The Scottish Naturalist. 



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OUTLINE DESCRIPTIONS OF BRITISH COLEOPTERA. 



(Continued from p. 72.) 

 By Rev. T. BLACKBURN, B.A. 



LlCINUS. 

 B. Th. very tr. E. finely p. -s. , hits, with large puncs. ; 

 the alt. ints. elev. Winged. 6^ 1. E. s - 



-. - hardly tr. E. finely p. -s. ; ints. punc.,flat. Th. shin- 

 ing, much more deeply punc. than e. Wingless, 

 c 1 F s. 



Badister. 



1. Th. , legs, and ba. and ap. of an. , clear r. II. b. E. 



r. , with ap. and a broad tr. fasc. (not reaching sut. , 

 varying in size, but at least leaving a r. spot near 

 ap. of sut. ) b. 

 H., th. and e. , dusky ..... 



2. Breast with the sides r. Th. shorter, and hardly broader, 



than h. 3^ 1. E. 

 - b. Th. not shorter, and cons, broader, than h. 3 1. 

 B. ! 



3. Mar. of th. , and mar. and sut. of e. , pale. E. with a 



pale hum. spot. Legs, and ba. and ap. of an. , pale. 

 Th. hardly tr. E. str. 2 1. E. . 

 Fuscous b. Mar. of th. , extreme ba. and ap. of an. , r-m. 

 ofe., and legs, sometimes pale. Th. tr. E. str. 

 23/ 1 F s - I s - 



silphoides 



depressus 



Eighth Family— FERONIIDtE. (13 genera). 



1. Claws dent. Ap. j. of labial pal. forms a thick cl. 



- -. does not form a dist. cl. 



- not dent. An. with 3d j. more than twice length of 4th 

 .... .... not more than twice as long as 4th 



2. Th. consp. narrower at ba. than in fr. . 



- not consp. narrower at ba. than in fr. 



3. Ant. tib. much dil. from ba. of notch to ap. of tib. 



- - not much dil. from ba. of notch to ap. of tib. 



4. - - with I spine at ap. on in. side. Th. tr. and widest 



ClL [Jd« • • • • • « 



- - not as in prec. , but very tr. An. 



and pal. r. ..... 



- not tr. An. and pal. r. E. not 



dist. str. ...... 



---. ---•. - dist. str., but not 



dist punc. . ..... 



- - - -. - - - -. - • p.-s. Th. nar- 

 rowest at ba. ..... 



2 

 3 



unipustulatus 

 bipustulatus 



sodalis 

 peltatus 



Taphria 



2 



Sphodrus 



3 



Pristonychus 

 Calathus 



4 



Amara (part) 



Amara (part) 



Miscodera 



Platyderus 



Stomis 



