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each with a row of short hairs : body clothed with a silvery pubescence be- 

 neath : legs piceous, with the tarsi reddish : antennae black. 



Very scarce near London — two examples only, so far as I am 

 aware, having hitherto occurred in the neighbourhood thereof: 

 these were taken by Mr. Pelerin, near Twickenham, in July, 

 1828. " Near Deal, in June, 1828."— Rev. F. W. Hope. " Oc- 

 casionally found among herbage (near Swansea). * — L. W. Dilhoyn, 

 Esq. 



b. With the thorax rather elongated, gibbous in the middle. 



Sp. 5. cylindricus. Elongatus, angustus,fusco-o?neus,pubescens, thorace punctata, 

 antennis longioribus subserratis, sterno canaliculato. (Long. corp. 5 — 5^ lin.) 

 El. cylindricus. Paykul.—Steph. Catal. 122. No. 1338. 



Elongate, narrow, aeneous-brown, pubescent: head finely punctured ; forehead 

 broad, subfoveolated : thorax slightly elongate, thickly punctate, and obsoletely 

 channelled behind : elytra considerably elongated, with the apex somewhat 

 acute, rather faintly punctate-striate, with the interstices delicately punctured : 

 body blackish-brass beneath : the pectoral mucro incurved, with a distinct 

 longitudinal furrow; legs and antennae brassy-black, the latter distinctly 

 longer than the thorax. 



Sometimes taken in the hedges near Birch-wood, but not common 

 near London ; it also occurs in Norfolk and Suffolk. " Occasion- 

 ally in pastures (near Swansea), and not uncommon on Crwmlyn 

 and Sketty Burrows."— L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Bristol."— Br. 

 Leach. 



Sp. 6. nigripes. Elongatus, fusco-cp.neus, jjubescens, thorace brevi punctatissimo, 



antennis brevioribus subserratis, sterno convexo. (Long. corp. 6 lin.) 

 El. nigripes. Gyllenhal.—Steph. Catal. 122. No. 1239. 



Elongate, aeneous-brown, pubescent: head deeply punctate; forehead broad, 

 flat, subfoveolated, truncate anteriorly, with the margin slightly reflexed: 

 thorax short, very thickly and deeply punctate, with a distinct dorsal furrow : 

 elytra rounded at the apex, distinctly punctate-striated, with the interstices 

 evidently punctulated : sternum subconvex, deeply punctate, and obscurely 

 channelled : legs and antennae aeneous-black, the latter shorter than the 

 thorax. 



It is very probable that this insect may be merely the female of the foregoing, 

 from which it chiefly differs in its greater bulk, by the brevity of its antennae 

 and thorax, the more deeply punctate surface, and convex scutellum. 



Found with the preceding, near London and in Suffolk. " Taken 

 among grass (near Swansea)." — L. W. Bilhcyn, Esq. 



