CYDNID/E. 55 



Black, sliglitly convex, sliining, deeply punctured ; tlie entire exterior 

 margin (except of the head), and a spot on the corium, yel- 

 lowish. 



Head small, coarsely punctured ; Crown rather convex, front de- 

 pressed ; Face; side lobes much rounded in front, yet leaving the 

 anterior notch very wide ; anterior margin a little reflexed. An- 

 tennce : 2nd joint a little shorter than the 8rd ; 5th fusiform, a 

 little longer than the 4th, and as long as the 2nd and 3rd together. 

 Fi/es small, not prominent. OccUi very small, black. Eostrum 

 brown, reaching to the middle coxse ; 3rd joint as long or longer 

 than the 2ud. 



Thorax. — Pronotum gradually narrower to the front, slightly con- 

 vex and anteriorly and posteriorly deflected ; anterior margin very 

 concave ; lateral margins incrassated, yellowish ; posterior margin 

 straiglit, but rounded abruptly towards the lateral margins. Across 

 the centre of the disk a deep, wide, transverse furrow, which does not 

 extend to the sides ; before and adjoining this furrow a transverse 

 unpuuctured space. The punctures are not close together, and are 

 finer on the posterior portion of the disk. Scutellum: pnnctiires 

 equally fine throughout ; apex concave, almost unpunctured. Elytra : 

 Clavus and Corinm with punctures similar to those on the scutel- 

 lum ; nerves smooth. Corium ; the anterior margin incrassated, 

 whitish ; in the centre a somewhat oval, whitish, unpunctured spot ; 

 posterior margin straight ; Ilemhrane deep brown. Sternum coarsely 

 punctured, wath 3 transverse channels, tlie fore and hinder ones 

 deepest ; Prosternum with a shallow rostral channel. Legs black ; 

 tarsi piceous. 



Abdomen beneath very finely punctured ; Conne.eivum narrow 

 yellov>"ish. 



Length, 3 lines. 



!N"ot common round London ; spring and autumn. 



Species 4. — Seiiirus morio. 



CiMEx MOEio, Lin. F. S. 250, 932 (17G1); S. N. 1, 722, 51 (1707); 

 Fab. E. S. iv, 121, 171 (1794); IFoIff, Ic. Cim. G7, 

 t. 7, (ig. 64 (1801). 



