340 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTKRA. 



Probably the other sex of the former insect An. torquatum. 



Found in the neighbourhood of London ; also in Devonshire, near 

 Bristol, in Suffolk, Norfolk, Yorkshire, &c. 



Sp. 13. brunneum. Rufo-brunneuyn, capite nigricanti postice bifoveolalo, ihorace 

 nitido, eli/tris obsolete substriatis. (Long. corp. 1^^ lin.) 



An. brunneum. Steph. Catal. 296. No. 3243. 



Red-brown, shhiing, glabrous : head dusky, or black, somewhat triangular, 

 with two conspicuous foveas behind: eyes dusky-black, moderately promi- 

 nent : thorax short, truncate in front and behind, the sides rounded, the disc 

 glosst/ red, very finely punctured, with a small fovea at the base on each 

 side: eli/ira rather long, convex, widest hehind , finely punctured, the punc- 

 tures closely disposed in striw, the apex a little dusky : abdomen smooth, 

 with the margins of the segments reddish, the apex obtuse: legs pale ferru- 

 ginous ; antennae the same, dusky at the apex. 



Found within the metropolitan district, apparently not very 

 common. 



Sp. 14. ruficolle. Ferrugineum, thorace canaliculaio elytrisque Jlavescentihus, 

 capite nigro. (Long. corp. IJ lin.) 



Sil. ruficoUis. Panzer. — An. canaliculatum. Steph. Catal. 296. No. 3244. 

 — An. ruficolle. Steph. Nomen. 2d. edit. col. 107. 



Ferruginous, glabrous : head black : eyes prominent : thorax i/ellowish-red, very 

 thickly punctured, truncate behind, the anterior edge forming an inverted 

 segment of a circle, the sides rounded and margined, the disc with a dorsal 

 channel, abbreviated before and behind, and with two impressions towards 

 the base : elytra yellowish, twice as long as the thorax, and a little shorter 

 than the abdomen, the disc very much punctured, the punctures somewhat 

 disposed in striae : legs testaceous-yellow; breast yellowish : antennae black, 

 with the base testaceous. 



From Marsham's cabinet : I am not aware of its locality. 



Sp. 15. tectum. Nigrum, nitidum, elytris pedibusque sordide Jlavo-testaceis, 

 abdomine brevissimo. (Long. corp. 1§ lin.) 



Sta. tectus. FaykulL— -An. tectum. Steph. Catal. 296. No. 3245. 



Black, shining : head smooth, with two frontal impressions : eyes large, some- 

 what prominent : thorax pitchy-black, very finely punctured, broader than 

 long, the angles rounded, and the sides margined : elytra covering more than 

 two-thirds of the abdomen, dull yellow, very minutely punctured: abdomen 

 strongly mucronated : legs dull testaceous : antennae as long as the thorax, 

 hairy, dusky, with the base red. 



