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Sp. 2. subrotundata. Plate xvi. f. 3. — Subrotundata, nigra, elytris rugoso- 



punctatis Uneis tribus elevatis, medid longiori. (Long. corp. 5g — 7 lin.) 

 Ph. subrotundata. Leach— Steph. Catal. 77. No. 821. 



Somewhat rounded ovate, deep very glossy black : head deeply punctured : 

 thorax more unequal than in the last, and more irregularly and deeply punc- 

 tate : elytra broad, coarsely rugose-punctate, with three shining elevated lines 

 on the disc, the middle one, or second from the margin, longest. 



Var. & With the margins of the thorax and elytra of a deep glossy castaneous- 

 brown. 



Var. y. Entirely of a pale glossy castaneous-brown. 



Like the preceding, variable both in size and colour— the pale varieties of both 

 are, however, probably immature. 



Rare in Britain, but more abundant in Ireland. " Three spe- 

 cimens taken in the south of Ireland." — Dr. Leach. " Near 

 Dublin." — Rev. J. Bulwer. " Taken sparingly about Penllergare 

 in winter, under stones, moss, and the bark of oaks." — L. W. 

 Dillwyn, Esq. 



Genus CXXVII. — Agyrtes, Frolich. 



Antenna rather longer than the thorax, the basal joints rather abbreviated, the 

 four terminal ones rather stouter, perfoliated; the apical one being ovate. 

 Palpi, maxillary with the terminal joint thicker than the preceding, ovate ; 

 labial filiform : body ovate, convex : thorax rather narrowed in front : legs 

 stout ; femora compressed ; tibia; spinose and ciliated. 



t Sp. 1. castaneus. Glaber, nigro-piceus, ore antennis elytris pedibusque castaneis, 



elytris punctato-striatis. (Long. corp. 2g lin.) 

 Ag. castaneus. Frolich.— Leach (1 ) — Steph. Catal. 77. No. 822. note. 



Shining smooth, mouth and feet alone villose : head and thorax black, smooth, 

 widely and minutely punctulated : mouth, antennae, elytra, and legs deep cas- 

 taneous : scutellum punctulated at the base, smooth at the apex ; elytra striated, 

 the striae ten in number, punctated : body beneath brown-black ; apex of the 

 abdomen paler. 



Inadvertently stated by Dr. Leach to inhabit England, in the Edinburgh En- 

 cyclopaedia. 



Genus CXXVIII. — Peltis, Kugellan. 



Antennae as long as the thorax, the basal joint dilated, the three last joints large, 

 perfoliated, remote : palpi subclavate : body ovate, deeply margined, flat be- 

 neath : elytra entire : back flat 



tSp. 1. ferruginea. Ferrugineo-brunnea glabra depressa, elytris lineis elevatis 

 senis, interslitiis daplici ordine punctato-sti < iaiis. 



