142 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



Rare near London, and I believe not common in other parts. 

 " On the sand-hills (near Swansea), not common." — L. W. Dillwyn, 

 Esq. 



Sp. 9. confluens. Niger, squamulis cinereo-argenteis adspersus, antennis pedi- 

 busque testaceis, femoribus clavatis nigris, omnibus dentatis. (Long. corp. 

 2i Hn.) 



Po. confluens. Kirby MSS.—Sfeph. Catal. p. 178. No. 1829. 



Black, slightly clothed with ashy-silvery scales, a little varied on the elytra : 

 head and thorax sUghtly punctate, the latter somewhat globose, with the 

 lateral margins densely squamous : elytra moderately punctate-striated, the 

 interstices rather broad and flat : legs slightly elongate : femora black— the 

 base sometimes pale — all dentate ; tibiae and tarsi testaceous : antennae the same, 

 with the club occasionally dusky. 



Kare : taken near London, and in Suffolk, 



Sp. 3. marginatus. Rufo-griseus, squamulis piliformibus cinereo-griseis tectus, 



thoracis elytrorumque lateribus albidis. (Long. corp. 1^ — 2^ lin.) 

 Po. marginatus. Steph. Catal. 178. No. 1830. 



Rufo-griseous, clothed with h.a.\r-\ike griseoiis-ash scales : thorax slightly globose, 

 with an obsolete impressed transverse line at the base, the scales on the lateral 

 margins, and on a narrow line in the centre, rather whitish, and more densely 

 placed: elytra rather deeply Tpunctate-striate, clothed on the back with griseous 

 ash, and OK the sides with whitish-ash. scales : legs entirely pale rufo-testaceous: 

 femora clavate, and all dentate : antennae also pale rufo-testaceous. 



The tips of the posterior and intermediate femora are sometimes slightly suflFiised 

 with dusky externally. 

 Found at Birch-wood in May and June, frequenting juniper 



bushes. 



Sp. 4. pulchellus. Ater, squamulis aureo-griseis, parciiis tectus, elytris lineis 

 duabus marginibusque pallidioribus, antennis pedibusque riifo-testaceis. (Long, 

 corp. 2^ lin.) 



Po. pulchellus. Steph. Catal. 178. No. 1831. 



Slender, black, clothed rather sparingly with golden- griseous scales; rostrum 

 short: head broad: thorax with an impressed transverse line within the ante- 

 rior margin, the disc subglobose : elytra slightly punctate-^/rm/e, the interstices 

 narrow, the second and fifth from the suture and the marginal one densely 

 clothed with pale griseous scales, the remainder rather sparingly so : antennae 

 and legs entirely of a pale duU griseous- testaceous: femora slightly dentate. 



Of this beautiful species I possess a single example, which I 

 captured at Darenth-wood many years since. 



