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Sp. 27. fuscescens. Ovata, lurida, subtus obscurior, confertim pundulata, pedibus 

 anticis antennarumque basi pallidioribus. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 



Ha. fuscescens. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 216. No. 2197. 



Ovate, convex, lurid-testaceous, shining, beneath more obscure ; thickly punctu~ 

 late: thorax sometimes reddish: elytra fuscescent : four anterior legs and 

 posterior tibiae and tarsi, with the base of the antennae, pale lurid-testaceous : 

 hinder femora and apex of the antennae more or less dusky. 



Found in various parts of the metropolitan district. " Raeliills." 

 — Rev. W. Little. " Swansea, occasionally." — L. W. Dillwyny 

 Esq. 



Sp. 28. nigricans. Atro-picea, thorace subnitido, elytris subtilissime punctulatis 



apice concolore, antennis pedibusque pallidis. (Long. corp. f — 1 lin.) 

 Ha. nigricans. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 216. No. 2198. 



. Deep dusky- piceous, slightly shining : thorax finely punctured, rather glossy : 

 elytra finely and rather thickly punctured, the punctures largest on the back ; 

 the disc and apex entirely of a deep pitchy-black : legs and antennae entirely 

 pale testaceous. 



Found, in June, near London and in Suffolk, and near Bristol. 

 " Raeliills."" — Rev. W. Little. " On the Ballota nigra (near Swan- 

 sea), not uncommon." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 29. laeta. Atro-picea, subnitida, thorace rufescente, elytris confertissime 



punctatis apice piceo, antennis, tibiis, tarsisque ruJis,J'emoribus posticis piceis. 



(Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Ha. laeta. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 216. No. 2199. 

 Deep piceous, slightly shining: ifAoraa; some what r-z^/e^cen^, glossy: elytra thickly 



and rather coarsely punctured, the apex piceous : antennae, tibiae, and tarsi 



rufous : posterior femora piceous. 



Less common than the last : it occurs near London and in Suf- 

 folk. " Weston."— i^et;. A. H. Matthews. 



Sp. 30. dorsalis. Oblonga, atra, thorace transverso suborbiculato limboque coleop- 



trorum testaceis. (Long. corp. 1 — 1^ lin.) 

 Cr. dorsalis. Fabricius. — Ha. dorsalis. Steph. Catal. 214. No. 2164. 



Oblong, head black : thorax transverse, suborbiculate, impunctate : elytra black, 

 punctured, ivith the entire margin broadly testaceous : legs black : anfennce 

 piceous, Vfith the base dull testaceous. 



Also rare ; taken in sandy places near Bexley, and at Darenth, 

 " Southend."— 7?m F. W. Hope. 



