118 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



the disc finely punctured, and having some minute griseous hairs: elytra 

 ovate, obtuse, very convex, ohsoleteJy sulcate, and the entire surface covered 

 with minute elevations, and some deUcate cinereous hairs : legs rather long, 

 stout, rufo-piceous : femora very stout : rostrum thickly rugose-punctate, with 

 an elevated carina not reaching to the apex, which latter is scarcely emar- 

 • ginated : antennae black. 



Common on most of the coasts of England, and on those of Wales. 

 " Babbicombe-cliffs, in abundance." — Mar sham MSS. " Not un- 

 common on the sand-hills' (near Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 

 " Tynemouth."— G^. Wailes, Esq. " Barmouth."— i?^?;. F. W. Hope 

 and C. Darwin, Esq- 



Sp. 14. ater. Niger, pedibus rufis, tar sis genubusque nigris, thorace angusto, 

 elytris rugosis, obsoletissime sulcato-punctatis. (Long. corp. 3^ lin.) 



Cu. ater. Herbst.—Otio. ater. Steph. Catal. p. 173. No. 1765. — Cu. maritimus. 

 Donovan, xv.pl. 633. f. 1. 



Black ; head very finely punctured, with the forehead depressed : rostrum 

 thickly and finely punctulate, with the apex a little emarginate, above luith 

 an elevated carina, bifid at the tip : thorax narrow, finely rugose-punctate, 

 with a delicate pubescence on the sides: elytra very obsoletely sulcate, the 

 sulci with slightly impressed broad punctures, and the interstices narrow and 

 transversely rugose, especially towards the sides: legs rather long, stout, 

 rufescent3 femora stout, clavate, with the apex black; tarsi also black: an- 

 tennae black, with ashy down. 



Less abundant than the last, but found also on several of the 

 coasts. "On the coast of Cornwall, by Mip-hill." — Marsham 

 MSS. " Common on the sand-hills (near Swansea)." — L. W.Dill- 

 wyn, Esq. " Sea-shore, Cramond." — Rev. W. Little. '■ 



Sp. 15. liftvigatus. Niger nitidus, antennis pedibusque piceis, thorace subtiliter 

 punctulato, elytris subtilissime punctato-striatis posteriHsjingustatis, rostro non 

 carinato. (Long. corp. 3^ lin.) 



Cu. Isevigatus. Fabricius. — Otio. lievigatus. Steph. Catal. p. 173. No. 1776". 



Black, shining : head glabrous, finely punctate : suture thickly rugose-punctate, 

 not carinated, with the apex emarginated : thorax rounded and dilated on the 

 sides, the disc very convex, glossy, glabrous, thickly punctate, the sides and 

 beneath finely granulated : elytra very convex, shining, and glabrous, very 

 delicately punctate-striate, with the interstices Jlat and very obscurely, but 

 thickly and \xregvlax\y punctured : legs elongate, black, or dull rufo-piceous; 

 tibiae curved and scabrous : tarsi slightly pubescent. 



Apparently rare : I possess three examples from the coast of 



