Plate XXVI. 



Fig. 224. L.EMOPHLiEUS ATER, Oliv. \_F. Cucujidre. G. LaemoplilEeus, Eric.'] 

 (Cucujus Spartii, Curtis.) 



Elongate, parallel, flat, pitchy black or reddish brown, shining. Head finely and rather 

 sparsely punctate, with a shallow elongate impression on each side in front between the antennai. 

 Thorax nearly as broad as long, narrowed behind, sides slightly rounded, posterior angles obtuse; 

 very minutely punctate, with a fine longitudinal impressed line on each side. Elytra parallel, flat, 

 each depressed in the middle, and with six stria', of which the 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th, are approxi- 

 mate, the narrow interstices between tlieni raised, and contiguous to and outside the Gth a fine 

 similarly raised line. Legs ferruginous, thighs clavate. Length, 1-1 1 lines. 



Rare. Beneath bark of broom, Coombe Wood, Surrey. 



Fig. 225. SALPINGUS FOVEOLATUS, Ljungh. [_F. Salpingidse. G. Salpingus, lUicj ] 

 (Sphffiriestes foveolatus, Curtis.) 



Elongate, brassy black, smooth, shining; parts of mouth, base of antenna;, tibias and tarsi 

 ferruginous. Head broad, sparsely and rather coarsely punctate. Thorax transverse, narrowed 

 behind, sides rounded, rather thickly and coarsely punctate, uneven, with an arcuate impression on 

 each side. Elytra punctate-striate at the base, irregularly punctate towards the apex, each with 

 a large transverse, ovate, impression a little before the middle. Length, l%-'2\ lines. 



Rare. North of England ; Cramond, near Edinburgh. 



Fig. 226. TROGOSITA MAURITANICA, L., Curtis. [F. Trogosltidfe. G. Trogosita, Oliv.'] 



Elongate, flat, pitchy black or reddish brown, shining. Head transverse, broad behind, 

 narrowed anteriorly, forehead flat, rather sparsely, deeply, and somewhat coarsely punctate ; 

 antenna; gradually and slightly thickened towards the apex. Thorax transverse, barely as wide 

 as the elytra, narrowed behind ; sides nearly straight anteriorly, slightly sinuate posteriorly ; 

 anterior angles salient; posterior angles nearly rectangular, prominent; rather thickly, deeply, 

 and coarsely punctate. Elytra slightly dilated at the sides posteriorly, humeral angles pro- 

 minent, punctate-striate ; interstices flat, each with two rows of minute punctures. Legs 

 ferruginous. Length, 3^-5 lines. 



Not uncommon in bakehouses, houses, ^varehouses, and amongst ship biscuit; and occa- 

 sionally beneath bark of dead trees. 



Fig. 227. BRUCHUS CISTI, F. [F. Bruchida!. G. Bruchus, L.] (B. atev, Curtis.) 



Ovate, convex, black, clothed with a fine dense grey pubescence, shining. Head thickly and 

 finely punctate ; antenna; black, the 2d, 3d, and 4th joints minute. Thorax transverse, narrowed 

 in front, sub-conical, base with two oblique impressions ; finely and thickly granulate. Elytra 

 profoundly striate, the stria; distinctly punctate; interstices flat, thickly and minutely punctate. 

 Posterior thighs unarmed. Length, l\ lines. Li the south, on the dwarf cistus. 



Fig. 228. AROMIA MOSCHATA, L., Curtis. Musk-Beetle. [F. Cerambycida;. G. 

 Aroniia, Serville.] 



Elongate, bright or bluish green, with a coppery or golden tint, shining. Head thickly and 

 coarsely punctate, with a fine central impressed line behind; antenna; of male half as long again, 

 of female scarcely as long as the body, dark blue, black towards the apex. Thorax transverse, 

 armed on each side with an acute tubercle, uneven, transversely wrinkled in front and behind, 

 coarsely punctate in the middle. Elytra wider than the thorax, thickly shagreeiied, each with two 

 slightly raised longitudinal lines. Beneatli brassy or coppery green, clothed with a dense white 

 pile. Femora green with a slight blue tint, tibiae and tarsi dark blue or violet. Length, 12-15 

 lines. 



Locally abundant in the south, on old willows. 



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