6 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



putrid fungi and vegetable remains : throughout the metropolitan 

 district. " Bottisham." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Norwich." — A. H. 

 Davis, Esq. "Netley."— Rev.F. W.Hope. "Glanvilles Wootton." 

 — J. C. Dale, Esq. — " Taken by Dr. Leach on the Craig, and by 

 Mr. Jeffreys on Kilvey-hill" (near Swansea). — L. W. Dittzvyn, 

 Esq. 



Sp. 2. velox. Ovalis, fusco-cinnamomeus, capite nigro, antennis subclavatis, 



thoracis longitudine, pedibusque dilutioribus. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Ch. velox. Spence.—Pt. velox. Steph. Catal. 72. No. 778. 



Body oval, the sides being a little rounded, above of a rusty-brown or cinnamon 

 colour, beneath darker, with a yellow-grisescent down: head black: antenna? 

 ferrugineous, as long as the thorax, subclavate, the eighth joint scarcely 

 differing either in length or breadth from the rest of the club, the terminal 

 subovate : thorax with the disc sometimes black : elytra rounded at the apex : 

 legs, labrum, and palpi ferrugineous. 



The rounded apex of the elytra and body distinguish this from the foregoing 

 species, and the scarcely clavate antennae with equal eighth joint from the 

 following. 



Rare : found in the metropolitan district ; Norfolk, Devonshire, 

 and Yorkshire. 



Sp. 3. fumatus. Oblongo-ovalis, niger, antennis thoracis longitudine, basi, 



elytris, pedibusque obscure rufo-ferrugineis. (Long. corp. lg lin.) 

 Ch. fumata. Spence.—Pt. fumatus. Steph. Catal. 72. No. 779. 



Oblong-oval, black, clothed with a dense fusco-griseous down : antenna fuscous ; 

 with the two or three first joints rufo-ferrugineous, the eighth shorter than 

 the adjoining : thorax transversely subquadrate : elytra obscure fusco-ru- 

 fescent, the apex rounded ; legs and palpi rufo-ferrugineous. 



More frequent than the preceding ; but nevertheless somewhat 

 uncommon : found in the neighbourhood of London, in Yorkshire, 

 Norfolk, &c. " In moss from Humby, Lincolnshire." — A. H. Davis, 

 Esq. " In putrid fungi in the woods about Penllergare." — L. W. 

 Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 4. Watsoni. Oblongo-ovalis, niger, antennis crassis thorace brevioribus, basi, 

 elytris, pedibusque rufo-brunneis ; thorace brevissimo. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Ch. Watsoni. Spence.—Pt. Watsoni. Steph. Catal. 72. No. 780. 



Oblong-oval, black, clothed with a slightly dense griseo-fulvescent down : labrum 

 rusty-brown ; palpi ferrugineous ; antennae brown, with their three basal joints 

 reddish-brown, the terminal pale; thorax black, the posterior angles reddish; 

 elytra red-brown, the apex somewhat acute ; legs red-brown, anterior, except 

 the coxa;, palest. 



