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with an ashy-brown down, the alternate interstices with black silken 

 stripes, interspersed with white or ash-colour. Variable : — some spe- 

 cimens occur with the dark stripes alone on the elytra ; others have the 

 alternate stripes dull-red, or golden-brown; others again are almost 

 wholly black above, and the interstices appear elevated ; and, when not 

 quite mature, the abdomen and legs are dull red. (L. 3|-5 1 ) Sandy 

 and gravelly places ; generally distributed : 3-0. 



1174 Dennii Kirby. — Cur. iii. pi. 135. — Ste. M. iii. 136. — Oblong- 

 ovate ; black; clothed with a pale golden pubescence: thorax with 2 round 

 black spots in front, and 2 angulated ones behind ; elytra with 4 inter- 

 rupted black stripes, and a broad waved transverse dorsal band ; legs and 

 antenna? pitchy-black. (L. 4 1.) Hampstead Heath, and chalk-pit at 

 Barham : 4. 



1175 fasciatus Forst. C. i. 12. — Ste. M. iii. 137. — By. ornatus Pz. F. 

 xxiv. f. 1. var. — Short, ovate, black; tomentose : thorax clouded with 

 golden pile ; elytra with interrupted black stripes, and a transverse double 

 curved rusty-red dorsal band, resembling a crown. Variable : the dorsal 

 band on the elytra is sometimes composed of whitish dots ; and the latter 

 are sometimes so remote on the suture as to form a ring, instead of a 

 crown. (L. 3|-4 1.) Sandy, &c, places; generally distributed : 3-5. 



1176 oblongus Stu. I). F. ii. 97. pi. 34. f. A. — Ste. M. iii. 137. — Ob- 

 long-ovate; pitchy-black ; with a fuscous pubescence: thorax spotless; 

 elytra with 3 interrupted black streaks and several distinct white spots, 

 forming 2 transverse waved nearly parallel bands. (L. 4 1.) Hampstead 

 Heath ; Wimbledon Common, &c. : 3-6. 



1177 dorsalis Fab. E. i. 85.— Ste. M. iii. 137 By. fasciatus Pz. F. 



xxxii. f. 1. var. — Short; oval ; black ; thorax with rusty patches : elytra 

 with black stripes, and across the back an unequal short rust- coloured 

 band, edged on each side with whitish, or ashy : these white spots are 

 sometimes almost obsolete ; and the thorax is occasionally spotless : and 

 old specimens are entirely black. (L. 3-3 £ 1.) Gravelly places; near 

 London; Martlesham Heath, Suffolk; Swansea: 4-6. 



1178 sericeus Forst. C. i. 16.— Ste. M. iii. 138. — By. varius Pz. F. 

 xxxii. f. 3. Ovate; black; above brassy-green, clothed with rusty- 

 brown pubescence; slightly variegated on the thorax: elytra striated, 

 green-bronze, the alternate interstices more brilliant and tessellated with 

 black. Variable : sometimes dull obscure blackish-bronze above, and 

 pitchy beneath ; or with the abdomen and base of the thighs red. (L. 



. 2A-3 1.) Sandy, &c, places ; pretty generally distributed in England; 

 afso found at Collinton, near Edinburgh : 4-6. 



1179 fuscus Marsh, i. 105.— Ste. M. iii. 138. —Ovate; black, or dull 

 fuscous ; thorax shining and thickly punctulate ; elytra striated, with very 

 obscure spots on the alternate interstices ; legs and antennas fuscous. (L. 

 2^ 1 ) Near London, and Holt, in Norfolk : 4. 



1180 murinus Fab. E. i. 104. - Pz. F. xxv. f. 1.- Ste. M. iii. 138.— 

 Ovate, fuscous ; black beneath ; clothed with griseous pubescence : thorax 

 varied'; elytra rusty-brown, with 3 short black silken stripes, and a double 

 row of white spots on the middle of the back, forming a transverse band. 

 (L 2-2il.) Cobham; Martlesham Heath ; Beachamwell : 4-6. 



15 81 aaneus Fab. E. ii. 105. — Pz. F. xci. f. 3. — Ste. M. iii. 371. — Ob- 

 long-ovate; above shining brassy-green, with an ashy pile, punctured: 

 scutellum whitish ; elytra not striated, irregularly punctured ; body with 

 a dense ashy pile beneath ; antennae pitchy-black. (L. 2\ 1.) Near Edin- 

 burgh ; near Hawick, in Dumfriesshire ; and Sutherland : 4-8. 



