Plate X. — Continued. 



posterior angles obtuse ; rather thickly and finely punctate ; pale yellow, with an ovate greenish 

 black spot on the disc divided by a slightly raised, smooth, yellow, central, longitudinal line. 

 fScuteliiim brassy black, confluently punctate. Elytra broad ovate, convex, pale yellow with 

 several obscure black spots, punctate striate ; interstices wide, flat, each with an irregular row of 

 large dark punctures. Beneath dull black. Legs pale yellow, base of thighs pitchy brown. 

 Length, 2.^-2* lines. 

 Common in the south. 



Fig. 86. O:\I0SITA COLON, L. [F. Nitidulida;. G. Omoslta, Eric.'] (Xitidula colon, 

 Cur/ii.) 



Oblong, black, with a short golden yellow pubescence. Head depressed in front, thickly and 

 rather finely punctate ; antennte ferruginous, club dusky. Thorax transverse, narrowed in front, 

 rounded at the sides, thickly and rather finely punctate, with two approximate fovea; on the disc 

 posteriorly, the lateral and anterior margins ferruginous. Elytra thickly and finely punctate, each 

 with four or five patches, and the apex ferruginous. Legs reddish brown. Length, 1-1 2 lines. 



Common in bones. 



Fig. 87. CRYPTARCHA IMPERIALIS, F. [F. Nitidulid;e. G. Crj-ptarcha, Shuck.li 



(Strongylus imperialisj Curtis.) 



Ovate, ferruginous, pubescent. Head thickly and finely punctate, crown dusky ; antennas 

 reddish brown, club fuscous. Thorax transverse, narrowed in front, rounded at the sides, posterior 

 margin waved, thickly and finely punctate, disc dark brown. Elytra black in the centre, varie- 

 gated with testaceous markings, minutely and rather thickly punctate. Beneath reddish brown, 

 metathorax fuscous. Legs reddish yellow. Length, I5-IJ lines. 



Not common, although ■n-idely distributed. Beneath bark of oak. 



Fig. 88. ONTIIOPHILUS SULCATUS, Fab., Curtis. [F. Histeridae. G. OuthophUus, 

 Leach.] 



Broad ovate, black, shining. Head thickly punctate, with an impression in front ; antennas 

 reddish brown. Thorax transverse, narrowed in front, rounded at the sides, rather sparsely 

 punctate, with five longitudinal ridges, the central one forked in front, furrowed behind, the others 

 arcuate, and abbreviated anteriorly. Elytra with the suture raised, each with three elevated 

 longitudinal lines, interstices finely striate, and with three rows of punctures. Legs reddish brown. 

 Length, l^-ll lines. 



Very rare. The following localities have been recorded: Norfolk; Coombe Wood, Surrey; 

 Nottinghamshire, and the West of England. 



Fig. 89. THYMALUS LIMBATUS, Ffli., C«;/w. [7^. Trogositidre. G. Thymalus, ia/r.] 



Ovate, convex, reddish brown with a brassy tint, clothed with a short erect grey pubescence. 

 Head buried to the eyes in the thorax. Thorax transverse, sides broadly reflexed deep red ; 

 finely and thickly punctate. Elytra with the outer margin deep red, deci)ly and coarsely punctate, 

 the punctures arranged in rows near the suture, irregular on the disc and at the sides, interstices 

 very fimly and sparsely punctate. Length, 2i-3 lines. 



Found copiously beneath bark in the New Forest; near Cambridge; Sherwood Forest; the 

 Bhick Forest, Perthshire, &c. 



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