nAIlPALlD;E. — OPHONUS. ' 163 



- Found with the preceding, and probably not sufficiently distinct 

 from that insect. " Calton-hill, Edinburgh,'" — Dr. I.cach. 



Sp. 10. subpunctatus. Piceo-ater, antennis pedibusrjue piceis, ihorace suhlacvi 

 ad angulos posticos sole punctata, elytris striatis, inierstitiis vix punctulatis. 

 (Long. Corp. 3| lin.) 



Op. subpunctatus mihi. — Steph. Catal. p. 33. No. 313. 



Readily distinguished from all the foregoing by its superior glossiness' and the 

 . paucity of impressions on its surface ; it is of a deep pitchy-black both above 

 and below : head a little rugose between the eyes, very obsoletely punctate 

 anteriorly, smooth posteriorly : thorax with the disc impunctate, with a deep 

 central line, and slightly wrinkled, the hinder margin towards the angles a 

 little punctate : elytra faintly striated, the striae impunctate, the interstices 

 . obsoletely but rather thickly punctulated, the outer one with an irregular con- 

 tinuous series of obscure impressions : legs and antennte pitchy. 



Taken near Dover under the cliffs. " Dorking, once found." — 

 Mr. Waterhouse. 



Sp. 11. puncticeps. Elongatus, gracilis, piceo-niger, antennis pedihusque ritfo- 

 testaceis, thorace suhcordato, lined dorsali suhprofundd, capite punctatissimo. ' 

 (Long. corp. 3^ lin.) 



Op. puncticeps mihi.— Steph. Catal. p. 33. No. 312. 



Considerably more slender than either of the foregoing ; pitchy-black, beneath 

 paler : head thickly punctate : thorax subcordate, with the disc thickly and 

 somewhat coarsely punctate, especially towards the hinder angles, and with a 

 deep abbreviated dorsal line: elytra rather faintly striated, the interstices 

 thickly and somewhat finely punctate: the legs, palpi, and antennae rufo- 

 testaceous. 



I have seen but my own specimens, which I took near Dover in 

 August 1819. 



Sp. 12. cribellum. Nigro-piceus subtiis dilutior, antennis pedibusque riifo-tes- 

 taceis, thorace brevissimo, prqfunde et creber rime punctata, lateribus rotundatis. 

 (Long. corp. 2|— 3^ lin.) 



Op. cribellum. Leach MSS.— Steph. Catal. p. 33. No. 310. 



Allied to the last, but diflPers in the form of its thorax and its impressions ; it is 

 of a pitchy-black above, paler beneath : the head is thickly punctate : the 

 thorax transverse, with the lateral margins rounded, disc moderately convex, 

 with an abbreviated dorsal line, thickly and deeply punctate, especially at the 

 hinder edge, which has a mere rudiment of a fovea on each side : the elytra 

 are moderately convex, the sides a little dilated, striated, the strite impunctate, 

 the interstices thicIJy and rather strongly punctate : the legs and antennae are 

 •testaceous-red. 



Taken occasionally near London, and at Dover. " Dorking, 

 under stones." — Mr. Waicrhouse. 



