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where the margin is considerably elevated, the sur- 

 face rugosely punctate, marked with a slender dorsal 

 line, and a transverse impression near the base •. 

 elytra ovate, much widened in the middle, very 

 convex, granulated, with a few tubercular elevations 

 along the outer margin, which has a smooth elevated 

 line, and a broad granulated portion beneath it, bent 

 inwards and embracing the abdomen ; the latter 

 black and shining: legs long and black. 



The larva of this insect is yet unknown, we sus- 

 pect that they feed in the stumps of decayed trees, 

 as we once observed a considerable quantity of the 

 elytra that had been rejected from the stomach of 

 a bird, which had no doubt met with the brood; 

 this was many years since in a Wood at Bexley, in 

 Kent. The perfect insects are generally met with 

 in the months of May and August in plantations, and 

 will occasionally be found crawling slowly along and 

 sometimes secreted under moss, dry leaves, and un- 

 der the trunks of decayed trees lying on the ground, 

 and loose bark. We have also found them at Coombe 

 Wood, in Surrey, and on Plumstead Heath, in Kent. 



Two other species have crept into our lists of 

 British Insects, but we believe that as yet no ca- 

 binet possesses them : the C. elongatus is very near 

 to rostratus, and may possibly be only a variety ; but 

 the attenuatus, should it be found, is readily dis- 

 tinguished by the bright red colour of the tibiae. 



