NITIDULID.^. lis 



last joint of antennje about as broad 



as penultimate . . . . . E, termixalis, Mann. 



{immnnda, Sturm.) 

 2. Thorax with anterior margin very slightly 

 emarginate. 



A. Apex of elytra broad and truncate ; club 



of antennpe concolorous . . . . E. florea, £r. 



B. Apex of elytra rounded ; club of antennae 



darker . . . . . . . E. longula, Er. 



II. Thorax broadest at middle of sides, not or 



not much more narrowed in front than 



behind ; elytra parallel-sided as far as middle. 



i. Punctuation exti'emely fine ; last joint of 



antenna? infuscate . . . . . E. thoracica, Tourn. 



ii. Punctuation much stronger, 



1. Size larger ; club of an tennpe concolorous ; 



thorax a, little broader at base than at apex E. pusilla, lUig. 



2. Size smaller ; club of antennaj infuscate ; 



thorax a little narrower at base than at apex E. angustula, Sturm. 



E. nana, Reitt. (Verb. Nat. Yer. Brlinn, xii. 1873, 19). Most 

 nearly allied to E. melina, Er., but very much smaller, more oval and 

 less elongate, with the upper surface more shining and more finely 

 punctured ; the antennse have the last two joints of the club abruptly 

 black, the apical joint being broader than in E. melina and nearly as 

 wide as the tenth ; the thorax is more nai^rowed behind and the elytra 

 are more rounded at the apex. From E. cestiva, L., it may be known, 

 apart from its small size, by the sparser punctuation of the upper 

 surface, and the slightly narrower apical joint of the antenna?, this and 

 the preceding joint being black. From E. Jforea, Er., and its allies, 

 the short oval shape, and the colour of the club of the antennae will 

 easily distinguish it. L. 2-2^ mm. 



Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex : one specimen taken by sweeping herbage 

 in the vicinity of saltings by Mr. Champion, who records the species as 

 British, Ent. Mo. Mag. xxxii. (2 Ser. vii.), 189G, 4 : Ganglbauer says that 

 the species is rare in Northern and Central Europe under pine bark 

 and in fungi, 



MELIGETHES, Stephens, 



M. viduatus, Sturm, var. sestimabilis, Reitt. (Seidlitz, Fauna 

 Trans., Ed. ii., 1891; Ganglbauer, Iviifer. Mitteleurop. iii,, 514); 

 M. sestimabilis, Reitt, (Berl. Ent, Zeitsch,, 1872, 133), This insect 

 is distinguished from the type form by the more finely punctured elytra 

 and the more distinct cross-striation or reticulation of their whole 

 surface ; the sculpture is present to a less degree on the apical portion 

 of 31. viduatus, but is often quite obsolete on the front part ; as, how- 

 ever, intermediate specimens appear to occur it is best retained as a 

 variety. L, If mm. 



