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rufo-testaceous, with the tarsi rather obscure: antcnnw dxxllJ'ctTi/ginous, with 

 the apex somewhat dusky. 

 The outer margin of the elytra is sometimes a little ferruginous, and the apex 

 of the abdomen rufo-piceous. 



Somewhat rare : occurring principally in the neighbourhood of 

 Darenth and Birch woods, though I have taken specimens near 

 Hertford and Dover, in June. 



Sp. 4. murina. N^igi-u, supra opaca, tcnuij holosei-iceo-jnihcsccns, antennaritm 

 basi elyiris pedibusque Jlavo-tcstaceis, cli/iris suhstriatis. (Long. corp. 

 2^—3 lin.) 



Ch. murina, Linnc. — Martyn, C. pi. 16. f. 32. Ci. murina. — Steplu Catal. 

 246. No. 2447. 



Black, above opaque, and clothed with a delicate silken pubescence, and finely 

 coriaceous: mouth testaceous; thorax rather densely pubescent, the lateral 

 margins sometimes ferruginous : elytra lurid-testaceous, very finely pubes- 

 cent and most obsoletely striated, the sutural striae deepest : body shining 

 beneath, sometimes piceous : legs entirely pale testaceous ; base of the 

 antennae the same, apex fuscous. 



Extremely abundant in hedges during the early summer months 

 throughout the metropolitan district. " Not uncommon (near 

 Swansea)."" — L. W. Dillwyn., Esq. " Caernarvon." — C. C. Babing- 

 ton, Esq. " Dalmeny." — Rev. W. Little. 



Sp. 5. fusca. Nigro-fasca, holosericeo-tomentosa, antennarum basi tihiis tar- 



sisque fusco-testaceis, elytris obsoletissime striatis. (Long. corp. 2^ — 3 lin.) 

 Cr. fusca. Marsham. — Ci. fusca. Steph. Catal. 246. No. 2448. 



Above fuscous-black, clothed with a short delicate silken pubescence : elytra 

 very obsoletely striated, the striae most evident towards the suture : legs 

 fusco-testaceous, with the femora sometimes piceous or dusky : base of the 

 antenna also fusco-testaceous, sometimes pale testaceous, or piceous. 



Less common than the last, of which I suspect that it is merely a 

 variety ; it occurs throughout the metropolitan district, in company 

 •with the foregoing species. "Near Swansea."" — L. W. Dillwyn, 

 Esq. " Cambridge."— C. C. BaUngton, Esq. "Wood Ditton." 

 —Rev. L. Jenyns. 



