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Sp. 13. Caricis. Oblongus, niger, holosericeo pubescens, antennis pedibusque rufo- 



testaceis, thorace longiori. (Long. corp. 1—1^ lin.) 

 Ips Caricis. Olivier. — Cr. Caricis. Steph. Catal. 86. No. 934. 



Oblong, black, thickly clothed with an ashy-greenish silken pubescence : head 

 triangular, thickly punctured : thorax rather long, the base and apex trun- 

 cate, the posterior angles slightly acuminated ; the lateral margins regularly 

 dilated and rounded, and rather obsoletely crenulated ; the disc very convex, 

 black, finely punctured, and densely pubescent: elytra rather long, the apex 

 rounded, very convex, thickly but irregularly punctate : body pitchy-black 

 beneath, punctulate, the apex pale testaceous : legs short, pale rufo-testaceous; 

 tarsi fuscescent. 



From the following this is distinguished by having the tarsi and legs concolorous, 

 the thorax more elongate, the antennae rather shorter; and by its smaller 

 size. 



Found in marshy places, but not commou. " Taken by Dr. 

 Leach on Crwmlyn Burrows." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 14. Typhee. Oblongus, niger, holosericeo pubescens; antennis pedibusque 



pallida testaceis unicoloribus, thorace breviori transverso. (Long. corp. 1 — 1\ 

 lin.) 



Cr. Typhae. Fallen.— Steph. Catal. 86. No. 935. 



Oblong, black, clothed with a silken down, with the antenna?, legs and tarsi of a 

 pale testaceous ; the thorax short, transverse, anteriorly truncate, posteriorly 

 subsinuated; the angles slightly prominent: elytra fuscous-black, clothed 

 with cinereous down : body beneath pitchy-testaceous, with the apex paler. 



Distinguished from the foregoing by having the thorax shorter, the antenna? 

 rather longer and more slender, the elytra clothed with a cinereous down, and 

 the legs and tarsi of one colour, pale testaceous. 



Found in marshy places throughout the metropolitan district, but 

 not very abundant. " On the flowers of Caltha palustris, and on 

 other aquatic plants, not uncommon, particularly about Crwmlyn 

 Bog." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Aquatic plants, Copenhagen- 

 fields, June. 1- ' — Mr. Ingpen. " Cambridgeshire and North Wales." 

 — C. Darwin, Esq. 



Genus CXLIV. — Byturus, Latreille. 



Antenna: shorter than the thorax, the two first joints robust, the first slightly 

 elongate, the second ovate, the three following short, obconic, of equal length, 

 the three next shorter, slightly stouter, the remainder forming an elongate 

 club, the two first joints of which are transverse-trigonate, the last larger and 

 subacuminatc. Palpi filiform: head trigonate, narrowed anteriorly : eyes large, 

 globose: thorax subtrapeziform, broader behind, with the angles distinct, 



