282 MR. A. MURRAY’S MONOGRAPH OF THE FAMILY OF NITIDULARLE. 
(Subgenus ANOM(EOCERA.) 
` Shuckard, Coleopt. Delin. 25. pl. 30. fig. 2 (1840). Jacq. Duval, Gen. des Coléopt. d’Eur. ii. 137 (1857-59). 
Anisocera, Steph. Illustr. Brit. Entom. v. 438 (1832). 
Antennarum articulus primus et secundus maribus dilatati. 
The first and second articles of the antennse dilated in the males. Considerable 
variation in the degree of dilatation and size of these articles occurs in different indi- 
viduals even of the same species, which makes the antennz themselves look longer in 
some than in others. 
1. CERCUS PEDICULARIUS. (See Plate <u fig. 1.) 
Latr. Gen. Crust. et Ins. ii. 16. 4 (1807). (Dej. Cat. 137, ed. 1837.) Erichs. in Germ. Zeitschr. iv. 1 
(1843). Sturm, Deutschl. Faun. xv. 5. 1. taf. 288 (1844).  Erichs. Naturg. Ins. Deutschl. iii. 126. 1 
(1848). Redtenb. Faun. Austr. 161 (1849). 
Dermestes pedicularius, Linn., Fabr., Schrank, Payk., Panz. 
Cateretes pedicularius, Herbst, Gyll., Duftschm., Steph., Heer, Schónh. 
Brachypterus pedicularius, Kugell. 
Nitidula truncata, Fabr. Syst. El. i. 354. 37 (1801). 
Anisocera Spiree, Steph. Illustr. Brit. Ent. Mand. v. 438 (1832). 
Anomeocera Spiree, Shuck. Coleopt. Delin. 25. pl. 30. fig. 2 (1840). 
Fortiter punetatus, testaceus, sutura elytrorum pectoreque piceis; prothorace lateribus 
rotundatis; elytris thorace fere duplo longioribus. Long. 2-11 lin., lat. }- lin. 
Per totam Europam communis. 
Strongly punctate, testaceous, with the suture of the elytra and breast piceous. Head 
even. Antennz in both sexes longer than half the body, longest in the males; the first 
article elliptical, the second three-cornered. Thorax about the breadth of the elytra, 
half as long as broad, the sides rounded, the anterior angles obtuse, the posterior oblique 
and rounded, finely pubescent, coarsely but not deeply punctate. Scutellum large, 
rounded. Elytra almost twice as long as the thorax, convex, and somewhat obese ; 
exterior apical angles rounded, apex truncate somewhat obliquely inwards and forwards. 
Yellow rust-coloured or light brown, with the breast, the scutellum, and the neighbouring 
portion of the elytra piceous. 
Not rare in Europe; common in England. 
2. CERCUS BIPUSTULATUS. 
(Dej. Cat. 137, ed. 1837.) Erichs. in Germ. Zeitschr. iv. 229 (1843). Sturm, Deutschl. Faun. xv. 7. 2. 
taf. 289. fig. A, a, b (1844). Erichs. Naturg. Ins. Deutschl. iii. 127. 2 (1848)... Redtenb. Faun. Austr. 
162 (1849). | 
Dermestes bipustulatus, Payk., Fabr. 
Cateretes bipustulatus, Gyll., Duftschm., Steph., Heer. : 
Fortiter punctatus, niger; ore, antennis, pedibus elytrorumque macula magna discoidali 
rufo-testaceis ; prothorace lateribus rotundatis ; elytris thorace sesquiplo longioribus. 
Long. 2-14 lin., lat. +4 lin. 
Per totam Europam communis. 
size and form very like the preceding. Black, clothed with fine grey pubescence,‏ صل 
