338 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTKKA. 



Found in Norfolk and in Yorkshire : it may possibly be a mere 

 variety of the immediately preceding species. 



Sp. 7. ruficornc. Latum, rufo-piceum, suhnitidum ; elijtris rugoso-punctntis, 

 thoracis limbo pedibus antennisque riijis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Om. nificorne. Marsham ? An. ruficorne. Sttph. Catal. 295. No. 3237. 



Broad, pitcli>/-re(\, slightly shining, glabrous ; head wide, with a distinct lon- 

 gitudinal furrow, and two small impressions behind : eyes slightly promi- 

 nent: thorax ample, the disc punctured, u'iih a faint abbreviated dorsal 

 furrow behind ; the margins of a pale pitchy-red: (?/?/^ra rather ruggedly- 

 punctured, the punctures placed somewhat in striae, the outer angles rounded, 

 the inner acute : abdomen very short, black, acute, faintly margined ; legs 

 red: antennce also red, dusky towards the apex. 



From the Marshamian collection : its locality is unknown to me. 



Sp. 8. Sorbi. Testaceum, elytris Jlavescentibus, antennis apice fuscescentibus, 

 abdomine atro, thorace subcanaliculaio. (Long. corp. % — 1 lin.) 



Om. Sorbi. GyllenhalL— An. Sorbi. Steph. Catal. 296. No. 3238. 



Testaceous, rather smooth, glabrous: head somewhat triangular, narrower 

 than the thorax, unequal, rather obscure : eyes black : thorax longer than 

 the head, a little notched in front, the emargination forming the segment of 

 a circle, somewhat truncate behind, the sides rounded and slightly margined, 

 the disc with an obsolete dorsal channel and obscure : elytra very minutely 

 and indistinctly punctured, yellowish: abdomen rather longer than the 

 elytra, dilated, deep shining black: legs pale testaceous: antennce also testa- 

 ceous, with the four terminal joints dusky. 



Inhabits flowers in the vicinity of London, rather abundantly : 

 also found in Devonshire, Suffolk, &c. "Raehills."" — Rev. W. Little. 



Sp. 9. luteura. Riifo-testaceum, elyti^is jlavis, oculis antennisque apice nigris. 

 (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 



Sil. iutea. Marsham. — An. luteum. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 107. — An. 

 Ulmariffi. Steph. Catal. 296. No. 3239. 



Body somewhat wedge-shaped, testaceous-red, glabrous : head triangular, un- 

 equal : eyes black : thorax subquadrate, scarcely punctured, slightly con- 

 vex : elytra pale yellow, twice as long as the thorax, very finely and thickly 

 punctulate : abdomen two-thirds shorter than the elytra : legs yellow : 

 antennae longer than the thorax, testaceous, with the apex black. 



It is possible that this may be only an immature state of the immediately pre- 

 ceding species. 



Abundant within the metropolitan district during the spring, on 



