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Oblong-ovate, slightly convex, pitchy-ferruginous, thickly but finely punctulated; 

 somewhat pubescent ; head pitchy : eyes black ; thorax with the lateral 

 margins finely denticulate, the disc very convex, pitchy testaceous: elytra 

 pitchy-ferruginous, with the base pale testaceous, clothed with a short, golden 

 pubescence: antennae and legs pale testaceous. 



Var. /3. With the upper surface entirely of a pale ochraceous : — probably im- 

 mature. 



The deep pitchy colour of the type of this species, with the paler base of the 

 elytra, and more convex form, are its chief characters. 



Found near London. 



Sp I. uncinatus. Oblongo-ovatus, rufus, elytris pedibusque testacels, thorace 



angiitis anticis recurvis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Cr. uncinatus. Mursham MSS. — Cr. uncinatus. Steph. Catal. 85. No. 925. 



Oblong-ovate, rufous, slightly pubescent, finely punctured ; head with a trans- 

 verse impressed line behind : thorax with the anterior angle produced into a 

 small hook, and the lateral margin furnished with a minute denticulation 

 about the middle ; the elytra and legs testaceous. 



Somewhat resembling Cr. bituberculatus, but the thorax is destitute of the tu- 

 bercular elevations, so conspicuous in that species. 



This is probably the Cryptophagus acutangulus of Gyllenhal — and not the fol- 

 lowing species, as referred to in my Systematic Catalogue. 



From the Marshamian Collection ; but taken within the me- 

 tropolitan district, and near Ipswich. 



Sp. 5. Marshami. Oblongo-ovatus, rufo-ferrugineus, punctulatus, thoracis mar- 



gine laterali sinuato-dentato, antennis crassioribus. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Cr. Marshami. Steph. Catal. 85. No. 926. 



Oblong-ovate, rufo-ferruginous, slightly pubescent, and very finely punctulate : 

 the thorax with the disc slightly convex, thickly punctured, the lateral 

 margins sinuato-dentate, the anterior angle being produced into a small re- 

 curved denticulation, and the middle into an angular projection; the legs 

 and antennae arc deep rufo-ferruginous, the latter rather stout. 



This species differs from its congeners, by having the lateral margins of the 

 thorax less distinctly toothed, the margin itself forming a kind of gradual 

 undulation, of which the apex is nearly in the centre. 



From the Marshamian collection : it has been captured near 

 London, and I believe in other places. 



Sp. 6. Lycoperdi. Oblongo-ovatus, fusco-ferrugineus, profundi punctatus, pu- 

 bescentia longiora tectus, thoracis lateribus acute bidentatis. (Long. corp. 

 1-li lin.) 



Cr. Lycoperdi. Herbst.— Steph. Catal. 85. No. 927. 



