124 NEW BRITISH COLEOPTERA SINCE 1839. 
punctulated, with a distinctly elevated central carina, 
which is exceedingly smooth and glossy. 
Scutellum obtusely triangular, punctulated. 
Elytra bright blood red, black for one-third the length at 
the base, distinctly punctulate, somewhat wider than the 
thorax, parallel, depressed, the suture elevated, with a 
stria on each side. 
Abdomen depressed, strongly margined, very finely punc¬ 
tured, the antepenultimate segment narrowly edged 
with white, the last sparingly covered by stout black 
diverging hairs. 
Beneath finely punctured and pubescent, black. 
Legs elongate, black, the trochanters rufo-brunneous, the 
apices of the tibia and the tarsi rufous, and covered 
with aureous pubescence. 
Male , with the fifth segment beneath sinuated, the sixth 
canaliculate. 
Female , with the penultimate segment beneath a little 
produced and rounded. 
Length 3—3| lines. 
This very distinct insect is certainly the most beautiful of 
its genus, the bright blood-red of its elytra contrasting 
strongly with the shining black of its body; whilst the large 
orbicular head, narrow carinated thorax, elongate antenna? 
and legs, give it quite the appearance of a Stilicus. 
It would appear to be very rare, two specimens only 
having come beneath my notice: one, a male, I took 
amongst gravel, near the river Irthing, Cumberland, 
June, 1847; the other, a fine female, was captured in a 
similar locality, on the Devil’s Water, Northumberland, by 
Ceo. Wailes, Esq. at the Club’s field meeting, in 3la) 
last. 
T. J. B. 
