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interstices impunctate : body rufo-testaceous beneath, obsoletely punctured : 

 legs and antennae pale. 

 Thorax shorter, the body more depressed and pubescent, but less evidently 

 punctate, than in the preceding insect. 



Not common ; found within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 8. gibbosa. Brevis, convexa, fusco-ferruginea, thorace angusto, postice ro- 

 tundato, fovea transversa, arcuatd, impresso, elytris punctato-striatis pilosis. 

 (Long. corp. ^ — § lin.) 



La. gibbosus. Herhst. — Co. gibbosa. Steph. Catal. 93. No. 994. 



Short, convex, rusty-brown, or dull fuscous, slightly glossy ; head with the front 

 thickly punctured: thorax scarcely broader than the head, the sides and base 

 rounded, the disc with a transverse arcuated fovea a little behind the middle : 

 elytra large, anteriorly as broad again as the thorax, the shoulders elevated, 

 those beyond the middle somewhat dilated, with the tip obtusely rounded; 

 the disc convex, punctate-striate and transversely rugulose ; the interstices 

 each with a row of short, cinereous, inclined hairs : body pitchy-black be- 

 neath : legs and antennae testaceous ; the club of the fovea dusky or black. 



Known by its short, convex form, the curved fovea on the thorax, &c. 



Not uncommon in many parts of the kingdom ; occurring at the 

 roots of grass, in damp hedges, dunghills, windows, &c. " Coombe- 

 wood, Battersea, and Copenhagen-fields, &C. - " — Mr. Ingpen. 



Sp. 9. transversalis. Brevis, convexa, fusco-J'erruginea, thorace postice rotundato, 

 foveCi recta transversd impresso, elytris texatis, seriatim pilosis. (Long. corp. 

 f-1 Hn.) 



La. transversalis. Schiippel.— Co. transversalis. Steph. Catal. 93. No. 995. 



Short, convex, rusty-brown, slightly shining: head anteriorly punctulate: thorax 

 with the base rounded, slightly convex anteriorly, the disc piceous, finely punc- 

 tulate and pubescent, with a somewhat interrupted transverse straight fovea 

 a little behind the middle near the base : elytra as in the last, with the disc- 

 convex, pale fusco-ferruginous, and clothed with rows of hairs between the 

 striae, the interstices being elevated, narrow, and thickly plaited with trans- 

 verse wrinkles : body, legs, and antennae, as in the last. 



Rather larger than the last, with the transverse fovea on the thorax straight, 

 and the sculpture on the elytra dissimilar. 



Not very uncommon throughout the metropolitan district, be- 

 neath the bark of dead trees, &c. 



Sp. 10. pallida. Brevis, convexa, fusco-J'erruginea, puhescens, elytris teslaceis, 



obsolete striatis, thorace unifoveolato. (Long. corp. ± — ^ lin.) 

 Co. pallida. Marsham.— Steph. Catal. 93. No. 996. 



Short, convex, rusty-brown, testaceous, or pale pubescent : thorax short, trans- 

 verse, with the sides rounded, the base truncate, the disc slightly convex, 



