392 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



The species are generally found in hedges in grassy and sandy 

 situations ; some few are found on trees. 



Sp. 1. ater. Ovalis, ater, nitidus, pubescens antennis tarsisque jpiceis. (Long. 



corp. f lin.) 

 Sc. ater. Kugellan. — Steph. Catal. 238. No. 2393. 



Oval, slightly convex : head black, rounded^ pubescent: mouth piceous : thorax 

 also black, slightly pubescent and obsoletely punctured : elytra ample, with 

 an oblong elevated tubercle on the shoulder, black, slightly shining, clothed 

 with a short pubescence, and thickly, but finely punctured : legs black: tarsi 

 and antenruB piceous. 



In profusion in July 1827 on a whitethorn hedge near Ripley ; 

 but not generally common. 



Sp. 2. minimus. Suhhemisphcericus, niger, pubescens, antennis, palpis, iihiis 



tarsisque rufo-testaceis. (Long. corp. | lin.) 

 Co. minima. Paykul: vide Syst. Catal. 238. No. 2393. — Gyllenhall, I. S. 



iv. 195. 



Subhemispheric, black, pubescent; head small, punctured: thorax immacu- 

 late : elytra ample, shining black, clothed with an ashy pubescence : femora 

 black ; apex of the anterior, with the tibioe and tarsi entirely pale rufo-testa- 

 ceous ; palpi and antennw also pale testaceous. 



Found near Hertford. 



Sp. 3. mgrinus. Subhemisphoericus, niger, pubescens, postice obtusus, antennis tar~ 



sisque rufo-piceis. (Long. corp. 11 lin.) 

 Cu. nigrinus. Herbst. — Steph. Catal. 238. No. 2394. 



Subhemispheric, black, pubescent : head with the throat flat, punctured ; the 

 mouth and antenna rufo-piceous : thorax broadly, but not deeply, emargi- 

 nate in front, entirely black, finely punctured, and clothed with a short 

 cinerous pubescence : elyt?-a\arge, obtusely rounded behind, very convex, rather 

 thickly punctured, and clothed with a decumbent griseous pale : legs black ; 

 tarsi rtifo-piceous. 



Not common ; taken at Birch-wood, and in Norfolk, on the fir. 



Sp. 4. femoralis. Subhemisphcericus, niger, pubescens, antennis piceis, iihiis 



tarsisque ferrugineis, pectore fortius punctato. (Long. corp. f lin.) 

 Sc. femoralis. Kirby MSS.— Gyllenhall, I. S. iv. /. 196. 



Subhemispheric, black, pubescent ; head shining : mouth and antennce rufo- 

 piceous : elytra large, very convex, with the apex obtusely rounded : the 

 disc finely punctured, and clothed with a delicate short, ashy, pubescence : 



