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The Scottish Naturalist. 



OUTLINE DESCRIPTIONS OF BRITISH 00LE0PTERA. 



(Continued from p. 261.) 

 By Rev. T. BLACKBURN, B.A. 



Owing to my somewhat sudden departure for the Sandwich Islands, I 

 shall be obliged to suspend the issue of these papers at the close of the 

 Philhydrida, and shall even have to entrust to others the work of correcting 

 the proofs in this the concluding part — a difficult task I fear. 

 July, 1876. ThOxMas Blackburn. 



2. B. Side mars, of th. and of e. and ba. of an. and of pal. 

 test. Legs reddish. Broad and very conv. Tar. 

 stout. \%\. E.S.I!! . 



H. b. (often with 2 small pale spots in fir.) Th. 

 dusky, paler at sides. E. pit. or brown. Legs and 

 ba. of an. and of pal. brown. Ap. of latter 2 dusky. 

 Rather narrow. Tar. thin. 1 M 1. E.S.I! 



Tar. thin. \% 1. 



Laccobius. 



Broad, round and conv. Dist. and rather thickly 

 punc. H. b. ; 2 pale spots in fr. Th. b. ; side 

 mars, irreg. test. E. test, clouded with dusky lines 

 and spots. Legs, pal. and ba. of an. test. CI. of 

 an. dusky. The puncs. on e. are confused, only 



here and there forming irreg. rows. 

 Very like prec. Not quite so broad. 

 e. form regular rows throughout. 



Berosus. 



i^L 



E.S.I! 



The puncs. on 

 \V X 1. E.S.I! 



1. Ap. ofe. simple. Ints. ofe. pretty unif. punc. 



- - - -. Finely punc. E. deeply p.-s. ; 3d and 5th 

 ints. with some large consp. puncs. among the 

 fine ones. H. brassy gr. Th. dull test. ; 2 obsc. 

 met. lines down mid. E. dirty test., with some 

 dusky clouds. Pal., legs, and an., dull test. 2^ 

 1 F 



■km J— '• •••••• 



- - - each with 2 spines. Test, or brown, more or less 

 dusky. Finely punc. E. p. -s. ; the ints. very flat, 

 finely punc. ; some consp. large puncs. on 3d and 

 5th ints. 2% 1. E. sc - .... 



2. very conv. Strongly punc. E. deeply p.-s. Ints. 



rather conv. ; each with one or 2 very irreg. rows of 

 puncs. H. brassy. Th. brassy; test, on mars. E. 

 brown, with some dusky clouds. Pal. (exc. extreme 



ap. ), an., and legs yel. 



2X 



1, 



I . ■ ■ - 1 • ■ • 



Rather finely punc. E. gently p.-s. Ints. flat, each with 

 3 or 4 very irreg. rows of puncs. H. brassy or gr. 



limbata 



variabilis 



nignceps 

 minutus 



signaticollis 



spinosus 



luridus 



