48 Mandibulata. — coleoptera. 



descending : femora black ; tibiw black at the base, ferruginous at the apex ; 

 tarsi pitchy-black. 



Not common : found occasionally in Battersea-fields, and also in 

 tlie marslies near Norwich. " Taken several years ago, I believe, 

 on Crwmlyn-bog."— Z. W. Dillwtjn, Esq. 



Sp. 2. lutosus. Niger, cinereo-squamosus, pedibus ferrugineis, elytris apice 



attenuatis, callo unico obtuso. (Long. corp. 2 — 2| lin.) 

 Rh. lutosus. GyllenhaL—Ba. lutosus. StepL Catal. 158. No. 1604. 



Sm(t.lleri\i2i-n the last: black; clothed with ashy scales: head finely punctate, 

 obsoletely impressed between the eyes, which are brown : thorax with two 

 obscure approximating dorsal lines : elytra rather convex at the base, suture 

 elevated; faintly punctate-striate, the alternate interstices obsoletely elevated, 

 the fourth from the suture terminating in an elevated tubercle : legs entirely 

 pale ferruginous. 



Also rather uncommon : found sometimes within the metro- 

 politan district; in the marshes near Ripley and Hertford. I 

 have also obtained specimens from Norfolk. " Lancashire." — Mr. 

 Hutchinson. 



Sp. 3. lutulentus. Niger, squamulis cinereis variegatus, tibiis ferrugineis, elytris 



apice obtusis, callo obsoleto. (Long. corp. 1^ — 2 hn.) 

 Rh. lutulentus. Gyllenhal. — Ba. lutulentus. Steph. Catal. 158. No. 1605. 



Much less than the foregoing : black, variegated with cinereous scales : thorax 

 with a dorsal line, and the lateral margins broadly cinereous : elytra with the 

 apex rounded, barely attenuated, obsoletely Tpuncta.te-striated, the alternate 

 interstices scarcely elevated, the fourth from the suture with an obsolete tubercle 

 at the apex : femora black ; tibice ferruginous ; tarsi fuscous. 



Not SO common as the last ; but found occasionally within the 

 metropolitan district. " Dalston." — T. C. Heysham, Esq. 



Sp. 4. binotatus. Niger, elytris macula rotundatd albidS, apice subattenuatis, 



callo obsoleto, pedibus fuscis. (Long. corp. 1^ — 2 lin.) 

 Cu. binotatus. Mar sham'? MSS. — Ba. binotatus. Steph. Catal. 158. No. 1606. 



Black : thorax with the disc black, the lateral margins ashy ; elytra obsoletely 

 striated, the interstices not alternately elevated, the fourth from the suture 

 with an obsolete tubercle at its apex ; the disc with a distinct round whitish, 

 or white, spot : legs entirely deep fuscous. 



My specimens of this insect were captured by myself near 

 London several years since, and I obtained a single example by tbe 

 above name out of the Marshamian collection. 



