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Sp. 3. exaratus. Fuscus, elytris cinereis sat profunds striatis, striis punctatis. 



(Long. corp. 2^—4 lin.) 

 Cu. exaratus. Marsham.—Don. xii. pi. 414./. 2.— Ph. exaratus. Steph. Catal. 



175. No. 1781. 



Fuscous, clothed with ashy scales : rostrum rather broad, and with the head and 

 thorax deep fuscous, immaculate : elytra paler or cinereous, with moderately 

 deep punctate-strice, of which the six dorsal ones are the most evident, the 

 three lateral ones on each side being rather faint : body thickly clothed with 

 short whitish or cinereous hairs beneath : legs fuscous. 



Extremely variable in size and slightly so in colour. 



Very common on sandy heaths in the vicinity of the metropolis, 

 never in company with the preceding. " Swansea."—/.. W. Dill- 

 xvyn, Esq. " Bottisham." — Rev. L. Jenyns. 



Sp. 4. plumbeus. Plumbeus, oculis antennisque rufis, pedihus nigro-piceis, tibiis 



tarsisque pallidiorihus. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 

 Cu. plumbeus, if/ar^/iam.— Ph. plumbeus. Steph. Catal. 175. No. 1782. 



Black, thickly clothed with an ashy down : head and thorax immaculate, the 

 latter finely granulated : elytra large, rather deeply striate, the strise punctate, 

 the interstices convex and sHghtly punctured : eyes rufous, with a brilliant 

 fiery splendour : antennsB rufous : femora deep pitchy-black: tibiae and tarsi 

 paler, with a rufescent tinge. 



The briUiant phosphorescent or fiery lustre of the eyes of this species still exists 

 in both the specimens which I obtained from the Marshamian collection, 

 although thirty years have elapsed since they were described by Mr. Marsham. 



" Taken near Hastings in AngnsV— Marsham I c. in Syst. 

 Catal. 



Genus CCCXXIV.— Strophosomus, BiUberg. 



AntenncB geniculated, 12-jointed, rather long and slender, the scape clavate, 

 reaching to the upper margin of the eyes ; funiculus with the two basal joints 

 rather long, the second longest, obconic, the remainder short, rounded : club 

 oblong-ovate, acuminate. Rostrum short, broad, frequently divided from the 

 head at the base by a transverse suture, the apex deeply emarginate : head 

 short, broad, often with a longitudinal impressed frontal line : eyes globose, 

 very prominent : thorax short, transverse, narrowed anteriorly, with the sides 

 a little rounded, convex above, truncate anteriorly and posteriorly, the base 

 sometimes bisinuated: scutellum minute: elytra ample, ovate, convex: legs 

 rather short, simple : tibicE nearly straight, truncate, unarmed. 



