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Miirsliy places, afc roots of s;rass, tree-i, &c. ; local but not uncommon ; Ijondon 

 district f^eiioi'idly ; Hiirtoii-on-Treut, Ki.'i>toii, Canuock Chase and otlicr localities in 

 tlic Midlands; Ncwidiani-ou-Severn ; Hastings; Bournemouth; Newcastle; Scot- 

 land, not common Lowlands ; Ireland, local. 



A. curta, Dcj. (hrunnicornu, Ileer.). Much smaller and shorter than 

 till' preceding, and less convex, usually obscure brassy black or bronze; 

 autennse with two tirst joints (sometimes one only) an<l occasionally 

 base of third red ; thorax broad, contracted in front, broadest at base, 

 hind angles somewhat acute, dorsal furrow fine terminated in front and 

 bcliind by some fine longitudinal striae, basal fovese, especially the outer 

 one, more or less obsolete ; elytra broad and rather short, plaiidy Init 

 rather finely striated, striae deeper at apex, very finely, almost im- 

 ])erceptibly punctured ; legs black, tibiae lighter. L. 5^-G mm. 



Very local ; sandy places on the coast at roots of grass, &c., also inland ; common 

 on the sand-hills at Deal, also taken at Brighton ; in the spring of 1877 I took a 

 single specimen in my garden at Repton, near Unrton-on-Trent ; I know of no other 

 English locality, but Dr. Sharp records the species as very local in the Forth district 

 of Scotland, "Common about an old well on Corstorphine Hills;" there is, there- 

 fore, no reason why the species should not occur in other intermediate districts; it 

 ranges over the whole of central Europe, reaching as far north as Stockholm, but is 

 always local. 



A. spreta, Dcj. Very like A. trlvialis in general appearance, but 

 larger and l)roader ; it has, moreover, only two joints at the base of the 

 antennae red ; the colour is rather variable, being usually brassy or 

 coppery, sometimes bright green, duller in female; the thorax is not 

 so much contracted in front as in the allied species, with central furrow 

 very distinct, especially in centre, becoming almost if not quite obsolete 

 in front and behind, posterior angles distinct, rather sharp, base with 

 two plainly marked foveae, the inner one stronger than the outer, 

 (liU'usely and coarsely punctured throughout in male, more obsoletely in 

 female ; elytra finely striated, the striae finely but very distinctly punc- 

 tured, not deeper at apex ; interstices dull, very plainly shagreened ; 

 femora and tarsi black, tibiae ferruginous. L. 6-7 J- mm. 



Sandy places ; at roots of grass, &c. ; very local ; Deal ; Mickleham ; Caimock 

 Chase; Hertford; South Shields; Scotland, very rare, Fifeshire (Murray). 



A. familiaris, Duft. Brassy or greenish, occasionally blackish ; 

 anteniux! with tliree tirst joints and base of fourth red; thorax broatl 

 strongly emarginatc in front, anterior angles projecting, posterior angles 

 almost right angles, central furrow fine, base impunctate, Avith two very 

 ol)solete, and often almost invisiltle foveae ; elytra hnely striated, the striae 

 very hnely but usually distinctly punctured, rather deeper at apex ; 

 legs entirely red, tarsi rather darker. L. 6 mm. 



Common and abundant throughout the kingdom as far north as the Moray district 

 of Scotlaiul ; not, however, recorded from the e-xtrenie north ; it is common over the 

 whole of Europe. 



A. lucida, iJuft. Extremely like the preceding, of which it might 



