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Very local ; occasionally not rare in chalk and sand pits in Kent, 

 especially at Charlton and Erith. 



Ateb, Mann., Erichso7i. 2| — 2\ lin. Smaller and more slender 

 than Juno, and rather more opaque, with the legs and tarsi thinner. 

 Palpi, black ; the basal joint and lower third of the second joint, testa- 

 ceous. Thorax rather more cylindrical, with a narrow and more decided 

 dorsal channel, and, with the elytra, not so irregularly or coarsely 

 punctured. Beneath, no tuft of hair between the middle coxae, and 

 the meta-sternum not depressed, strongly and more remotely punctured. 



In the male the femora are slightly curved and thickened, and the 

 hinder tibiae have a slight tooth-like elevation on their inner side, about 

 a third of their length from the apex. In this sex also the sixth 

 segment beneath has a polished longitudinal space, with two small 

 tubercles in the middle, and a blunt triangular notch in the hinder 

 margin. The fifth segment has a longitudinal, broad, polished depression, 

 enclosed between two elevated ridges (clothed with long yellow hairs), 

 which terminate in two flatly truncated teeth ; the hinder margin also 

 is gently and widely sinuate. The fourth segment has a broad central 

 depression (not polished), between two faint ridges, each terminating 

 in a minute tubercle, and clothed with long yellow hairs ; a faint indica- 

 tion of this structure exists also on the third and second segments. 



Not found in Northumberland or Scotland apparently ; occurs 

 sparingly at Deal, Brighton, Mickleham, and Darenth, and in the 

 London district, generally more common on tlie chalk. 



LoKGiTARSis, Thomson, SJcand. Col. II., 213, 214. 



This species (new to our lists,) is closely allied to the preceding, 

 from which it differs as follows. It is smaller ; the largest specimen I 

 have seen being rather smaller than any S. ater, the smallest being 

 scarcely larger than 8. huphtliahnus. The head is narrower and more 

 deeply excavated ; the palpi having the first joint, and extreme base 

 only of the second joint, light in colour. The thorax is shorter ; the 

 elytra are longer and more convex (especially behind), and with the in- 

 terstices rather more shining. 



In the male the hinder tibiae do not possess the tooth-like elevation 

 on the i}\ner side, and the sixth segment of the abdomen beneath is 

 not polished, the tubercles being wanting ; the depression on the fifth 

 segment is not nearly so broad, deep, or polished, the elevated ridges 

 at the apex being much less developed ; the depression on the fourth 

 segment is narrower (especially behind), but more defined and polished, 

 and there are no long yellow hairs on the ridges of this or the fifth 



