64 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



Ovate, convex, pitchy-black, pubescent, shining, the elytra paler at the apex, the 



body beneath, legs, and antennae rufous. 

 Like the foregoing species this wants the dilated sides to the thorax ; the insect 



is however smaller, and apparently broader behind:— it may be the opposite 



sex. 



A pair in my collection from the Marshamian cabinet. 



Sp. 8. brunnea. Oblonga, hrunnea nitida, antennis pedibusque testaceis, capite 



nigro. (Long. corp. | lin.) 

 De. brunneus. Marsharn. — At. brunnea. Steph. Catal. 84. No. 896. 



Oblong, slightly pubescent, reddish-brown, shining, the head black, the an- 

 tennae and legs testaceous. 



Also with the margins of the thorax scarcely dilated ; but the insect is rather 

 larger, of a more oblong form, and more rufescent in colour, with the body 

 less pubescent and less convex. 



From the Marshamian cabinet. 



Genus CXL. — Atomaria, Kirhy. 



Antenna as long as the thorax, with the three last joints forming an elongate 

 club, the basal joint robust, slightly curved, the second more slender and 

 longer than the third, which is slightly clavate, and longer than the fourth ; 

 the latter, sixth, and eighth, equal; the fifth about as long as the third; the 

 seventh short, subglobose, resembling the fifth ; the remainder forming the 

 club, which is obtuse at the apex. Palpi short, obtusely subulated: head 

 rather broad, triangular ; eyes slightly prominent : thorax convex, margined, 

 depressed behind: scutellum small: elytra convex, entire: body ovate- 

 linear. 



Atomaria differs from the two preceding genera in the structure 

 of the antennae; the second joint being small; the fourth, sixth, 

 and eighth shorter than the intermediate ones, and the club formed 

 of three larger subequal joints, and not clothed with elongate 

 hairs : from Cryptophagus it differs also by having the margins of 

 the thorax entire. 



A. With the antennae somewhat remote at the base. 



Sp. 1. fulvicollis. Oblongo-ovata, castanea nitida, tenue pubescens, thoracefulvo, 



antennis pedibusque rufo-fulvis. (Long. corp. ^ lin.) 

 At. fulvicollis. Steph. Catal. 84. No. 897. 

 Oblong-ovate, slightly convex, shining castaneous, slightly pubescent, with 



the thorax fulvous, the eyes dusky, the antennae and legs rufo-fulvous. 

 The smallest species of this genus, except the following, which it somewhat 



