170 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Sp. 11. Spartii. Atriimglahrum,coleo'ptrisobovatis,atro-ccEruleis,froniepunc-' 



tato, rostro mediocri. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Ap. Spartii. Kirhy.—Steph. Catal. 184. No. 1886. 



Black, very smooth, slightly shining : head rather broad, punctured between the 

 eyes, the punctures confluent: rostrum moderate, filiform, a little glossy, 

 punctate its entire length : antennae moderate : thorax scarcely broader than 

 the head, subcylindric, distinctly and slightly punctate, with a larger punc- 

 ture before the scutellum : coleoptra deep blue, obovate, rather gibbous behind, 

 punctate-striate, the interstices slightly convex. 



Not very abundant; found on the common broom within the 

 metropolitan district, and in Suffolk. " Dorking, July." — Mr. Wa- 

 terlwuse. 



Sp, 12. curtirostre. Atrum, obscurum, subpilosum : coleopiris subovatis, rostro 



breviori crassiusculo. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Ap. curtirostre. Germar.—Steph. Catal. 185. No. 1887. 



Black, obscure, with a delicate hoary pile : head punctate, the punctures con- 

 fluent and rugulose between the eyes: rostrum rather short, thickened, punc- 

 tate, with the apex glossy : antennae rather long, with the elub somewhat thick : 

 eyes scarcely prominent : thorax subcylindric, rather deeply punctate, with 

 a short dorsal line : coleoptra subovate, sulcate, the sulci punctated, the inter- 

 stices rather flat. 



Not very uncommon in the neighbourhood of London. " Dork- 

 ing, July." — Mr. Waterhouse. " Among herbage, and on nettles 

 (near Swansea), and not uncommon on the naked sand-hills." — 

 L. W. Dillwyn^ Esq. 



Sp. 13. humile. Nigrum, griseo pilosum, thorace cylindrico, punctato, postice 

 impresso, coleoptris oblongo obovalibus, punctato-sulcatis, rostro brevi. (Long, 

 corp. 1;!^ hn.) 



Ap. humile. Germar.—Steph. Catal. 185. No. 1888. 



Black, with a griseous pile : head broad, punctured, slightly rugose between the 

 eyes: rostrum short, as long as the head in the male, punctate, opaque, 

 with the apex shining : antennae short: thorax cylindric, punctate, with an 

 impressed elongate line behind, before the scutellum : coleoptra oblong, oboval, 

 punctate-sulcate. 



Closely allied to the preceding, but rather different in form. 



Also found within the metropolitan district ; not very abundantly. 

 " Dorking, July." — Mr. Waterhouse. 



Sp. 14. velox. Atrum, rostro breviori crassiusculo, coleoptris ohovatis sulcatis, 

 sulcorum interstitiis angiislissimis. (Long. corp. f — 1 lin.) 



