire body pale testaceous: — the consequences of 

 immaturity. 



Less abundant than the last, but not uncommon near London 

 and Rochester : also found in Suffolk. 



Sp. 6. rufipenne. Nigrum, suhnitidum, elytris saturatius rujis, basi nigris, 

 capite oblongo, profundi punctato, antennis pedibusque testaceis : mas segmento 

 penultimo abdominis subtus triemarginato. (Long. corp. 3J lin.) 



Lat. rufipenne. Gyllenhall. — Stepk. Catal. 286. No. 3073. 



Black, slightly shining : head oblong, deeply punctured : thorax oblong- 

 quadrangular, rather finely punctured, with a narrow longitudinal smooth 

 line : elytra rather convex, obsoletely punctured, bright red, with about one- 

 third of the base black : abdomen slightly pubescent, with the posterior ven- 

 tral segments narrowly edged with testaceous ; the penultimate one, in the 

 male, deeply notched on each side, and slightly in the middle ; in the female 

 rounded and entire : legs pale testaceous-ted ; the anterior tibia? and femora 

 with a slight tooth : antennce rusty-red. 



Found occasionally within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 7. ochraceum. Nigrum, nitidum, elytris pedibusque ochraceis, antennis 



piceis, capite thoraceque parcius punctatis. (Long. corp. 3J lin.) 

 St. ochraceus. Marsham. — Lat. ochraceum. Steph. Catal. 286. No. 3074. 



Black, shining : head subcordate, sparingly punctured : thorax also sparingly 

 punctured, with a narrow smooth longitudinal patch on the disc : elytra 

 pale ochreous, punctulated, the punctures dispersedly placed: abdomen 

 with the penultimate segment rather broadly edged with testaceous ; legs 

 pale ochreous : antennae pitchy. 



From the Marshamian collection. 



Sp. 8. punctato-striatum. Filiforme, nigrum, nitidiusculum,, pedibus ruJis, 

 elytris punctata- strintis, castaneis, thorace oblongo. (Long. corp. 3| lin.) 



Lat. punctato-striatum. Kirby MSS.— Steph. Catal. 286. No. 3075. 



Filiform, black, slightly shining, glabrous : head subcordate, punctured : 

 thorax oblong, deeply punctured, with a smooth dorsal line : elytra rather 

 convex, chestnut, deeply punctured, the punctures disposed in close stria;: 



