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fine yellow, but turns brown afterwards : the ftripes down the elytra 

 are not deep black, but have a greenifh tint.— Taken in May. Length 

 a quarter of an inch. 



F I G. II. 



MYCETOPHAGUS QUADRIMACULATUS. 



Fungus Beetle with four Spots. 



coleoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Palpi four, unequal. Maxilla membranaceous, with a tooth or 

 fpine. Lip round, entire. Antennae gradually enlarge towards the 

 end. Fab. Gen. Inf. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Entirely black, except one large yellow brown fpot on the bafe of 

 the elytra, and another near their extremities. 



Mycetophagus Quadrimaculatu's : rufus thorace elytrifque 

 nigris his maculis duabus rufis. Fab. Ent. Syfi. t. 2' 

 n. I. p. 497. 



Ips maculata. Fab. Mant. Inf. 1. n. 8. p. 45. 



Tritoma Geoff. Inf. t. I. p. 335. tab. 6. fig. 2. e. f. 



Silphoides boleti. Herbft. Archlv. 4. tefi Heft. 2. 11. p. 41. tab. 21, 

 fig. 51. 



Der Viergefieckte Pfifferkafer. Panz. Faun. Inf. Germ. 



Three fpecimens of this rare fpecies were found together, cop- 

 cealed in the porous part of the Honey-comb Boletus *. According 

 to Herbft. Archlv. It is ufually found on plants of this genus. It is 

 not fcarce in Germany. 



* Boletus Cellulofus, 



The 



