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Not common : found occasionally within the metropolitan district. 

 " Cramond."— ff^tJ. W. Little, " Southend."— il/r. Waterhouse. 

 " Midgley-moor." — Mr. Gibson, 



Sp. 44. atratulum. Atrum, opacum, thorace cylindrico, punctato, canaliculato, 

 coleoptris obcuneatis, punctato-sulcatis, interstitiis convexis. (Long. corp. 1^ — 

 If lin.) 



Ap. atratulum. Germar.—Steph. Catal. 187. No. 1919. 



Black, opaque, obscurely pilose : head short, finely punctured: rostrum moderate, 

 dull, the apex shining : antennae rather long : thorax cylindric, thick, punc- 

 tate, with an elongate impressed dorsal line : coleoptra very broad, obconic, 

 punctate-sulcate, with the interstices convex : legs slender, rather long. 



Not very abundant : I have occasionally met with specimens 

 near Ripley, in June. " Southend." — M?-. Waterhouse. 



Sp. 45. immune. Atrum piloso-subincanum, coleoptris globoso-cuneiformibus 



sulcatis, capite striato. (Long. corp. 1 — 1^ lin.) 

 Ap. immune. Kirby.—Steph. Catal. 187. No. 1920. 



Black, with a fine obscure whitish pile : head striated between the eyes : rostrum 

 moderate, finely punctured and shining : antennae moderate : eyes slightly 

 prominent : thorax somewhat globose, punctulated, the punctures somewhat 

 united, luith a larger one behind, opposite to the scutellum : coleoptra of a 

 somewhat globose-wedge shape, very obtuse behind, punctate-^w/ca^e, with the 

 interstices moderately convex. 



Taken on the broom and furze within the metropolitan district. 

 " Southend." — Mr. Waterhouse. 



Sp. 46. carbonarium. Atrum, nitidulum, thorace subcylindrico punctato-rugoso, 

 postice canaliculato, coleoptris subglobosis, striatis, interstitiis planis. (Long, 

 corp. Ig lin.) 



Ap. carbonarium. Germar. — Steph. Catal. 187. No. 1921. 



Black, obscure, slightly shining : head long and small, obscurely punctured 

 between the eyes : rostrum rather long, punctured, thickened behind the an- 

 tennas : thorax subcylindric, rugose-punctate, with a larger dorsal impression 

 behind : coleoptra subglobose, striate, the striae slightly punctate, with the in- 

 terstices flat. 



Found in June near Hertford, and also in the vicinity of Ripley. 



Sp. 47. Sorbi. Atrum, glabrum, coleoptris glohosis virescenti-cceruleis, rostro 



longissimo. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 

 At. Sorbi. Fabricius.—Ap. Sorbi. Steph. Catal. 187. No. 1922. 



