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the tenth., of nearly equal length, obconic, more or less produced internally, the 

 apical one longest, ovate. Palpi with the terminal joint somewhat acute : body 

 obtuse, somewhat oblong ; slightly pilose: elytra dilated behind the middle, 

 rather obtuse posteriorly ; the apex closed : legs short; torn simple. 



The more glabrous and broader body of the insects comprised in 

 this genus, with the brevity and stoutness of the articulations oftb.2 

 antennae, less incrassated palpi, and stouter legs, point out a few 

 of the more obvious external distinctions between this and the fol- 

 lowing genus ; the typical species (Ap. impressus) resides beneath 

 the bark of trees. 



Sp. 1. impressus. Nigro-mneus, villosus, punctis ?iumerossissimus griseis im~ 

 pressis, tibiis testaceis, annulo nigro, antennarum basi iestaceo. (Long. corp. 



ai-af lin.) 



Cr. impressus. Marsham. — El. impressus. Steph. Catal. 136. No. 1385. 



Entirely of a black-brassy, clothed with a pale flavescent pile : thorax very con- 

 vex, punctate : elytra more coarsely punctate, the punctures somewhat con- 

 fluent and irregularly placed: the two or three basal joints of the antennae pale 

 testaceous : femora aeneous ; tibiae black, with the base and apex pale ; tarsi 

 pale beneath. 



The tibiae and tarsi are sometimes entirely pale testaceous : An. El. femoralis. — 

 Steph. Catal. 136. No. 1386.? 



Not common : found beneath the bark of elms in the vicinity of 

 London, and in other places. " Copenhagen-fields." — A.Cooper, 

 Esq. " New Forest, and Glanville's Wootton."— J. C. Dale, Esq. 

 " Elms in Copenhagen-fields and Hyde-park, in the spring." — 

 Mr. Ingpen. 



f Sp. 2. floralis? Ater, villosus, immaculatus, antennis pedibusque concolori- 



bus. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 

 Da. floralis. Olivier, ii. pi. iii.J^ 13. a. b.t 



Deep black, slightly clothed with a fuscous pile : thorax finely punctured, with 

 a fovea on each side towards the base ; and a longitudinal sulcus parallel with 

 the lateral margins : elytra somewhat rugose transversely, with two or three 

 obsolete longitudinal stria? : legs and antennae deep black, 



This species, apparently the Da. floralis of Olivier, was captured 

 " in June last, at Petworth." — Mr. Westioood. 



}Sp. 3. quadripustulatus. Ater, hirtus, elytris maculis duabus rufis. (Long. 

 corp. 2 lin.) 



