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pearing shagreened under a powerful lens), each having one slight and five 

 curved,-very shallow, striae, extending the whole length."— Curtis, L c. 



The only example I have hitherto seen of this species was taken 

 by the late Rev. R. Sheppard out of the head of a snake at Nacton 

 in Suffolk, and is in Mr. Kirby's cabinet. 



fSp. 2. Cooperi. Ater, subnitidus, subtilissime punctulatus, elytris striis quinque 

 integris externis. (Long. corp. 1£ lin.) 



Deep black, rather glossy, head sparingly punctate : thorax more thickly and 

 deeply punctate : scutellum minute : elytra rather closely punctured, each 

 with five striae towards the outer edge slightly vanishing towards the apex, 

 and a sixth very obsolete one at an equal distance from the fifth within, leaving 

 a considerable unstriated space adjoining the suture : legs dull castaneous : 

 antennae dull pitchy-ferruginous. 



Differs from the foregoing in having an evident scutellum, the antennae totally 

 ferruginous, and the striae on the elytra deeper, vanishing towards the apex, 

 and in wanting one parallel with the suture. 



Of this species I have also seen but one specimen, which was 

 taken at " Cobham, in September last." — A. Cooper, Esq. 



Sp. 3. punctatus. Ovatus, niger, obscurus, punctatissimus, elytris striis quatuor 

 abbreviatis, tibiis valdi dilatatis, subcrenulatis. (Long. corp. f — 1 lin.) 



Hi. punctatus. Illiger. — De. punctatus.— Steph. Catal. 102. No. 1078. 



Ovate, obscure black, thickly punctate : forehead convex, scarcely punctate : 

 thorax finely and closely punctured throughout: elytra convex, with the 

 margin and apex piceous, the entire surface rather deeply and thickly punctate, 

 with four obsolete, slightly bent, striae at the base, of which the two exterior 

 reach nearly to the apex, the others to about the middle : body pitchy beneath : 

 legs pitchy-red, with all the tibiae, especially the anterior, much dilated ex- 

 ternally, and finely crenulated : antennae ferruginous, with the base obscure. 



Larger and broader than the following, and known by having all the striae on 

 the elytra abbreviated, and the entire surface thickly punctate throughout. 

 In April, 1813, I found a single example of this species — which 



seems rare — crawling up the venerable structure of Waltham Cross : 



the only individual I have ever seen alive. " Norwich, by the late 



J. Hooker, Esq." — Dr. Leach. 



Sp. 4. pygmseus. Nigro-piceus,laovis,elytrorum striis quatuor obsoletis, utrinque 

 abbreviatis, tibiis dilatatis integerrimis. (Long. corp. ^ — | fin.) 



Hi. pygmoeus. Fabricius. — Di. punctatus.— Steph. Catal. 102. No. 1079. 



Very convex; above smooth, pitchy-black or obscure castaneous: thorax im- 

 marginate, angulated posteriorly, narrowed and deeply emarginated anteriorly: 

 elytra dilated, with four obsolete impunctate striae externally, neither ex- 



