70 ADEPHAGA. [Bvadi/tus. 



A. fulva, De. G. Lighter or darker testaceous, or fulvous ; antennse 

 testaceous ; thorax very short and broad, strongly rounded in front, con- 

 tracted at base, posterior angles sharp, prominent, dorsal furrow con- 

 tinued to apex and base, base with two punctured foveas ; elytra with 

 a slight greenish or bluish metallic reflection, rather broader than thorax, 

 convex, deeply striated, the striae punctured (sometimes rather ob- 

 scurely), except at apex ; legs dark testaceous. L. 8-9 mm. 



Sandy places, under stones and at roots of grass, both on the coast and inland; 

 BoniewLat local, but widely distributed throughout Englaud; Scotland, common Low- 

 lands ; Ireland, Portmarnock. 



A. apricaria, Sturm. Smaller and much narrower than the pre- 

 ceding, pitch-black above with a metallic reflection on elytra, under- 

 side red brown ; antennse and palpi red ; thorax broadest in middle, 

 narrowed moderately in front and slightly behind, posterior angles acute, 

 prominent, central furrow continued to apex and base, base with two 

 punctured foveze on each side ; elytra deeply striated, strise strongly 

 punctured, except at apex ; legs red. L. 6-7 mm. 



Common and widely distributed throughout the kingdom, both on the coast and 

 inland, except in the extreme north of Scotland, from which district it has not yet 

 been recorded, 



A. consularis, Duft, Larger and broader than the preceding, 

 pitch-black or black, shining, elytra of female sometimes metallic, under- 

 side pitch-brown or reddish, antennae red ; thorax almost double as broad 

 as long, convex, with sides slightly rounded in front, very slightly, 

 almost imperceptibly contracted behind, dorsal furrow rather Aveak, base 

 with two punctured fovepe on each side ; elytra rather broader than base " 

 of thorax, deeply striated, the striaj punctured, somewhat crenate.* 

 L. 7-8| mm. 



Sandy pLices, under stones, &c. ; local and, as a rule, not common. London dis- 

 trict (not uncommon), Sheerness, Chatham, Lewisham, Shirley, Wimbledon, &c. ; 

 Tamworth, Rejitou, Cannock Chase, Sutton Park (Birmingham), and other Mid- 

 laud localities; Brandon, Suffolk; Huntingdonshire; Hunstanton; Bridlington; 

 Northumberland and Durham; Scotland, rare. Lowlands; Ireland, near Belfast 

 and Dublin. 



(Sub-Gen, Curtonotus, Stephens.) 



I. Antennaj red ; length 10-13 mm. 



i. Form somewhat ovate ; anterior margin of thorax 



strongly punctured ; intermediate tibiaj of male 



with three teeth on their inner side (the lower 



one small) A. AULICA, Panz. 



ii. Form elongate ; anterior margin of thorax 



almost impunctate ; intermediate tibias of male 



without trace of a third tooth A, CONVEXIUSCULA, Marsh. 



n. Antennae black or pitchy with base red; length 

 8-9 mm A. alfina, F. 



* The punctuation of the elytra in this and certain other species of Amaru is 

 somewhp,t variable and not always to be depended upon as a character. 



