NOTOXID.E. — ANTHICUS. 7^ 



Sp. 5. floralis. Nigro-brunneus , nitidus, gldbriusculus subtiUssimlpunctulatus, 

 antennis, pedibus, thorace elytrisque antice ferrugineis. (Long. corp. IJ lin.) 



Me. floralis. Linni.. — Martyn Col. pi 39. /. 4. — An. floralis. Steph. Catal. 

 255. No. 2525. 



Brown-black, shining, nearly glabrous : very finely punctured : thorax ferru- 

 ginous, cordate, much dilated before the middle, narrowed behind, with a 

 transverse impressed line in front, and an anterior abbreviated dorsal furrow: 

 elytra throughout thicMy and rather deeply punctured, with a transverse 

 impression before the middle, the base broadly ferruginous ; the remainder 

 fuscous- brown, or dusky, shining: antennae and legs ferruginous; femora 

 fiiscescent. 



Found, but rarely, within the metropohtan district in June. 

 *' Swansea, not uncommon." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 6. equestris. Fuscus, subpubescens , thorace antennarum, elytrorumque basi 

 pedibusque rufis. (Long. corp. 1§ lin.) 



No. equestris. Panzer — An. equestris. Steph. Catal. 255. JVo. 2526. 



Fuscous, slightly pubescent : head glabrous, punctured : thorax elongate, 

 rounded anteriorly and narrowed behind, the disc rufous punctate : elytra 

 fuscous, ciliated on the margin, with the base rufous : legs rufous, with the 

 femora obscure at the apex : antennae fuscous, with the basal joints rufous. 



Found near London and in Devonshire, in June. 



Sp. 8. gracilis. Elongatus ater, subtilissitne punciulatus elytris flavo-testaceis 

 ■margine later ali maculU triangulari nigra, antennis pedibusque flavis. 

 (Long. corp. \\ lin.) 



No. gracilis. Kugellan. — An. gracilis. Steph. Catal. 255. No. 2528. 



Elongate, black, shining, very finely punctured : thorax subglobose, narrowed 

 behind : elytra ample, pale testaceous, luith a ti'iangular black spot behind the 

 middle on the lateral margins : legs and antennae testaceovxs. 



Of this insect I possess a specimen taken near London in June. 



Sp. 9. humilis. Piceo-niger, griseo-pilosus, punctatus, capite atro, thorace 

 antice tumido, petiolato, basi coarctato, coleoptris obovalibus pedibus rufis. 

 (Long. corp. If lin.) 



An. humilis. Ahrens. Faun, x. f. 6. — Curtis's Guide. 



tSp. 7. pedestris. Ater nitidus, thorace ferrugineo, femoribus anticis dentatis. 



An. pedestris. Fabricius.— Steph. Catal 255. No. 2527. (!) 



Black, shining ; thorax rufous, narrowed behind : legs black, the femora rufous 



at the base, the anterior unidentate: antenna^ a little thickened at the apex, 



black, with the base rufous. 

 "When my Catalogue was printing, I supposed 1 had seen a specimen of this 



species in Mr. Curtis's cabinet, but his hiscct appears to be A. humilis. 



