70 MANDIBULATA.— COLEOPTERA. 



solete towards the apex : body deep black beneath ; the laciniae of the sternum 

 piceous : four anterior legs yellowish, the posterior pitchy-black, with the tips 

 of the thighs ferruginous : antennae pale. 



Not uncommon in various parts of England, especially near the 

 metropolis. ii Copenhagen-fields and Clapham-common." — Mr. 



Ingpen. 



Sp. 10. notatus. Ovatus, supra Jlavicans, thorace maculis disci nigris, elytris 

 crebre nigro irroratis, striis nullis punctatis : femina; elytris anterius striolis 

 crebris abbreviatis impressis. (Long. corp. 5 lin.) 



Dy. notatus. Fabricius. — Co. notatus. Steph. Catal. p. 49. No. 490. 



Ovate, above yellowish : head smooth, anteriorly yellow, the crown black, with 

 two transverse testaceous spots : thorax somewhat waved behind, a little convex, 

 very obsoletely and irregularly punctulated, yellowish, with a large transverse 

 black spot on the disc, more or less divided, sometimes occupying considerable 

 space, and occasionally nearly obsolete, and the centre of the posterior margin 

 black: elytra ovate, moderately convex, yellowish, with the disc entirely 

 thickly irrorated with black, with the lateral margin and a narrow line down 

 the suture immaculate ; the disc has frequently three distinct slender pale 

 streaks : the breast is black, the apex of the sternum testaceous ; the abdomen 

 pitchy-black, with the margin of the segments and the apex pale : legs entirely 

 yellowish. 



The female has the elytra thickly covered towards the base with abbreviated 

 strife, the abdomen nearly pale, with the base and sides spotted with brown. 



Not very common ; I have, however, frequently taken it in a 

 pond on Wandsworth-common in April; it is found in Norfolk. 

 " Carlisle.'"' — Dr. Leach. " Southend and Aberystwith." — Rev. 

 F. W. Hope. " Once taken at Bottisham." — Rev. L. Jenyns. 

 " Whittlesea Mere." — Messrs. Chant and Reniley. 



Sp. 11. exsoletus. Oblongo-ovatus, ujidique Jlavescens, thorace vix maculato, 



elytris nigro irroratis, striis disci punctatis. (Long. corp. 5 lin.) 

 Dy. exsoletus. Forster. — Co. collaris. Steph. Catal. p. 49. No. 491. 



Oblong-ovate, flavescent: head with the crown narrowly black, with two trans- 

 verse testaceous spots : thorax generally immaculate, sometimes with two re- 

 mote brownish spots on the posterior edge, which are rarely connected by a 

 dusky margin : scutellum black, with the apex testaceous : elytra oblong-ovate, 

 moderately convex ; the entire disc thickly irrorated with black, the margin 

 and a narrow line down the suture immaculate ; each elytron has three irre- 

 gular punctate stria? : breast flavescent, with the sutures darker : abdomen 

 deep rusty-testaceous : four anterior legs flavescent, posterior rather testaceous. 



I have restored Forster's names to this and some other species, agreeably to the 

 just practice of adopting those proposed by the first describer, although in 



