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Ni. nigrina. Marsham.—Me. nigrinus, Steph. Catal. 81. No. 865. 



Short, ovate, black, very smooth and glossy, the thorax scarcely emarginate an- 

 teriorly, the antenna? and legs black ; elytra subtruncate. 



The brevity and glossiness of this insect, with its dark antennae and legs, point 

 out its distinction from its congeners. 



Found near London, and in other parts : I have received it from 

 Norfolk and Yorkshire. 



Sp. 13. erythropus. Brevis, ovatus, nigro-ceneus, punctatissimus, thorace vix 



emarginato, antennis pedibusque rujis. (Long. corp. \ — 1 lin.) 

 Ni. erythropa. Marsham.—Me. erythropus. Steph. Catal. 81. No. 866. 



Short, ovate, convex, of a blackish-brass, or deep black, very much punctulate 

 with the anterior margin of the thorax scarcely emarginate ; antennae dusky- 

 ferruginous, or rufous ; elytra ovate, black, slightly glossed with aeneous, the 

 sides margined, the apex truncate: legs pale or dark ferruginous; tibiae 

 ciliated. 



The truncate apex to the elytra, rufous antennae and legs, and short, ovate form, 

 are the chief characters of this small species. 



Common in flowers near London. " Bottisham." — Rev. L. 

 Jenyns. " Netley. 1 ' — Rev. F. W. Hope. " Near Swansea, not 

 common." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Genus CXXXIV.— Pria, Kirby. 



Antenna longer than the thorax, the basal joint very large and robust; the 

 second smaller, less robust ; the third rather longer than the second, which is of 

 equal length with the fourth ; fifth the same, obconic ; sixth and seventh short 

 transverse, the latter rather turned ; eighth also short, broad, with a process 

 on the exterior edge; ninth and tenth gradually larger, each with a process on 

 the outer edge ; eleventh ovate ; the four last-mentioned articulations forming 

 the club. Head broad, rounded anteriorly : thorax short, not emarginate an- 

 teriorly, the sides gradually rounded, and slightly margined, the hinder angle 

 rather acute : body pubescent above : elytra convex, punctured, slightly mar- 

 gined, truncate : legs short, stout : tibiae compressed, spinulose exteriorly. 



This singular genus, of which the only species known bears con- 

 siderable resemblance to Mel. Dulcamaras, may be distinguished 

 from the foregoing, by having the club of the antennae — which is 

 composed of four joints — serrated, the elytra subtruncate, the body 

 slightly depressed, with its sides nearly parallel, and but little 



