116 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Sp. 8. ovatus. Niger, suhnitidus, antennis pedibusque rufo-ferrugineis, fronte 

 rostroque subtiiissime coriaceis, tliorace suhgloboso, rugoso,femoribus valide 

 dentatis. (Long. corp. 2 — 3 lin.) 



Cu. ovatus. Marsham. Otio. ovatus. Steph. CataL 173. No. 1759. 



Black, slightly glossy : head with the vertex smooth^ the forehead and rostrum 

 flat and finely rugulose-punctate, with a few cinereous hairs : eyes brown : 

 antennas rvdo-ferruginous : thorax very convex, subglobose, thickly crowded 

 with elevated ;fM;6erc/e*, frequently united axvA forming longitudinal wrinkles 

 in the middle of the back, and having a few ashy-hairs : elytra above convex, 

 with the back slightly depressed anteriorly, coarsely punctate-striate, with the 

 interstices rugose-granulate and sparingly pubescent : legs rather long, stout, 

 rufo-ferruginous : femora clavate, especially the anterior ; aU with a stout, 

 elongate, acute tooth. 



Extremely abundant in hedges, &e. throughout the vicinity of 

 London; also in Devonshire and near Bristol. " On thistles on 

 Crwmlyn-burrows." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 9. pabulinus. Fusco-ferrugineus, elytris subglobosis punctato-striatis, an- 

 tennis pedibusque testaceis. (Long. corp. 2 — 3 lin.) 

 Cu. pabulinus. Panzer.— Odo. pabulinus. Steph. CataL 173. No. 1760. 



jy-a^y -ferruginous, slightly shining: head dull, ferruginous, punctate: eyes 

 black : thorax globose, with numerous more or less crowded shining elevated 

 tubercles, and a little sprinkling of downy pubescence : elytra subglobose, 

 gibbous, punctate-striated, the apex slightly acuminate : legs testaceous, rather 

 long, stout : femora clavate, acutely and strongly dentate : body beneath glossy 

 ferruginous: antennae testaceous. 



Probably an immature state of the foregoing species, but its form and sculpture 

 appear slightly dissimilar. 



Taken within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 10. Dillwynii. Niger obscurus, antennis pedibusque piceis, elytris punctato- 

 striatis, fronte rostroque subrugosis, thorace subglohoso, medio rugoso. (Long, 

 corp. 3 lin.) 



Pach. Dillwynii. Kirby MS S.— Odo. Dillwynii. Steph. CataL 1 73. iVo. 1 76 1 . 



Black, obscure : head obsoletely punctured, and transversely wrinkled between 

 the eyes : rostrum longitudinally rugose : thorax very thickly granulated, sub- 

 globose, with the centre distinctly rugose : elytra punctate-striate, the punc- 

 tures rather large and deep, the interstices convex, and slightly scabrous, 

 especially on the sides: legs and antennae pitchy-black : femora rather acutely 

 dentate. 



The only examples I have seen of this insect were captured in 

 the vicinity of Swansea ; where they were discovered by my friend, 

 L. IV. DiUwi/n, Esq., to whom the species is dedicated 



