COLEOPTEROUS INSECTS. 
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XANTHOLINUS FULGIDUS. 
PLATE V. Fig. 2. 
Staph, fulgidus, Paykull. — Othius fulgidus, Leach , Stephens. 
— Olivier , iii. No. 42, pL 4, fig. 34, a, &, c. 
This genus includes such brachelytrous insects as 
are of a linear shape, with the head and thorax in 
the form of an elongated square, the antennae placed 
near each other at the base, and in general suddenly 
bent, or geniculated, as it is called, and having the 
greater number of the joints somewhat granular or 
cup-shaped. The legs are rather short and strong, 
and the anterior tarsi very slightly or not at all di- 
lated. The species, of which we have given a mag- 
nified figure, is of frequent occurrence in most parts 
of Britain and the north of France. The head is 
oblong-ovate, of a glossy black colour, punctured on 
each side, and having a transverse series of three or 
four remote punctures between the eyes. The tho- 
rax is nearly of the same colour as the head, with a 
few small punctures on each side, among which three 
larger ones are observable. The elytra are of a deep 
red, shining, punctured, and clothed with short hairs. 
The abdomen is black, the terminal segment, as well 
as the under side of the body, pitch-red. The legs, 
antennae, and the organs of the mouth, are light-red. 
