214> MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Common within the metropolitan district, especially at Darenth- 

 wood, on the common furze. " Cummersdale." — T. C. Heysliam, 

 Esq. " Common everywhere in Cambridgeshire." — Rev. L. Jenyns. 

 " Not uncommon (near Swansea)." — L. IV. Dillwi/n, Esq. 



Sp. 3. affinis. Ovatus niger, thorace elytrisque albido maculatis, antennarum 

 basi, pedihusque anticis rufo-testaceis,femoribus basi tarsisque nigris. (Long. 

 Corp. 1— Ij lin.) 



Br. affinis. Steph. Catal. 193. No. 1996. 



Ovate, hlach, head rounded : thorax with the lateral margins unarmed, oblique ; 

 disc rugose-punctate, with a few scattered whitish spots, of which the one 

 opposite to the scutellum is most distinct: elytra punctate-striate, the in- 

 terstices transversely wrinkled, with obsolete spots of whitish pubescence : 

 anterior femora with the apex rufou.'s, the base black : tibiae of the same legs 

 also rufous : tarsi all black ; basal joints of the ahtennse rufous. 



Taken in the vicinity of London, chiefly at Darenth. 



Sp. 4. Loti. Ovatus niger, griseo pubescens, antennarum basi pedibusque anticis 



rufo-testaceis,femoribusposticisunidentatis. (Long. corp. 1;^ — 1^ lin.) 

 Br. Loti. Paykul— Steph. Catal. 193. No. 1997. 



Ovate, black, delicately clothed throughout with a fine griseous pile : thorax with 

 the lateral margins entire: elytra punctate-striate, the interstices uniformly 

 clothed with griseous pile, with a dense streak of the same on the suture : 

 apex of abdomen black, immaculate: anterior legs rufo-testaceous, the remainder 

 black : the basal joints of the antennae also rufo-testaceous. 



Found near Hampstead on the Lotus corniculatus ; also found in 

 Somersetshire. 



Sp. 5. Lathyri. Ovatus, niger, tenue griseo-pubescens, antennis basi pedibusque 



anticis rufo-testaceis. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Br. Lathyri. Kirby MSS.— Steph. Catal. p. 193, No. 1998. 



Ovate, black, immaculate, clothed with a very short griseous pubescence : thorax 

 with the lateral margins rounded: elytra punctate-striate, the interstices im- 

 maculate, obsoletely coriaceous : anterior legs and base of the antennae riif'o- 

 testaceous : tarsi fuscescent. 



Found, but not commonly, near London ; much more abundant 

 in the neighbourhood of Bristol. 



B. Femora unarmed. 



Sp. 6. seminarius. Oblongo-ovatus niger, pube grisea subvariegaius, antennarum 

 basi, genubus tibiisque anterioribus rufo-testaceis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



