54< MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



uncommon in several places near London, and in Norfolk. " Ken- 

 sington-gardens." — Rev. F. W. Hope. " Wandsworth-common." 

 — Mr. Ingpen. " Near Ely, occasionally." — Rev. L. Jenyns. 



Sp. 11. alpinus. Plate XI. f. 5. Oblongo-ovatus, subdepressus, subtihs nigro- 

 piceus, supra pallidas, glaber, thorace subquadrato, utrinque lineold impresso, 

 nigro maculato, elytris subacuminatis, suturd lineisque disci subregularibus 

 nigris. (Long. corp. 1^— if lin.) 



Dy. alpinus. Paykul?— Steph. Catal. p. 46. No. 449. 



Oblong^-ovate, rather depressed; pitchy-black beneath, above pale testaceous, 

 smooth : head with the forehead flavescent, the vertex rufescent : thorax with 

 the anterior edge dusky; the disc with two interrupted transverse short black 

 lines, bounded on either side with a deep, short, slightly curved, impressed 

 striola, parallel with the lateral margin: elytra fiavescent, subacuminated, 

 with the suture, and about eight lines, black; the six inner parallel and 

 unbroken ; the seventh interrupted, leaving two large patches of the yellowish 

 ground exposed; the eighth short, parallel with, and about the middle of the 

 margin : some of the inner lines are obliquely turned up towards the base ; 

 and occasionally they become confluent, or obliterated ; legs pale ferruginous : 

 breast thickly punctulate. 



Taken abundantly by Dr. Leach in the north of England, and in 

 Devonshire. " Common in brooks, Netley, Salop." — Rev. F. W. 

 Hope. 



Sp. 12. sex-pustulatus. Oblongo-ovatus, niger , pubescens, capite, thoracis lateribus 

 pedibusque rujis, elytris lituris tribus lateralibus rufo-griseis. (Long. corp. 

 If— 2 lin.) 



Hy. sex-pustulatus. Fahricius. — Hy. 6-pustulatus. Steph. Catal. p. 46. No. 



450. 



Oblong-ovate, black, pubescent, the superficies thickly punctulate : head rufous, 

 with a dusky spot before each eye : thorax black, the disc convex, the lateral 

 margins broadly rufo-testaceous : elytra oblong-ovate, black, a little glossy, 

 more or less spotted on the margins with griseous, usually with a large spot at 

 the base, united by a yellowish streak with the shoulder ; the margin beyond 

 the middle pale, behind this another pale spot, varying in size, anteriorly 

 dilated, waved, and posteriorly acuminated ; sometimes small, linear; towards 

 the apex a third small, lunate, transverse spot, frequently connected with the 

 second : body black, and slightly punctate beneath : legs rufo-ferruginous : 

 antenna rufous, dusky at the tip. 



Var. p>. Steph. Catal. 1. c. Elytra with two spots on each, one at the base, the 

 other, less, at the apex. 



Var. y. Steph. Catal. 1. c. Of a rufescent colour above : probably immature. 



The colour, form, and number of spots on the elytra vary greatly. 



One of the most abundant species of the family in Britain, occur- 



