NITIDULID/E. — NITIDULA. 33 



the middle an undated, abbreviated, paler fascia, somewhat variable in 

 different individuals, and on the disc are the rudiments of elevated striae ; 

 body beneath ferruginous; legs rufo-ferruginous. 

 Much larger than the following species, from which it seems to differ in being 

 shorter and more convex, in proportion to its size. 



Not very abundant; found beneath the bark and in holes of 

 decayed oaks, birches, &c, which have been perforated by Cossi, 

 &c, at Coombe. " Shropshire. 1 ' — C. Darwin, Esq. " Netley." — 

 Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 3. grisea. Oblongo-ovata, griseo-ferruginea, thorace inequali, elytrisque 



nigro lineatis maculatisque. (Long. corp. 1^ — 2j lin.) 

 Si. grisea. Linne.—Linn. Trans, ii. 86. pi. 5. f. 6—11. — Ni. grisea. Steph. 



Catal. 78. No. 827. 



Oblong-ovate ; head depressed, ferruginous, punctured ; eyes prominent, black ; 

 thorax with the disc elevated, unequal, foveolated, griseo-ferruginous, with 

 various, more or less confluent, black marks, elytra oblong-ovate , griseo- 

 testaceous, with obscure elevated costs, on which are interrupted black lineSj 

 which become united and confluent behind the middle, forming a black lobe ; 

 body beneath pitchy, with the apex paler ; legs pale ferruginous. 



Very variable in the colour of the upper surface, and in the extent of the con- 

 fluent black marks thereon, which are sometimes nearly evanescent; the 

 under side is occasionally of a pale griseous: — from the preceding insect, this 

 chiefly differs in being more oblong, less convex, and of smaller size. 



Not uncommon beneath the bark of trees throughout the metro- 

 politan district; also found in Norfolk, Suffolk, &c. " Bottisham." 

 — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Under bark of willows, Plaistow-marshes." — 

 Mr. Ingpen. " Netley, Clinque, &c." — Rev. F. W. Hope. " Ep- 

 ping." — Mr. Doubleday. « Kew." — Rev. T. T. Haverfield. 

 " Walthamstow, common. 1,1 — A. Cooper, Esq. " Glanvilles 

 Wootton and Hume. 11 — /. C. Dale, Esq. " In the Penllergare 

 woods. 11 — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 4. depressa. Ovata, depressa, hrunneo-ferruginea, thoracis disco subfoveolato 

 utrinque nebulo incluso, elytris obsolete nigro-maculatis. (Long. corp. \\ — 2 

 lin.) 



Si. depressa. Linne— Ni. depressa. Steph. Catal. 78. A r o. 828. 



Ovate, depressed, ferruginous-brown, with the head of a dusky hue, punctured, 

 and with the mouth ferruginous : thorax with the sides much dilated, fer- 

 ruginous, a distinct curved impression on the disc, the latter dusky, with 

 two obsolete foveolae behind, the entire surface very thickly punctured ; 

 elytra broad, ovate, slightly convex, deeply margined, thickly and finely 

 punctured, dull ferruginous, with obsolete black, oblong streaks, and a little 



