80 - MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



and beneath densely squamous, the back somewhat glabrous and convex : scu~ 

 tellum black : elytra obsoletely crenate-striate, with the sides and apex obscure 

 ferruginous and densely squamose ; the back anteriorly at the base of the suture 

 somewhat denuded and jntchy-Uack : legs and suture rufo-ferruginous : an- 

 tenncE dusky-ferruginous, 2vith the club obscure. 



Much more abundant than the last described ; but, nevertheless, 

 somewhat rare within the metropolitan district : it occurs in Nor- 

 folk, and in Oxfordshire. " Among herbage in the moist parts of 

 Crwmlyn-burrows and other similar situations : sometimes plentiful 

 in summer." — L. W. Dillwyn^ Esq. 



Sp. 3. inquisitor. Oblongus, ater, cinereo-sqiutmosus, thoracis disco, pedibusque 

 piceis, elytris cinereo-variegatis, antennis rufo-fuscescentibus. (Long. corp. 

 2^ hn.) 



Cu. inquisitor. Herbst.—Er. inquisitor. Steph. Catal. 165. No. 1682. 



Oblong, rather broad, black, with cinereous scales above : thorax punctulated, 

 the disc piceous, luith an obsolete, pale ashy dorsal line, and the sides broadly 

 cinereous : elytra obsoletely punctate-striate, piceous, the entire surface varie- 

 gated with cinereous scales, the middle of the sides somewhat dilated : legs 

 piceous : antenna reddish-brown : base of rostrum piceous, apex rufescent. 



Closely resembling the foregoing, but distinguished chiefly from its being 

 broader, though of the same length, with the elytra not subglabrous an- 

 teriorly, &c. 



Also occasionally taken within the metropolitan district in June, 

 frequenting aquatic plants. 



Sp. 4. Arundineti. Lineari-elongatus, piceus, supra obscure ferrugineus, dense 

 cinereo-squamosus, rosiro pedibusque rufo-piceis, elytris cinereo-variegatis. 

 (Long. Corp. 1^ lin.) 



Rh. Arundineti, Kirby? MSS.—Ex. Arundineti. Steph. Catal. 165. No. 1683. 



Linear-elongate, piceous, above dull ferruginous, densely clothed with cinereous 

 scales : thorax with the disc rather denuded, punctured, the sides densely 

 squamose : elytra faintly punctate-striated, variegated throughout with ashy 

 scales, with a larger patch of the same on the disc, behind the middle, towards, 

 the suture : rostrum and legs rufo-piceous : antennae rufo-ferruginous, with 

 the club dusky. 



Rare near London : found in damp hedges in June : also found 

 in Suffolk. 



