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some transverse irregular abbreviated paler bands ; six 

 to eight lines ; fir plantations. PL 7 1, Jiff. 2. 

 Genus [515]. Tanysphyrus. Germ. One species. 



T. Lemnee, Fab. Black, with symmetrical patches of ashy- 

 hair ; about one line ; banks of weedy ditches. PL 71, 

 Jig. 3. 



Family [92]. Cleonid^:. Shuck. 



Genus [516]. Barynotus. Germ. Three species ? 



B. Mercurialis, Fab. Black, clothed with dirty brown 

 scales ; three and a half lines ; chalky districts. PI. 71, 

 Jiff. 5. 

 Genus [ — ]. Merionus. Megerle. Two species. 



M. obscurus, Fab. Obscure black, thickly mottled with 

 fuscous scales ; about four and a half lines ; sandy heaths, 

 in pits. PL 7\,fig. 4. 

 Genus [517]. LiophLjEUs. Germ. One species. 



L. nubilus, Fab. Black, covered with ashy scales ; elytra 

 mottled with fuscous ; antennae pitchy — sometimes com- 

 pletely denuded, and then obscure black ; about four to 

 five lines ; hedges, by beating. PL 7 \, Jiff. 6. 

 Genus [518]. Alophus. Schbn. One species. 



A. triguttatus, Fab. Black, densely clothed with fuscous 

 scales ; the elytra with a spot in their centre towards the 

 base, and one common to both, V shaped, towards the 

 apex ; antennae pitchy ; about four lines ; moist meadows, 

 by sweeping. PL 71, Jiff- 7 • 



Genus [519]. Gronops. Schbn. One species. 



G. lunatus, Fab. Completely covered with fuscous scales ; 



the head and two transverse bands on the elytra paler ; 



about three lines; pits in sandy places. PL 7 1, Jiff. 8. 

 Genus [520]. Bothynoderes. Schdn. One species. 



B. albidus, Fab. Blackish brown, variously but symmetri- 

 cally mottled and maculated with white scales; about 

 six lines ; gravel pits ; very rare. PL 7 2, Jiff. 1. 



Genus [521]. Cleonus. Schdn. Four species. 



C. nebulosus, Idn. Black, variegated with reddish and 

 ashy scales ; the suture reddish ; and the elytra with two 

 oblique denuded bands ; five to nine lines ; heaths ; New 

 Forest. PL 72, Jiff. 2. 



Family [93]. Brachyderid^e. Shuck. 



Genus [522]. Polydrosus. Schdn. Twelve species. 



P. undatus, Fab. Black, covered with brownish metallic 

 scales; elytra with two or three undulated bands of 



