PSELAPHID^. — EUPLECTUS. 95 



pressed at the base: legs testaceous-brown: antennae ferruginous-yeUow; 

 in the male the second joint is globular, with a tooth-like prominence on 

 the inner side. 



Found in Norfolk, and near London ; but not common. 



Sp. 2. securiger. Piceo-fuscus, antennis masculis articulo secundo securiformi, 

 thorace punctato nitido, antennis pedibusque intense ferrugineis. (Long. 

 corp. I — I lin.) 



Ps. securiger. Reichenhach. — By. securiger. Denny, M. pL 3. f. 2. — Steph. 

 Catal. 258. K'o. 2563. 



Pitchy-brown: head subtriangular, deeply punctured, shining, with two 

 foveolae between the eyes : thorax deeply punctured and shining, narrowed 

 at the base, and with a transverse impressed line : elytra also thickly punc- 

 tured and finely pubescent ; suture slightly elevated, with an impressed line 

 on each side; shoulder very much elevated: legs and antennae bright 

 ferruginous ; the second joint of the latter in the males seciuriform, aad 

 very large. 



More abundant than the last : found within the metropolitan dis- 

 trict, and in Norfolk and Suffolk. 



•fSp. 3. Burrellii. Piceo-niger, antennis masculis articulo secundo maximo ex 



lunato subquadrato, antennis pedibusque Jerrugineis. (Long. corp. f lin.) 

 By. Burrellii. Denny, M. pi. 4. /. I.— Steph. Catal. 258. No. 2564. 



Pitchy-black, punctured and shining : head subtriangular, finely punctured 

 and shining, with a depression across the forehead, two foveolse between 

 the eyes, and another, somewhat oblong, on the anterior part : thorax also 

 punctured, with the base narrowed and marked with an iiupressed line, 

 terminating at each end in a puncture : elytra with a depression at the base, 

 and a single stria on each side of the suture: legs and antennae pale ferru- 

 ginous; the second joint of the latter in the male very large, somewhat 

 lunulate and flat. 



This appears to be a very scarce, and at least a local, species ; it 

 was " discovered in April, 1824, near Letheringsett, in Norfolk, by 

 the Rev. J. Eurrell." — Denny, I. c. 



Genus CCCCLXXXIV.— Euplectus, Kirhy. 



Antennas rather stout and short ; the two basal joints very large, the second 

 being rather less than the fust, the six following considerably smaller, of 

 equal size with each other, the ninth and tenth larger, the eleventh very 

 large, ovate or oval, acute or obtuse. Palpi moderate, maxillary nearly as 

 long as the head, the basal joint long, and gradually clavate, second shorter. 



