346 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Red-brown : the head and anterior edge of the thorax rufous ; the latter with 

 the disc very convex, and black behind ; elytra clothed with short fla- 

 vescent hairs, irregularly punctured : body beneath and femora pitchy-black ; 

 tibiae, tarsi, and antennae rufous. 



My specimens were obtained from the collection of Mr. Marsliam. 



Sp. 7. pygmaeus. Fusco-testaceus, thorace valde convexo, antice truncato, elytris 



piceis subtiliter 1 vage punctulatis. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Pt. pygmaeus. Marsliam. — Cis pygmaeus. Steph. Catal. 143. No. 1445. 



Testaceous-brown ; elongate, subglabrous : thorax very convex, equal, truncate 

 anteriorly, with the sides slightly margined : elytra piceous, thickly and very 

 finely, though irregularly, punctulated : antennae and legs entirely testaceous. 



Also from the Marshamian cabinet ; " found near Reading." — 

 Marsliam. i. 86. 



Sp. 8. rhododactylus. Niger, subvillosus, antennarum stipite tarsisque rufis. 



(Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Pt. rhododactylus. Mar sham.— Cis rhododactylus. Steph. Catal. 143. No. 1446. 



lack : narrow, slightly glossy and a little villose: thorax equal, punctate: elytra 

 obsoletely punctate : legs black, with the tarsi rufous ; antennae rufous at the 

 base, with the capitulum black. 



Of this species I likewise obtained a single example from the 

 Marshamian collection. 



Sp. 9. nigricornis. Niger, thorace ohscuro, elytris loevibus villosulis, pedibus 



rufo-testaeeis, antennis nigris. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Pt. nigricornis. Mar sham. — Cis nigricornis. Steph. Catal. 143. No. 1447. 



Black : thorax equal, obscure : elytra smooth, slightly villose : legs rufo-testa- 

 ceous : antennae black. 



Found in Boleti near London ; not common. 



Sp. 10. ruficornis. Niger, pilosus, thorace cequali marginato, antennis pedibusque 



rufis. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Pt. ruficornis. Mar sham. — Cis ruficornis. Steph. Catal. 143. No. 1448. 



Black, pilose ; the pubescence of a rufous hue : thorax obliquely truncate an- 

 teriorly, and slightly margined : elytra punctate : mouth, antennae, and legs 

 rufo- testaceous. 



