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Sp. 1. micans. Supra Jusco-picea sericeo-pubescens, subtilissivie rugoso- 

 punctatzis, antennis pedibus, corporeque subtus ferrugineis. (Long. corp. 

 2— 2i lin.) 



Di. micans. Fabricius. — Or. micans. Steph. Catal. 248. No. 2462. 



Above pitchy-brown, clothed with a silken pubescence, and very finely rugose- 

 punctate : elytra rather paler, immaculate, a little attenuated towards the 

 apes, which last is sometimes rather paler than the base: mouth, palpi, 

 and body beneath, as well as the legs and antennae, ferruginous, the two 

 former palest : eyes black. 



Immature specimens are pale testaceous, with black eyes. 



Not common near London, but in some parts of Norfolk and in 

 Suffolk it has been taken in profusion in June, beneath moist boleti : 

 it has also occurred in other parts of the country. " In a wood near 

 Penllergare." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Bottisham."'' — Rev. L. 

 Jejiyns. " Barmouth." — Rev. F. W. Hope. 



tSp. 2. fasciata. Fusco-picea, pubescens, suhtiliter punctulatus, antennis pedi- 

 busque fusco-ferrugineis, elytris testaceis, maculis difformibus fascia pone 

 ?nedium apiceque nigris. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



Or. fasciata. Paykull — Curtis, v. pi. 197. — Steph. Catal. 248. No. 2463. 



Pitchy-brown, or ferruginous, minutely punctured, and clothed with a short 

 yellowish pubescence : eyes black : thorax with an impression at the base 

 on each side, and occasionally with a spot near the front and a fascia behind, 

 forming an arch over each impressed point, black : elytra testaceous, with a 

 geminated spot near the base, a sinuated arched one before the middle, not 

 touching the margins, a broad fascia behind the middle, and the apex black : 

 piceous beneath : legs and antenns ferruginous. 



Of this rare species examples have been captured in the New 

 Forest : one " on the 1st of June, 1824, near Lyndhurst, from out 

 of a -whitethorn." — Curtis, I. c. 



Family LX.— MORDELLIDiE, Leach. 



Mandibles with the apex bifid or entire : maxillce short, bifid : mentum very 

 short, transverse : labium membranaceous, elongate, its palpi inserted at the 

 apex. Antenna a little thickened externally, frequently serrated or flabel- 

 late, short, inserted on the inner margin of the eyes: head trigonate-ovate, 

 very much inflexed, closely applied to the thorax, the latter trapeziform, 

 broadest behind : body short, arched, attenuated posteriorly : abdomen conic; 

 sometimes caudate : legs dissimilar, anterior placed close to the head, poste- 

 rior large, generally with long spurs at the apex of the tibicc ; posterior 

 /ar.vt with cMlirc joints ; claws ^\\v.\i\<i. 



