340 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



disc obsoletely channelled, with a large somewhat deep fovea on each side at 

 the base, and another towards the articular angle : elytra opaque, slightly 

 punctate-striate : femora dusky : tibiae and tarsi ferruginous. 

 Allied to the foregoing, but at once known by the acute tooth at the posterior 

 angles of the thorax, its dark colour, &c. 



A single specimen in my collection, caught near London, in 

 June. 



Sp. 5. striatum. Fusco-piceum, puhescens, convexum, thorace canaliculato, pos- 



tice compresso, carina elevatd trigond, (Long. corp. \\ — 2 lin.) 

 An. striatum. Olivier. — Steph. Catal. 141. No. 1430. 



Pitchy-brown, convex, pubescent ; the pubescence griseous : thorax compressed 

 behind, with an elevated triangular carina, and a longitudinal dorsal channel ; 

 on each side of the hinder margin are two foveae, one shallow towards the 

 carina, and the other near the margin and deep; elytra striate, the strife 

 formed of small distinct punctures, the interstices flat and finely shagreened: 

 antennae and legs ferruginous : slightly variable in colour. 



Extremely abundant in old houses in London and its vicinity ; 

 also frequent in other parts. " Not uncommon (near Swansea)." 

 — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 6. nitidum. Nigro-piceum, subpubescens, antennis pedibusque testaceis, 

 thoracis disco posterius triangulariter elevato, foveis includentibus profundi} 

 impressis arcuatis. (Long. corp. 1^—1^ lin.) 



An. nitidum. Herbst— An. Fagi. Steph. Catal. 141. No. 1429. dele Herbst. 



Piceous-black, slightly pubescent: thorax with the disc behind elevated tri- 

 angularly, in which are two deep arcuated foveae : antennas and legs pale tes- 

 taceous, the latter with the femora sometimes dusky. Variable in colour, 

 sometimes rufo-ferruginous. 



Less pubescent, with the foveas on the thorax deeper and curved, the antennae 

 and legs testaceous, &c, darker than An. striatum, to which it is very 

 closely allied. 



Less common than the last ; found in the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 7. paniceum. Ovatum,ferrugineum, puhescens, thorace convexo aquo, elytris 



tenue striatis. (Long. corp. 1^ — if lin.) 

 Da. paniceus. Linn'. — An. paniceum. Steph. Catal. 141. No. 1431. 



Ovate, ferruginous; slightly pubescent; eyes black : thorax convex, equal, finely 

 punctured, with a narrow fovea on each side of the posterior margin.; elytra 

 convex, rounded at the apex, clothed with an evident pubescence, delicately 

 striated, the stria? composed of minute punctures, the interstices flat and finely 

 rugulose : antenna? and legs rufo-fcrruginous. 



