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Sp. 4. singularis. Fuscus, thorace granulato, elytris striatis, squamulis alhidis 

 seriatim dispositis. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 



Cu. singularis. Z,m7it'.^—Otio singularis. Steph. Catal. p. 172.. No. 1755. 



Fuscous : head slightly rugose : thorax globose, thickly granulated, the sides 

 clothed with whitish scales: elytra xvith ten stria, the striae smooth, but 

 broadly excised, with rows of whitish and fuscescent scales, and rigid hairs 

 between : body blackish-brown, with whitish hairs : legs rufous, the anterior 

 femora slightly dentate : antennje fuscous. 



Common in weedy hedges throughout the metropolitan district. 

 " Common (near Swansea)." — L. U\ Dillzotjn, Esq. 



Sp. 5. squamiger. Testaceus, capite fusco, elytris elevato-striatis, squamis pal- 



lidis testaceisque niarnioratis. (Long. corp. 3^ lin.) 

 Cu. squamiger. Marsham.—Otio. squamiger. Steph. Catal. p, 193. JVo. 1756. 



Testaceous : head fuscous, punctate, with whitish hairs : thorax globose, with 

 elevated tubercular poi7its, sides with pale scales : elytra striated, with ahout 

 six elevated interstices, bearing some rigid setae, and clouded throughout with 



, whitish and testaceous scales: body beneath testaceous, with short pale hairs: 

 legs moderately long : femora clavate, very obsoletely dentate. 



Not uncommon within the metropolitan district. " Occasionally 

 (near Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 6. scaber. Atro-cinereus, thorace granulato, elytris striatis squamulis albidis, 



pedibus rufis. (Long. corp. 2 J lin.) 

 Cu. scaber. Linne? Otio. scaber. Steph. Catal. 173. No. 1767. 



Dark cinereous : head obscurely punctured : thorax granulated : elytra rugose, 



with whitish scales, punctate-striate : antennae and legs rufous. 

 Probably a variety of the following insect. 



Rarely taken within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 7. rugifrons. Niger, opacus, parce cinereo-pubescens, elytris punctato-striatis, 

 dorso subdepressis, fronte rostroque longitudinaliter rugosts. (Long. corp. 

 3 lin.) 



Cu. rugifrons. Gyllenhal. — Otio. rugifrons. Steph. Catal. 173. No. 1758. 



Black, opaque, with a slight cinereous pubescence : head with the vertex smooth, 



. the forehead and rostrum iiat above, irregularly marked with several slender 

 elevated lines, with a few scattered hairs : thorax thickly and coarsely punctate, 

 the sides somewhat tuberculate: elytra a little depressed anteriorly, striated 

 with oblong-quadrate points, with the interstices rugulose tuberculate, with 

 rows of fine cinereous hairs : legs rather long : femora black, with a minute 

 tooth near the apex: tibiiE and tarsi piceous: antennce black. 



Rare near London ; found on the banks of the Severn ; also in 

 the " Isle of Arran."~Z>r. Leach, " Raehills."— 22ei'. W. Little. 



