35C MANDllini.ATA. COI.EOPTKRA. 



Black, shining, depressed: head triangular, with a longitudinal impression on 

 each side, very finely punctured: thorax subquadrate, finely punctured, 

 with two deep oblong approxiinating dorsal fnvece, the lateral margins ele- 

 vated: el^i?-a above twice the length of the thorax, with a slightly elevated 

 line, very thickly and faintly punctulated, luiequal and rather strongly mar- 

 gined: abdomen scarcely as long as the elytra: legs pitchy ; tibiae and tarsi 

 paler : antennae somewhat longer than the thorax, black. 



The greatly elevated margins of the thorax and the raised disc give the fovese 

 on the latter the appearance of deep sulci, or grooves. 



Taken in Suffolk, and in the vicinity of London. 



Sp. 29. subrugosum. Nigrum, nitidum, jnmctulatum, elytris piceis suhrugoso- 

 punctatis, thor ace profundi, hifoveolato, antennis piceis, pedibus rujis. (Long, 

 corp. lilin.) 



Om. subrugosum. Stepli. Catal. 298. No. 3279. 



Black, shining, punctured : head wide, somewhat triangular, with an oblique 

 line on each side between the antennae : thorax transverse-subquadrate, with 

 two deep longitudinal fovece on the disc, divided by a smooth space : elytra 

 pitchy, very thickly and rather ruggedly punctured : abdomen black, its apex 

 sometimes pitchy : legs red : antennce pitchy. 



Inhabits the metropolitan district, apparently uncommon. 



Sp. 30. pygmaeum. Oblongo-ovatum, convexum, rufo-testaceum, pubescens, con- 

 fertissiml subtiliter punctulatum, capite rufo-piceo, elytris vage punctulatis. 

 (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 



Sta. pygmaeus. Paykull. — Om. pygmaeus. Steph. Catal. 298. No. 3280. 



Oblong-ovate, convex, testaceous-red, pubescent, thickly and finely punctured : 

 head pitchy-red, somewhat triangular, with two oblong foveae between the 

 eyes: mouth pale testaceous; eyes black: thorax short, dilated in the 

 middle, the disc moderately convex, finely punctured, with an impression at 

 the base : elytra twice as long as the thorax, slightly convex, with rather 

 coarse scattered punctures : abdomen scarcely as long as the elytra, smooth ; 

 the penultimate segment sometimes pitchy : legs pale testaceous ; antennae 

 the same. 

 Also found within the metropolitan district ; not common. 



Sp. 31. Primulae. Nigro-piceum, nitidum, antennis, ore, pedibusque rufis, 

 thorace postice foveato, elytris apice obliquis. (Long. corp. li lin.) 



Om. Primulae. Kirby MSS.— Steph. Catal. 298. No. 3281. 



Somewhat wedge-shaped, pitchy-hlack, shining, glabrous, punctulated : head 

 triangular, smooth, with a transverse impression above the clypeus : mouth 

 red: eyes very prominent: thorax transverse-quadrate, or subcordate, with 



