102 SERRICORNIA. [ Athous. 
By sweeping, &e.; very rare; Orkney and Shetland Islands; Mr. Chappell has 
recorded it from Llangollen. The A. subfuscus of Stephens which he records from 
the New Forest is only A. vittatus. 
ELIMONIUS, Eschscholtz. 
This genus is distinguished from Athous by having the first tarsal 
joint not or only slightly shorter than second, and from Corymbites, to 
certain species of which some of its members bear a rather strong 
superficial resemblance, by the absence of ventral epipleure, the eyes 
sunk further in the thorax, and the short and scarcely projecting pos- 
terior angles of the thorax ; about sixty species are contained in the 
genus, which are chiefly confined to Europe, Northern Asia, and North 
America; two or three species have been described from the Australian 
region; about a dozen occur in Hurope, of which three have been 
reputed as British, but one of these is very doubtfully indigenous, and 
requires further confirmation. 
J. Length 8-10 mm.; upper surface distinctly metallic ; 
thorax coarsely and thickly punctured, with central 
furrow, distinets'.! G).) SHR oe. 1a ee a ONmiNDELeus, Payk: 
II. Length 5-6 mm.; upper surface not or scarcely 
metallic; thorax finely and diffusely punctured, with 
cenival turrew Gbsolete.,,c 5 s,s + 6: s siuhes ULI TON, os, 
&. cylindricus, Payk. (eruginosus, Ol.). Oblong, subcylindrical, 
elytra somewhat depressed on disc, of a dark and more or less obscure 
zeneous colour, clothed with distinct greyish pubescence; head strongly 
punctured, antenne moderately long, obtusely serrate; thorax convex, 
longer than broad, with sides slightly rounded and narrowed in front, 
rather strongly and thickly punctured, central furrow distinct, pos- 
terior angles very slightly projecting; scutellum large, closely punc- 
tured; elytra parallel-sided, very slightly dilated behind middle, with 
fine punctured striae, interstices rather finely and thickly punctured 
and feebly rugose; legs black or pitchy. L. 8-10 mm. 
Male with the antenne longer, and the last joint elongate; female 
with the antenné shorter and the last joint oblong. 
In damp grassy places; by sweeping; local and not common; Birch Wood, 
Esher, Woking, Haslemere, Chertsey, Horsell, Sandhurst; Norfolk; Suffolk; 
Devon; Swansea; Burnham, Somerset; Hartlebury, Worcestershire ; York ; Man- 
chester ; Northumberland and Durham district ; Scotland, local, Solway, Tweed, 
Forth, and Moray districts; Ireland, near Dublin, local. 
L. minutus, L. (6 forticornis, Bach). Much smaller and narrower 
than the preceding, black, shining, with or without a slight neous 
reflection, clothed with fine and sparing greyish pubescence; head 
strongly punctured, with blackish pubescence, antenne varying in the 
sexes, black, second and third joints small, about equal ; thorax much 
longer than broad, sparingly and rather finely punctured, with sides sub- 
