316 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Sp. 31. Anchusae. Ovata, convexa, atra, subnitida, antennarum basi, tibiis tar- 

 siscjiie puUidis, eh)tris confertissime punctatis, apice singulatmi rotundatis, 

 abdomine brevioribus. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 



Ga. Anchusse. Pat/kuL—Ua.. Anchus^. Steph. Catal. 216. No. 2200. 



OvatC;, convex, biack, somewhat glossy : head and thorax finely punctured : 

 elytra scarcely so long as the abdomen, thickly and rather deeply punctured, 

 the apex of each rounded and gaping : femora black, with the apex of the 

 anterior pale testaceous : tibia and tarsi also pale testaceous: antennae black, 

 with the basal joint fuscescent, the four or five following pale. 



Rather uncommon near London : I have received specimens from 

 the neighbourhood of Bristol. 



Sp. 32. parvula. Ovata, nigra, supra piceo-cBnea, subtilissime punctulata, anten- 

 narum basi pedibusque griseo-pallidis, femoribus posticis fusco-piceis. (Long. 

 Corp. ^— f lin.) 



Ha. parvula. Ent. Hefte.— Steph. Catal. 216. No 2201. 



Ovate, black, above brassy piceous-black, or pale piceous ; very faintly and most 

 obscurely punctured, slightly glossy : elytra rather more distinctly punctured, 

 moderately convex: legs pa/e-griseous, or dull testaceous, with the hinder 

 femora sometimes fuscescent : base of the antennae also pale; the apex fus- 

 cescent. ^ 



Apparently rare : my specimens were taken near London. 



Sp. 33. Pulex. Oblongo-ovata, atra, nitens, subtilissime at irregulariter, punc- 

 tata, antennis tibiiscjue rvjis. (Long. corp. 1 — 1^ lin.) 

 Ch. Pulex. Marsham.—Rsi. Pulex. Steph. Catal. 216. No. 2202. 



Somewhat oblong-ovate, black, shining, very finely but irregularly punctulate : 

 antennae and tibiae rufous : femora black. 



Found in grassy places, in June, near London. " Near Swansea, 

 among grass, not uncommon." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 34. hilaris. Suboblongo-ovata, atra, nitida, glabra, elytris subtilissime punc- 

 tatis apice obtusis, antennis pedibusque pallidis. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Ha. hilaris (nee pilaris). Kirby MSS.— Steph. Catal. 216. No. 2203. 



Somewhat oblong^ovate, very black, shining and glabrous: thorax moderately 

 convex and very faintly punctulate : elytra obtuse at the apex, very glossy, 

 finely punctured throughout, the apex concolorous : antennae and legs entirely 

 pale testaceous. 



Rare, at least near London : it has been taken in Suffolk and 

 Norfolk. " Raehills."— A'6'y. W. Little, 



