72 ADEPHAGA. [Pcrcosia. 



Local and rare. Chalky and sandy places, undei' stones and at roots of grass j 

 Folkestone, Deal, Heme Bay, Box Hill, Gomsliall, Keigatc, Charlton, Chatham, 

 Mickleham, Plumstead ; shores of Bristol Channel ; Cannock Chase ; Barmouth ; Isle 

 of Man ; North Wales ; Scotland, very rare, Lowlands, Tweed, Forth. 



(Su1>Gen. Celia, Ziraniermann.) 



I. Antennse short; joints 4-10 almost moniliformj 



scutellary stria absent or very indistinct . • . . A. INTIMA, Duft. 



II. Antenna; with joints 4-10 elongate ; scutellary 



stria present. 



i. Stria) on elytra stronger ; interstices in male 

 rather convex ; anterior angles of thorax pro- 

 minent A. RUFOCINCTA, ScMb. 



ii. Striie on elytra feebler ; interstices broad and 

 flat. 



1. Form narrower ; legs entirely yellow, or 



reddish yellow A. LiviDA, F. (lifrons, Gyll.). 



2. Form broader ; legs red, femora more or less 



pitchy. 



A, Anterior angles of thorax not prominent ; 



eyes prominent ; reflection dnll bronze . . A. TUSCA, Dej. 



B. Anterior angles of thorax prominent; 



eyes rather flat ; reflection reddish bronze A, QuENSELil, Schon 



A. infima, Duft. [granaria, Dej.). Head and thorax shiniiif,' Llack ; 

 elytra bronze, coppery, or purplish black ; palpi and antennae pitchy, the 

 base of the former and two joints at the base of the latter clear red ; 

 thorax broad and short, convex, gradually rounded in front, slightly 

 narrowed behind, posterior angles nearly right angles, dorsal line entire, 

 base with two fovese on either side, rather strongly punctured ; elytra 

 ovate, rather wider than thorax, sides very slightly rounded, distinctly 

 striated, the striae punctured ; legs pitchy. L. 4-4|- mm. 



This species could only be confounded with J., tibialis, from which its 

 short convex thorax and short antennae at once distinguish it. 



Rare ; sandy places inland and on the coast at roots of grass ; Deal ; Chobham ; 

 Weybridge. 



A. rufocincta, Dej. (j)rcetermissa, Sahib.). Pitchy black, shining, 

 somefeimes with a reddish tinge, or brownish testaceous ; lateral margins 

 of thorax narrowly red, more distinctly so in paler individuals ; antennai 

 and palpi testaceous red ; thorax broad and convex, in the middle some- 

 what broader than the elytra, contracted from middle to apex, almost 

 straight to base, posterior angles right angles, dorsal furrow strongest in 

 centre, base with two fovete on either side, these and the space about 

 them coarsely punctured; elytra hardly as wide as thorax, deeply striated, 

 the striae deeper towards apex, punctured for two-thirds of their length; 

 legs red. L. 5-7 mm. 



Local, but not rare in some localities ; chalky places, at roots of grass, &c ; 

 Mickleham, Croydon, Keigatc, Gomshall, Catcrham, West Wickham ; Freshwater, Isle 

 of Wight; Bournemouth; Dtal ; Hastiugs; Barmouth; Scarborough. Scotland, 

 very rare, Lowlands, Forth, Clyde ; Ireland, Portmarnock. 



