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somewhat oblique line, their separation being ill-defined; antennz short, 3- 
jointed ; body consisting of twelve segments, of which the prothorax i is the largest, 
being about as long as the meso- and metathorax together; first eight abdominal 
segments much resembling one another; anal segment somewhat spoon-shaped, 
rounded at apex, with almost the whole upper surface occupied by a broad, some- 
what rugose, shallow excavation, the apical margin of which is furnished with four 
small, but stout and distinct, dark tubercles; beneath the anal segment there is a 
plate furnished with two comparatively long fleshy prominences which serve as 
prolegs; legs short, but plainly visible trom above, fossorial, terminated by a single 
claw. Tam indebted for the opportunity of describing this larva to Mr. G. C. Big- 
nell, who kindly sent me a colony of the perfect insect ical two of the larve. 
P. cadaverina, F. Oval, convex, testaceous, with a more or less 
distinct black spot on each elytron, which is very variable, sometimes 
occupying the greater part of the surface, and sometimes entirely absent ; 
between these two extremes endless varieties occur; occasionally the 
spots are confluent at the suture; head subtriangular, distinctly punc- 
tured, antennz short, thickened towards apex; thorax broader than 
long, with the sides subparallel behind, and gradually rounded and nar- 
rowed in front, very finely punctured, the punctuation being somewhat 
diffuse on disc, scutellum transverse ; elytra with distinct striz, inter- 
stices finely but plainly punctured ; legs stout, anterior tibiew dilated. 
L. 6-7 mm. 
Sandy places on the coast; occurring beneath sea-weed and at roots of grass, 
Sedum, &c.; locallycommon; Southend; Harwich; Walton-on-Naze ; Clacton-on- 
Sea; Hunstanton; Margate; Hastings; Dover; Hayling Island; Portsmouth; 
Isle of Wight; Bournemouth ; Weymouth ; Whitsand Bay, Plymouth; Dawlish; 
Barnstaple; Burnham, Somerset; Swansea; Barmouth; Lytham, Lancashire 
(Power). 
BOLITOPHAGINA. 
This tribe may be distinguished from all the other tribes belonging 
to the family by the short first joint of the posterior tarsi, as well as by 
the sulcate gene; the antenna are inserted in our genera beneath 
a strong frontal plate and are thickened towards apex, the inter- 
mediate joints being laterally produced ; the tibie are linear, or slightly 
widened at apex, with the spurs small or obsolete ; the tarsi are covered 
beneath with thin and short pubescence, and their last joint is longer 
than the preceding ones taken together; both the European genera are 
found in Britain. 
I. Eyes completely divided; sides of thorax strongly 
crenulate . te) 0 -L en Been Pe DOLITORMAGTS) nll. 
Il. Eyes not completely divided ; sides of thorax not, or 
scarcely, crenulate . . . Sil ptinatie os ide ay otras) LLELEDONA, Lats, 
BOLITOPHAGUS, Illiger. 
This genus contains about twenty species, of which three are found 
in Europe and the remainder are very widely distributed, representa- 
