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Occasionally taken within the metropolitan district. " North of 

 England.' 1 — Dr. Leach, who first detected the peculiarity of this 

 insect. 



Sp. 37. depressus. Brevis, niger, thorace punctato, elytris rufis punctato- 

 striatis, interstitiis punctulatis, tarsis rufis. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 



Ap. depressus. Fabjnchts.—Sowerby, (Ent. Trans.) i. p. 246. pi. fig. sup. — 

 Steph. fatal. 111. No. 1151. 



Short, black : clypeus large, obsoletely punctate : thorax immaculate ; the disc 

 thickly and rather deeply punctate throughout; elytra broad, bright rufous, 

 punctate-striated, the interstices punctulated: legs pitchy-black, with the tarsi 

 rufous. 



Elytra sometimes of a piceous red. 



The bright rufous elytra of this species well distinguish it from the others of 

 this section ; and from A. fimetarius and fcetens, which it resembles in that 

 respect, the absence of tubercles on the clypeus, which is broad and rounded, 

 and its depressed body, readily separate it. 



Rare : a single example was found in Richmond Park very many 

 years since ; subsequently to which, specimens have occurred in 

 South Wales and in Somersetshire. " Swansea." — L. W. Dill- 

 wyn, Esq. 



Sp. 38. nigripes. Brevis, niger, thorace punctato, elytris punctato-striatis, inter* 

 stitiis punctulatis, pedibus nigro-piceis, tarsis rufis. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 



Ap. nigripes. Fabricius. — Steph. Catal. 111. No. 1152. 



Short, black, slightly shining : clypeus angulated, finely punctulated, with an 

 obsolete curved line on the crown : thorax with the surface thickly punctu- 

 lated throughout : elytra broad, finely crenate-striated, the interstices thickly 

 punctulated : body beneath clothed with an ashy pubescence : legs pitchy- 

 black, with the tarsi rufescent. 



The black elytra distinguish this insect from the preceding, and its broader 

 form from the dark varieties of the following. 



Not uncommon within the metropolitan district, and in other 

 parts of the country. " Bottisham." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Once 

 near York." — W. C. Hewitson, Esq. "Not uncommon (near 

 Swansea)." — L. W. Dilkcyn, Esq. 



Sp. 39. luridus. Niger, thorace punctato, elytris atris subopacis, aut griseis 

 nigro striatis, interstitiis punctulatis, nigro maculatis. (Long. corp. 4 — 5£ 

 lin.) 

 Ap. luridus. Fabricius.— Steph. Catal. 111. No. 1153. 



Black, slightly glossy: thorax punctate; elytra deep opaque black, punctate- 

 ' striate, with the interstices punctulate: legs black, with the tarsi rufescent. 



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