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thorax with an elongate rounded process in front, serrated on both sides ; 

 elytra with a black spot outwardly on the shoulders, a larger one behind 

 the middle, connected by a streak with a 3d at the base, forming a lunular 

 patch, which rarely touches the suture : — the spots on the elytra are 

 sometimes nearly obliterated, at others so much united as to cover nearly 

 the whole surface. (L. 2-3 1.) In lanes: on oaks: Coombe Wood; 

 Richmond ; S. Wales ; Bristol ; Liverpool, &c. : 6-7. 



2669 Rhinoceros Fab. E. i. 289. — Ste. M. v. 72. pi. xxv. f. 5. a. — Testa- 

 ceous-yellow, with a silken pile ; head spotless ; elytra uniform dark 

 pitchy-black ; thorax produced anteriorly with an acute coarctate horn, 

 serrated on each side. (L. 2 1.) S. Wales: 6. 



565 Anthicus Fabricius. 



2670 Antherinus L. ii. 681 Mart. C. pi. 39. f. 3. —Ste. M. v. 73. — 



Black, with a griseous pile ; finely punctured ; elytra minutely and rather 

 deeply punctured, with 2 oblique dull red bands — the apical one some- 

 times wanting ; legs pitchy, tibia:, towards the apex, and tarsi, pitchy- 

 testaceous. (L. 1^-2 1. ) Grassy hedges : Hertford ; Southend ; Bristol; 

 Isle of Wight, &c. : 5-7. 



2671 4-notatus Gyll. ii. 498. — Ste. M. v. 74. — Black, slightly shining, 

 pilose ; deeply punctured ; thorax oblong, narrowed behind ; elytra 

 coarsely punctate, with an ovate oblique testaceous spot behind the shoul- 

 ders, and a round dot towards the suture behind the middle ; legs and 

 antennas dull red. (L. ljh ) Flowers: London district and Bristol: 

 5-6. 



2672 ater III. K. i. 290.— Pz. F. xxxi. f. 15. — Ste. M. v. 74 Black, 



slightly shining, nearly glabrous ; punctured ; thorax oblong, very convex, 

 narrowed behind, faintly punctured ; elytra coarsely punctured ; tarsi 

 fuscous, or dusky dull red. (L. 1|-1.) Hedges: London district ; Wrab- 

 ness, Essex ; Bristol ; Southend ; Isle of Portland : 4-5. 



2673 fuscus Marsh, i. 486 Ste. M. v. 74. — No. floralis Pz. F. xxxiii. 



f. 5. — Dull red, shining, slightly pubescent ; punctulated ; head rusty- 

 black ; elytra rather deeply punctured, brown black, with the base more 

 or less broadly dull red. (L. 1-11 1.) Hotbeds, &c. : generally distri- 

 buted throughout England, Wales, and S. of Scotland : 0. 



2674 floralis L. ii. 681 Ste. M. v. 75. — No. formicarius Oliv. E. iii. 51. 



pi. 1. f. 3. — Brown-black, shining, nearly glabrous; very finely punc- 

 tured; antennae, legs, thorax, and base of the elytra dull red, middle with 

 a transverse impression ; thighs brownish. (L. 1^1.) 



Var. ? No. bicolor Oliv. E. iii. 51. pi. 1. f. 4. — Ste. Norn. 2d ed. col. 88.— 

 With the anterior angles of the thorax, apex of the antennae, and the 

 thighs, pitchy-brown. On flowers, &c, in gardens: widely distributed: 

 4-10. 



2675 equestris Pz. F. lxxiv. f. 8. — Ste. M. v. 75. — Fuscous ; slightly 

 pubescent ; punctured ;^head glabrous; thorax elongate, narrowed behind, 

 disc red ; elytra fuscous, ciliated on the margin, the base red ; legs and 

 basal joints of the antennae red; tips of latter and of thighs obscure. (L. 

 1^1.) Hedges: London district and Durham : 6. 



(2676f pedestris Fab. E. i. 291. — Ste. M. v. 75. note. — Black; shining; 

 thorax red, narrowed behind ; legs black, thighs red at the base, anterior 

 1 -toothed; antennae with the base red, (L. U ],) Improperly recorded 

 as British.) 



2677 gracilis Kugellan. — Pz. F. xxxviii. f. 21. — Ste. M. v. 75. — Elon- 

 gate, black, shining; very finely punctured; thorax somewhat globose, 

 narrowed behind ; elytra ample, pale testaceous, with a 3-angular black 



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