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B. Femora unarmed, a. Elytra not distinctly striated. 

 Sp. 11. Lima. Oblongo-ovatus niger totus, punctis ■pro?ninulis scaber. (Long. 



corp. 8 lin.) 

 Cu. Lima. Marshajn.— Olio. Lima. Steph. Catal. 173. No. 1762. 



Oblowr-ovate, entirely black; covered throughout ivith scabrous elevated points, 

 placed somewhat regularly on the thorax, and disposed in slightly transverse 

 wrinkles on the elytra, especially on the sides : rostrum with a longitudinal 

 carina : abdomen ovate, rather acute behind. 



Of this very remarkable insect I have hitherto seen but one 

 specimen, which I obtained from the Marshamian collection ; of its 

 locality I am not aware. 



Sp. 12. tenebricosus. Niger, subnitidus, pedibus elongatis nifo-piceis, elytris 

 oblongo-ovatis, obsoletissime striatis, apice attenuatis, thorace angusto. (Long, 

 corp. 4—6 lin.) 



Cu. tenebricosus. Herbst.—Oiio. tenebricosus. Steph. Catal. 173. No. 1763. 

 Cur. maritimusj var. Donovan, xv. pi. 533. f. 2. 



Black, slightly shining : head and thorax finely coriaceous ; the latter narrow, 

 subcylindric, with the sides very slightly dilated, the disc very convex, and in 

 recent perfect specimens, sparingly clothed with a few dehcate hairs: elytra 

 oblong-owsite, attenuated posteriorly, but the extreme apex rounded : above 

 very convex, with some very obsolete stria; composed of minute punctures, the 

 interstices transversely, but obsoletely, rugulose, and in fine specimens more 

 or less clothed with cinereous hairs, sometimes united into minute patches : 

 legs elongate, rufo-ferruginous or rufo-piceous, with the tarsi dusky; the 

 femora slender at the base and clavate towards the apex; antennae blacks- 

 rostrum thickly rugose-punctate, with a carina in the middle, obsoletely bifid 

 in front, the apex of the rostrum deeply emarginate. 



SHghtly variable in colour, being sometimes rufo-piceous, with the legs paler:— 

 the result of immaturity. 



Very abundant in hedges, &c. throughout the metropolitan 

 district, and not uncommon in the metropolis itself: also found 

 in Devonshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, &c. " On the sand-hills (near 

 Swansea), common."— Z. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 13. atroapterus. Niger subnitidus pedibus rufo-piceus, thorace lateribus 

 dilatato, elytris ovatis, obtusis, obsoletissime sulcatis, granulatis. (Long. corp. 

 4 lin.) 



Cu. atroapterus. Be Geer .—Oiw. atroapterus. Steph. Catal. 173. N'o. 1764. 



Black, slightly shining: head short, finely punctured, with a small impression 

 between the eyes: thorax with the sides rounded and dilated, above convex 

 and slightly pulvinated, with a transverse impression at the base and apex, 



