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punctulated, with the lateral margins rufescent, or pitchy: elytra of a pitchy- 

 red, rather faintly striated, the striae a little punctate; legs pitchy-red. 

 From all the foregoing species this differs by its minute bulk, and in having 

 the lateral margin of the thorax, the elytra and legs, pitchy-red. 



Rare : found in Suffolk, near London, and at Tunbridge Wells. 



Sp. 47. pusillus. Ater, nitidus, clypeo laevis, thorace punctulato, elytris punctato- 

 striatistoto rufo-ferrugineis,femoribus rufo-piceis. (Long. corp. 1^ — lflin.) 

 Ap. pusillus. Herbst.?— Steph. Catal. 112. No. 1 161. 



Glossy black : clypeus obsoletely emarginate, smooth : thorax thickly and rather 

 deeply punctured, immaculate: elytra punctate-striate, with the interstices 

 subpunctated, entirely of a rufo-ferruginous or piceous colour ; body piceous 

 beneath : femora rufo-piceous ; tibiae and tarsi rufous. 



From the preceding this species differs in having the thorax entirely black, the 

 elytra rather deeply punctate-striate, and in its greater bulk — from the fol- 

 lowing by the clypeus being smooth, the anterior angles of the thorax black, 

 and the elytra entirely rufous. 



Far from rare in the neighbourhood of London : I have also 

 found it near Dover, and have received it from Somersetshire. 



Sp. 48. granum. Niger, clypeo lined elevatd, thorace crebre punctulato, elyiris 



punctato-striatis, apice late rufis. (Long. corp. if — 2^ lin.) 

 Ap. granum. Gyllenhal. — Steph. Catal. 112. No. 1162. 



Black, a little shining : clypeus punctulated, the vertex with a more or less ob- 

 solete elevated line, but not tuberculated : thorax convex, black, the anterior 

 angles rufous : elytra deeply punctate-striate, with the interstices impunctate, 

 the apex more or less rufo-ferruginous : femora piceous; tibia? and tarsi fer- 

 ruginous. 



Larger than the foregoing insect, from which it differs in having an elevated 

 line on the clypeus, with the anterior angles of the thorax rufous, and the apex 

 alone of the elytra of this last colour: — from the following species it differs 

 by not having the entire lateral margins of the thorax rufous, and by the 

 elytra being more deeply striate. 



Common throughout the metropolitan district, and I believe in 

 many other places. 



Sp. 49. ccenosus. Ater, nitidus, thorace punctata, margine laterali rufo, elytris 



obscure rufis striatis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 

 Ap. coenosus. Pauzer. — Steph. Catal. 112. No. 1163. 



Glossy black: clypeus punctate, a little emarginated anteriorly: thorax punc- 

 tured, with the lateral margins more or less rufous : elytra dull-rufous, with 

 the humeral angles paler, finely striated, the striae very obsoletely punctate : 

 body black beneath : legs fuscous, or rufo-piceous. 



