20 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



with the ocean. " Isle of Sheppey, in June last." — Rev. F, W. 

 Hope. " Plaistow marsh es."" — A. Cooper, Esq. 



Sp. 6. stictus. JEneo ant virescenti-niger, elytris tenue punctato-striatis pal- 

 lidis, maculis aliquot irregularibus nigris, pedibus piceo-Jerrugineis, antennis 

 piceo-fuscis, basi piceo. (Long. corp. if — 2 lin.) 



No. stictus mihi. Steph. Catal. p. 39. No. 379. 



Smaller than the foregoing : brassy or greenish -black ; head as before ; thorax 

 with a faint dorsal line, and a deep smooth fovea on each side at the base : 

 elytra rather faintly punctate-striated; pale brownish-yellow, with several 

 scattered irregular black spots and blotches: body beneath glossy bronzed- 

 black: legs pitchy rust-colour; antennas pitchy-brown, with the base pitchy. 



" Found at Southend. 1 '' — Rev. F. W. Hope; to whom I am much 

 indebted, not only for specimens of this, but of several other insects, 

 many of very great rarity, and for much valuable information re- 

 lative to their localities, &c. 



Sp. 7. fumigatus. Nigro-ameus, elytris punctato-striatis, pallidis ccneo-mican- 

 tibus, fasciis duabus irregularibus nigris, pedibus rufo-ferrugineis. (Long* 

 corp. 1 j — 2 lin.) 



El. fumigatus. Creutzer. — No. fumigatus. Steph. Catal. p. 39. No. 380. 



Size of the last : of a rich blackish-brass : head green, with the frontal sulci 

 rather deep : thorax with its dorsal line rather abbreviated, and very faint ; 

 the base smooth, with a deep impunctate fovea on each side towards the 

 hinder angles: elytra pale yellowish-brown, glossed with brassy, with two 

 irregular black bands, and some scattered spots of the same, the suture tinged 

 with bluish; they are punctate-striated, the striae brown: body shining 

 bronzed-black, with the legs rusty-red ; the antennae pitchy. 



My specimens of this species I received from the coast of Gla- 

 morganshire. 



B. With the elytra pale, immaculate. 



Sp. 8. ephippium. Mneo-niger, elytris testaceis, nebula commune versus apicem 

 fused, antennis pedibusque testaceis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Ca. ephippium. Marsham. — No. ephippium. Steph. Catal. p. 39. No. 381. 



Bronzed-black: head with the frontal sulci approximating in front: thorax 

 rather convex, with the dorsal line somewhat abbreviated anteriorly, the 

 base with a slightly rugose fovea on each side : elytra testaceous, with a 

 brownish cloud or spot towards the suture, near the apex, common to each ; 

 they are rather faintly punctate-striated, the striae brown : abdomen glossy 

 black : legs and antennae testaceous. 



This is evidently a littoral insect ; at least all the specimens I 

 have hitherto seen have been captured on the coast : Mr. Bydder 



