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gular : legs bright chestnut : antennae dark chestnut, the ninth and tenth 

 joints somewhat triangular, the eleventh elongate-ovate : palpi flavescent. 



Found near London and Bristol, also in Norfolk, near " Lod- 

 don and Woodbastwick." — Denny, I. c. " Netley." — Rev. F. W. 

 Hope. 



Sp. 2. Heisii. Elongatus, nigro-castaneus, nitidus, thorace antice et postice 



angusfato, medio valde dilataio, Jemoribus crassis. (Long. corp. li lin.) 

 Ps. Heisii. Herbst.— Denny , M. pi. 9. /. 2.—Steph. Catal. 257. No. 2547. 



Elongate, dark chestnut, shining, slightly pubescent : head elongate, narrowed 

 anteriorly and depressed, with a central longitudinal furrow; crown convex, 

 with two small globidar hairy elevations between the eyes : thorax narrowed 

 at the base and apex, and much dilated in the middle, with two short obscure 

 impressed lines in front: elytra triangular, each with a line near the suture, 

 and a second from each shoulder, deeply impressed: abdomen long: legs 

 light chestnut, the femora stout : antennae dull chestnut, the terminal joint 

 slightly produced on one side at the apex. 



Taken with the preceding near London ; I have also met with it 

 in a chalk-pit near Barham, in Suffolk. " More abundant than the 

 preceding in Norfolk."" — Denny., I. c. 



Sp. 3. longicoUis. Nigro-castaneus, nitidus thorace subovali, postice lineolis 

 duabus arciiatis puncto centrali concatenatis. (Long. corp. 1\ lin.) 



Ps. longicollis. Reichenbach. — Denny, M. pi. 10. f. 1. — Steph. Catal. 257. 

 No. 2548. 



Dark chestnut, shining, slightly pubescent : head short, rather broad, with two 

 impressions between the eyes : thorax suhovate, with two oblique impressed 

 lines in front, and two curved ones, united by a point in the centre, at the 

 base : elytra somewhat triangular, each with a line near the suture, and a 

 second towards the middle of the base, the sides with an elevated margin, 

 the declivity at the apex thickly punctured : abdomen broad : legs chestnut; 

 femora slightly incrassate : antennae pale : palpi pale ferruginous. 



Rare : I have taken specimens at Hertford. " Horning, in 

 Norfolk." — Denny, I. c. 



Sp. 4. Dresdensis. Piceo-niger, pubescens, thorace angulato, postice lineold 



impressa arcuatd. (Long. corp. IJ lin.) 

 Ps. Dresdensis. Herbst. — Denny, M. pi. 10. /: 2. — Steph. Catal. 257. 



No. 2549. 



Vitcliy-hlack, piiljcscent: head oval, lengthened and much depressed in front, 

 rounded behind : thorax obluscly angulated in the middle, the I'ront narrowed. 



