84 :^rA^'DIUTTI.ATA.— ( OI.KOrTF.RA. 



Black, shining', pubescent : head porroct : thorax pitchy-1)lack, tlie base with 

 two deep Joveuhv vnitcd by a transverse line : elytra slightly piceous at the 

 apex: femora black; tibiw and tarsi pale testaceous-rcJ : paljii also pale 

 testaceous: antennic rather stout, pitchy-brown, the eighth joint very large, 

 with a tooth on its inner angle, the ninth also larger, with a tooth within, 

 the tenth and eleventh as large as the ninth, and simple, the apex of the 

 last obtuse. 



I have great satisfaction in naming the present conspicuous species after tiie 

 ingenious monographer upon this family of insects, as a slight compliment 

 for his useful researches. 



Taken, I believe, in the vicinity of London. 



B. Thorax in front broader than the elytra. 



Sp. 14. thoracicus. Piceus, pubescens, thorace 7naximo antice rotundato, gibho, 

 elytris latiori, capite parvo, inserto, dejlexo, antennis pedibusqiie Jlavo-ferrvgt- 

 neis. (Long. corp. ? — f li'i-) 



Sc. thoracicus. Kunze.— Denny, pi. 11./. S.—Sfeph. Caial. 256. No. 2Ur>. 



Pitchy, pubescent : head small, inserted, dull chestnut : thorax dark chestnut, 

 smooth, shining, very large, the fore fart rounded, gibhovs, wider than the 

 elytra, the base a little contracted, the sides slightly sinuated : elytra clothed 

 with fuscous hairs, the base with two angular depressions : legs rusty-yel- 

 low : antennae testaceous-yellow, hairy ; the intermediate joints globose, 

 the eighth smaller than the seventh, the terminal one very large, with the 

 apex slightly acute : palpi flavescent. 



Not common : found occasionally amongst moss, in the winter, 

 within the metropolitan district ; it has also occurred in Norfolk. 

 " Near Loddon.'" — Deimy, I. c. " Knight's-hill, near Dulwich.""' — 

 A. Cooper., Esq. 



Section VI.*— BRACHELYTRA, Mac Leay. 



Mandibles strong, elongate-trigonal, rarely exserted : palpi generally filiform 

 or subulated, nearly clavate ; maxillary 4-articulate, labial 3-articulate, 

 their terminal joints frequently extremely minute or evanescent : maxilla? 

 with the apex often bifid, the outer lobe longest, acute, palpiform : body very 

 long and narrow, with two vesicles at the apex : elyt7'a very much abbre- 

 viated, rarely covering half of the abdomen : legs gressorial, the anterior 

 with very large coxae; tarsi variable: antennce mostly moniliform, slightly 

 Jncrassated at the apex. 



* The insects of this division form the third section of the Rhypophaga, 

 but, for the reasons shewn in my Catalcfgue, I have placed them at the end of 

 the Coleoptera. 



