314 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



immaculate : eyes black : breast and abdomen dusky-black : antennce entirely 

 and legs pale testaceous. 



Taken near Ripley, and other parts of tlie metropolitan district. 



Sp. 23. lurida. Ovata, convexa, nigro-picea, antennarum basi pedibusque livido- 

 testaceis, elytris hrunneis, confertissime, profunde punctatis, apice singulatim 

 rotundatis. (Long. corp. f — 1 lin.) 



Ha. lurida. Gyllenhal.—Steph. Catal. 216. No. 2193. 



Ovate-convex, pitchy-black ; head and thorax thickly punctured : elytra brown, 

 or dull ferruginous, thickly and rather deeply punctured throughout, the apex 

 of each rounded: legs livid-testa.ceoxxs, with the posterior femora more or less 

 fuscescent at the apex ; antennae with the base livid-testaceous, the tip fus- 

 cescent. 

 Frequent in grassy places within the metropolitan district in 



June ; also in Devonshire, and near Bristol. " Cramond.*" — Rev. 

 W. Little. " Swansea, not uncommon." — L. W. Dilhvyn, Esq. 



Sp. 24. castanea. Ovata, convexa, castanea, confertim punctata, antennis pedi- 

 busque testaceis. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 



Ha. castanea. Megerle.—Steph. Catal. 216. No. 2194. 



Ovate, convex, castaneousAirovm, shining, rather thickly punctulated: eyes 

 black : antennce entirely, and legs testaceoiis-yeWow , the apex of the hinder 

 femora fuscescent. 



Found near London and Bristol. 



Sp.25. bruunea. Ovata, convexa, castanea, orefemorumqueposticum apice nigris, 



antennarum basi pedibusque ferrugineis. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Ha. brunnea. Duftschmid. — Steph. Catal. 216. No. 2195. 



Ovate, convex, chestnut-brown, punctured : mouth black : thorax finely punc- 

 tured : elytra more distinctly and rather more deeply punctured : base of the 

 antennae and the legs ferruginous, the apex of the former fuscescent : the 

 hinder femora black at the tip. 



Also taken within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 26. laevis. Ovata, pallide testacea Icevis, antennaruvi basi pedibusque palli- 



dioribus. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Ha. laevis. Duftschmid.— Steph. Catal. 216. No. 2196. 

 Ovate, convex, pale ^e5taceo«5-yellow, and smooth : head and thorax rather 



obscure, the latter very finely and obsoletely punctured : elytra the same, very 



convex : legs pale testaceous-yellow, with the hinder femoj^a darker : base of 



the antennae pale, tip slightly fuscescent. 



Inhabits the vicinity of London ; and also found in Norfolk. 



