142 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



De similis. Marsham.—Ce. simile. Steph. Catal. p. 63. No. 644. 



Less than the last ; subovate : head and thorax glossy pitchy-black, with the 



margins rather paler : elytra castaneous-red, rather deeply punctate-striated, 



the interstices slightly convex and impunctate : abdomen and legs pale cas- 



taneous-red. 

 The plain immaculate rufescent elytra, and pale legs, distinguish this from the 



foregoing: of which the specimens examined may possibly prove to be immature 



examples. 



Also found near London ; not common. 



Sp. 19. suturale. Subovatum, atrum nitidum, elytris rufo-castaneis sutura 



nigra, pedibus rufescentibus. (Long. corp. \\ — 1^ lin.) 

 Ce. suturale. Steph. Catal. p. 63. No. 645. 



Subovate, glossy: head and thorax immaculate black, minutely punctured: elytra 

 rather faintly punctured, and slightly punctate-striated, the interstices slightly 

 convex ; the disc bright rufo-castaneous ; the suture deep black, nearly to the 

 apex : abdomen deep glossy-black ; legs rufescent, with a dusky cloud in the 

 middle of the femora. 



The castaneous elytra with a jet-black suture distinguishes this from the fore- 

 going, exclusively of other differences. 



Inhabits the neighbourhood of London; and I have obtained 

 specimens from Norfolk. 



Sp. 20. laterale. Subovatum, piceum, glaberrimum nitidum, thoracis lateribus 

 pallidioribus, elytris obsolete striatis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



De. lateralis. Marsham.—Ce. laterale. Steph. Catal p. 63. No. 646. 



Subovate: very smooth, glossy-piceous, except the sides of the thorax, which 

 are paler, and the apex of the elytra, which is slightly rufescent : the entire 

 surface is thickly and rather deeply punctured throughout, and the elytra are 

 rather obsoletely punctate-striated : abdomen black : legs pitchy-red. 



From Ce. suturale this differs by the distinctly coloured lateral margins of the 

 thorax, and from Ce. simile by the colour of the elytra and sculpture. 



Found abundantly near London in May. " Bottisham." — Rev. 

 L. Jenyns. " Netley and Southend." — Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 21. haemorrhoidale. Convexum, nigrum nitidum, elytris apice castaneo-rufis, 

 antennis pedibusque nigris. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Sp. haemorrhoidale. Fabricius. — Ce. haemorrhoidale. Steph. Catal. p. 63. 

 No. 647. 



Rather larger than the foregoing: subovate; of a deep glossy-black, finely punc- 

 tured ; head and thorax immaculate : elytra with the apex alone castaneous- 

 red, the rest black ; rather faintly punctate-striated ; the abdomen, antennae, 

 and legs black. 



The black antennae and legs, combined with the bright castaneous-red apex of the 



