22 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



base, terminating at each end in a deep fovea near the hinder angles : elytra 

 much broader at the base than the thorax, slightly convex, moderately punc- 

 tate-striated, the stride vanishing before the apex ; shining reddish- testaceous, 

 with an irregular dusky-brown bar in the middle, then an oblique slender tes- 

 taceous bar interrupted at the suture, afterward a fuscous band, attenuated 

 externally, followed by a pale testaceous apex : legs and antenna? testaceous, 

 the latter dusky at the tip. 



This pretty and neat little insect is far from rare : it occurs in 

 the neighbourhood of London, especially in damp situations. "In 

 Battersea and Copenhagen-fields." — Mr. Ingpen. " Netley, Salop, 

 in wet moss, in October. 11 — Rev. F. W. Hope. " Ben Lomond." — 

 Dr. Leach. " Walham-green." — Mr. Westwood. 



Sp. 2. quadriguttata. Nigro-cenea, nitidissima, elytris basi punctato-striatis, 

 maculis duabus albidis, pedibus pallidis. (Long. corp. 2—2^ lin.) 



Ca. 4-guttatus. Fabricius.—Mart. Col. pi. 38. /. 37.— Lo. 4-guttata. Steph. 

 Catal. p. 39. JVo. 384. 



Externally glossy brassy-black : head very smooth, with an oblong impressed 

 line on each side between the eyes : thorax above very convex, greenish-blue, 

 polished, smooth, with a faint dorsal line, a transverse punctate depression at 

 the base, terminating at each end in a small foveola : elytra rather convex, 

 very glossy, smooth, greenish- violet or black, striated, the striae punctate at 

 the base, and some of them at the apex, the sutural one continued to the tip, 

 the rest more or less abbreviated ; at the base is a large subtriangular whitish 

 spot, and beyond the middle a second round one of the same colour : legs pale, 

 with the thighs dusky at the apex: antenna? black, with the basal joint en- 

 tirely, and the base of the three following ferruginous. 



An elegant and rather conspicuous insect, occurring in damp 

 places throughout the metropolitan district, and I believe equally 

 common in other parts. " Near Carlisle." — T. C. Hey sham, Esq. 

 " Devonshire."— -Dr. Leach. " Netley and Deal."— Rev. F. W. 

 Hope. 



Sp. 3. quadrimaculata. Virescenti-amea, antennis pedibusque testaceis, elytris 



punctato-striatis, maculis duabus pallidis. (Long. corp. 1^ — if lin.) 

 Ci. 4-maculata. Linne. — Lo. 4-maculata. Steph. Catal. p. 39. A T o. 385. 



Somewhat resembling, but very distinct from, the last : head smooth, glossy, 

 greenish-brass, with an oblique sulcus on each side between the eyes : thorax 

 of a very glossy polished green-brass ; with a faint dorsal line ; the posterior 

 margin with a deep transverse punctate impression, terminating in a small 

 simple fovea on each side, the margin itself elevated : elytra glossy blue-black, 

 punctate-striated, the striae vanishing before the apex ; at the base is a large 

 angulated pale spot, and towards the apex another round one, the apex itself 

 pale: legs pale testaceous; the femora sometimes reddish-pitchy: antennae 

 testaceous, dusky towards the apex. 



