218 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



The most abundant species of the genus, taken not uncommonly 

 in the neighbourhood of London. " Not uncommon (near Swan- 

 sea), on the leaves of ehn." — L. W. Dillioijn, Esq. 



Obs. — I have recently seen an insect belonging to this genus 

 which was captured near London, that is probably the Sa. seneus 

 of Olivier, but have not the present means of describing it. 



Genus CCCLX. — SphjEriestes, Kirhy. 



Antennae short, the basal joint rather stout, subglobose, the two following slightly- 

 elongate, the fourth, fifth, and sixth, rather stouter, shorter, obconic, the 

 remainder forming a five-jointed club, of which the two basal joints are more 

 or less nodose and small, the remainder distinctly incrassated, and the terminal 

 one obovate and obtuse. Palpi filiform, the terminal joint scarcely incrassated 

 and obtuse: labrum rounded in front: Aeac? slightly convex, produced ante- 

 riorly into a short, broad, depressed rostrum : thorax subcordate, narrowed 

 behind, the lateral margins sometimes crenulated : elytra rigid : body elon- 

 gate-ovate, glabrous : head and thorax narrower than the elytra. 



Sphseriestes — a genus proposed by Mr. Kirby to embrace the 

 species of this and the foregoing genus, — differs principally from 

 Salpingus by having the rostrum shorter and broader, the head de- 

 pressed ; antennse with the club less distinctly 5-jointed, with the 

 terminal joint obtuse, the labrum rounded in front, &c. 



A. With the sides of the thorax entire. 



Sp. 1. ater. Nigro subceneus glaber, antennarum basi tarsisque rufo-piceis, 

 tkorace breviori punctatissimo bifoveolato, capite rotundato. (Long. corp. 1^ 

 Hn.) 



Sp. ater. Paykull.—^^. ater. Steph. Catal. 194. No. 2006. 



Black, with a slight brassy tinge, glabrous : head rounded, smooth, piceous •■, 

 thorax subcordate, very coarsely and thickly punctured, with an ovate, rather 

 large fovea on each side before the middle: elytra slightly convex, with an 

 obscure transverse impression before the middle : the disc rather deeply punc- 

 tate-striate, the interstices with a few smaller punctures, disposed in rows : 

 tarsi and base of the antennae rufo-piceous. 



Apparently very rare : I have hitherto seen but two specimens, 

 one of which was captured in Norfolk. 



Sp. 2. immaculatus. Fusco-castaneus, aut ferrugineus, oculis nigris, antennis 



