176 MAND1BULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



what rare. " Armathwaite." — T. C. Hey sham., Esq. " Epping.*' 

 Mr. Doubleday. 



B. With the head not armed with a spine or horn. 



Sp. 10. ovatus. Niger, obscurus, clypeo rotundato carinis duahus transversis 

 elevatis, elytris obsolete crenato-striatis. (Long. corp. 2 — 2 J lin.) 



Sc. ovatus. Linne.— Marty n. pi. k.f. 36.— On. ovatus. Steph. Catal. 106. No. 

 1099. 



Entirely of an obscure black, pubescent : clypeus nearly orbicular, obtuse an- 

 teriorly, and slightly emarginate, with a semicircular, somewhat obsolete 

 carina in the middle, and a second more elevated and shorter one behind : 

 thorax finely punctured, with a slight tubercle in the centre : elytra faintly 

 excavate-striated. Female similar. 



Rather local, but found in several places throughout the metro- 

 politan district; as at Darenth, Hertford, Ripley, Charlton, &c. 

 " Very common in the neighbourhood of Bottisham." — Rev. L. 

 Jenyns. " Never plentiful (near Swansea), but is occasionally 

 found throughout the neighbourhood." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Genus CXCII. — Oniticellus, Ziegler ? 



Antenna short, with the basal joint short, clavate, the two following somewhat 

 cup-shaped, the three next transverse, the remainder forming a trilamellate 

 club. Palpi maxillary short, with the terminal joint subovate : labial 

 slightly pilose, with the apical joint minute subulate: head small, subor- 

 bicular : thorax large, somewhat orbiculate, slightly produced in the centre 

 behind, emarginate anteriorly: elytra small: body depressed: legs rather 

 long : femora simple : tibia; anterior much dilated, and strongly dentate 

 externally ; intermediate and posterior short, especially the former, and 

 slightly denticulated on the outer margin: anterior tarsi short, slender; 

 four posterior larger and stouter. 



% Sp. 1. verticicornis. Thorace griseo nigro punctato, capitis cornu erecto bre- 



vissimo. (Long. corp. 4 lin.) 

 Sc. verticicornis. Fabricius (!) — On. verticicornis. Steph. Catal. 106. No. 



1100, note. 



Black: clypeus rounded, teneous, with a very short recurved horn: thorax 

 rounded, smooth, griseous, with two anterior and one lateral spot, black : 

 elytra smooth, griseous : legs pale. 



Introduced as British on the authority of Fabricius, who refers to Mr. Tun- 

 stall's collection. 



