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Sp. 5. cervinus. Niger, squamulis cinerels aut aureis undique adspersus, elytris 

 maculis denudatisfuscis, antennarum basirufescente, tar sis rufis. (Long. corp. 

 2|— 2| lin.) 



Cu. cervinus. Linne.—Po. cervinus. Steph. Catal. 179. No. ISSS. 



Black, clothed throughout with glossy cinereous or golden — sometimes virescent 

 — scales : thorax with a transverse impression within the base and the apex, 

 the lateral margins and a narrow line in the middle sometimes more densely 

 squamous than the rest: elytra with the shoulders prominent, rather deeply 

 punctate-striate, the interstices varied with unequal denuded fuscous spots : 

 . body beneath clothed with silvery-ash scales : legs black, with cinereous 

 pubescence: tarsi rufous: all the femora with a small, acute tooth: antennce 

 slender, rufescent, with the club black. 



Extremely variable in the colour of the scales, and also in size. 



Not uncommon in hedges in the vicinity of woods, during the 

 month of June, within the metropolitan district. " In woods (near 

 Swansea), not common." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Kingsmoor." — 

 T. C. Heysham, Esq. 



Sp. 6. melanotus. Niger, squamulis virescentibus adspersus, elytris immacu- 



latis, antennarum basi rufescente, capitulo atro. (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 

 Po. melanotus. Kirby? MSS.— Steph. Catal. 179. No. 1833. 



Black, clothed ivith shining greenish scales : thorax with the disc somewhat 

 convex, the apex with a transverse impression, from the centre of which an 

 obscure abbreviated dorsal carina arises ; the base simple : elytra punctate- 

 striate, the interstices immaculate : legs, including the tarsi, entirely black, 

 with an ashy-pubescence : antennw rather slender, with the capitulum Mack. 



Found in the vicinity of the metropolis, and in Suffolk. 



Sp. 7. sericeus. Niger squamulis viridibus opacis tectus, antennis pedibusque 

 palhde testaceis,femoribus subdentatis. (Long. corp. 2J — 3 lin.) 



Cu. sericeus. Schaller.~Po. sericeus. Steph. Catal. 179. No. 1834. 



Black, clothed throughout with opaque greenish scales : head porrect, with deep 

 green scales and an impression between the eyes : thorax rather convex, obso- 

 letely impressed transversely within the base and the apex : elytra large, ivith 

 the suture slightly elevated behind, rather faintly punctate-striate, the inter- 

 stices clothed with opaque greenish scales and immaculate : legs pale testa- 

 ceous, with the femora rather thickened, armed with an obsolete tooth, slightly 

 dusky, and clothed with greenish scales without : antennw rather slender, pale 

 testaceous, with the club dusky. 



Apparently rare : I have found it near London ; but most of my 

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