134 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



below. " Taken in a clialk-pit at Blakenham, near Ipswich, by the 

 Rev. W. Kirby."— Marsham MSS. 



Sp. 3. maritima. Subovata, atra, obscura, setosa, elytris distincte striatis, os 



ferrugineo. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Cist, maritima. Marsham. — Genus clxxiv. maritimus. Steph. Catal. 99. 



No. 1039. 

 Subovate, black or piceous, obscure; clothed with dusky setae; elytra rather 



deeply striated ; mouth ferruginous : antennae and legs black. 



Rare ; taken on the coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk by the Rev. 

 W. Kirby. " Southend, in June last."— Rev. F. W. Hope. 

 " Taken by Mr. Millard on Crwmlyn Burrows." — L. W. Dillwyn, 

 Esq. 



"t Sp. 4. setiger. Brevis, ovata, nigricans, setis rigidis erectis adspersis, elytris 

 j'asciis tribus obsoletis griseis. (Long. corp. 1-^ lin.) 



Byr. setiger. Illiger. — No. setigerum. Steph. Catal. 97. No. 1028. 



Short, ovate, dusky or dull black: head, thorax, and elytra above thickly 

 sprinkled with stout erect, capitate, rigid griseous setae, disposed in lines on 

 the latter, which are rather distinctly striated, and have three flexuous waved 

 griseous- white transverse fasciae : body beneath and legs dusky-ferruginous ; 

 femora and tibia; exteriorly ciliated : breast and abdomen also with distinct 

 setae. 



Of this pretty insect I have hitherto seen one specimen only, 

 which is in the British Museum, and respecting which an erroneous 

 locality has been given. " A single specimen taken in a bank 

 near Woodland, Devon." — Dr. Leach. 



Genus CLXXVIII. — Nosodendron, Latreille. 



Antenna; longer than the thorax, concealed beneath its sides, the two basal joints 

 robust, subovate: the third much elongate, subclavate; the four following 

 very short, submoniliform ; eighth broader, cup-shaped ; the three following 

 much incrassated,and forming an abrupt, subovate, compressed, perfoliate club, 

 the apical joint being trigonate. Palpi very short, the terminal joint largest, 

 cylindric, obtuse : head trigonate : eyes small : thorax scarcely margined, 

 transverse, rounded at the base : scutellum triangular, elongate : elytra convex, 

 suboibicular, scarcely margined: body subhemisphreric-ovate : breast broad : 

 legs short, compressed, semicontractile ; tibia; broad, serrated a little exteriorly ; 

 tarsi short. 



The distinct triarticulate club of the antenna?, and fasciolated 

 elytra, remove this genus from Byrrhus, to which genus it is evi- 

 dently closely allied ; and its comparatively large bulk, deeply 



