OMALID.E. A>JTH0B1UM. 339 



flowers : taken also in Devonshire and near Bristol. " Once taken 

 rather plentifully on the flowers of the Heraclium on the banks of 

 the Gipping." — Kirhy MSS. " Frequent (near Swansea)." — 

 L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Raehills."— i?eu. W. Little. 



Sp. 10. ophthalmicum. Testaceum, abdomine, antennis apice oculisque nigris, 

 elytrisjlavis. (Long. corp. ^ lin.) 



Sta. ophthalmicus. Paykull. — An. ophthalmicum. Steph. Catal. 296. JVo. 324-0. 



Testaceous, glabrous : head smooth : eyes very prominent, black : thorax 

 broader than long, with the angles rounded^ rather smooth, without a dorsal 

 channel: elytra yellowishj very finely punctulate, shining, covering above 

 two-thirds of the abdomen, the latter mucronated and deep shining black : 

 legs testaceous : antennae as long as the thorax, testaceous, with the apex 

 black. 



Common within the metropolitan district in flowers. *' Taken 

 abundantly on the flowers of the Whitethorn, in 1803, near Great 

 Blakenham, Suffblk."— JTm-Sj/ MSS. " RaehiUs."— Eet?. W. Little. 



Sp. 11. torquatum. Ferrugineum, abdomine epigastric nucha antennisque apice 

 nigris, elytris flavescentibus. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 



Sil. torquata. Marsham. — An. torquatum. Steph. Catal. 296. iVo. 3241. 



Ferruginous, glabrous : head with two impressions behind : nape black : eyes 

 prominent, also black : thorax rather short, truncate in front and behind, 

 with the sides rounded and slightly margined, rather narrowed posteriorly ; 

 the disc with an obsolete dorsal furrow: elytra twice as long as the thorax, 

 widest at the a'pex, Jinely and thickly punctured: abdomen black, shining: 

 breast black j sternum red : legs testaceous : antenna black, with the base 

 testaceous : palpi testaceous. 



Also common in the vicinity of the metropolis, and in other parts 

 of the country, as Devonshire, Suffolk, &c. ^' Common (near Swan- 

 sea)."—/.. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Raehills."— Eey. W. Little. 



Sp. 12. mucronatum. Ferrugineum, abdomine antennisque apice nigris, elytris 

 Jlavesceniihus mucronatis. (Long. corp. ll lin.) 



Om. mucronatum. Kirhy MSS. — An. mucronatum. Steph. Catal. 296. 

 No. 3242. 



Ferruginous, glabrous : head with two impressions behind : eyes prominent, 

 black : thorax as in An. torquatum : elytra yellowish, with the apex ob- 

 liquely truncate, and at the suture becoming mucronated : abdomen black, 

 with its tip acutely mucronated : legs pale testaceous : antennae moderote, 

 testaceous, toith the Up black. 



