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Sp. 7. flavipes. Ferruginea, capite abdominisque cingulo nigricantibus, thorace 



subcordato. (Long. corp. IJ lin.) 

 St. flavipes. Linne? — Fa. flavipes. Steph. CataL260. No. 2587. 



Ferruginous, smooth : head nearly as broad as the thorax, suborbiculate, 

 dusky : thorax subcordate, gibbous, pitchy -ferruginous, slightly pubescent : 

 elytra much broader than the thorax : abdomen dull ferruginous, tvith an 

 obscure black ring near the apex, which last is pale ferruginous : legs pale 

 testaceous: antennte and mouth ferruginous. 



My specimens of this species I obtained from Bristol : it has been 

 captured in Suffolk. 



Sp. 8. nitens. Nigrofusca, nitida, glabriuscula, antennis, elytris pedibusque 

 fuseo-rufescentibus thorace cordato basi subimpresso. (Long. corp. 1 — l^; lin.) 



Al. nitens. Kirby (?) JiiS'^S'. — Fa. nitens. Steph. Catal. 260. No. 2588. 



Pitchy-Zi/acA:, very glossy, nearly glabrous : head suborbicular, nearly as wide 

 as the thorax, the latter cordate, gibbous, with an obsolete impression at 

 the base : elytra broader than the thorax, ■piich.y-rufous, pubescent : legs 

 and antenncB reddish-Arowra. 



Taken near London ; and in Norfolk by Mr. Hooker. 



Sp. 9. floralis. Nigra, nitida, antennis pedibusque piceo-rufis, thorace gibboso^ 



obcordato, obsolete impresso. (Long. corp. 1 J lin.) 

 Fa. floralis. Spence (?) MSS.— Steph. Catal. 260. No. 2589. 



Shining black, slightly pubescent : head smooth : thorax gibbous, very smooth, 

 obeordate, with a very obscure puncture in the middle behind : elytra each 

 with two impressions at the base : legs and antenncs pitchy-red. 



Found in Norfolk, and near London. 



•f-Sp. 10» thoracica. Nigro-picea nitida, antennis pedibus thoraceque rufis, hoc 



obcordato canaliculato. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Al. thoracica. Kirby MSS. — Fa. thoracica. Steph. Catal. 260. No. 2590. 



Pitchy-black, shining, smooth, with a very obscure delicate silken pubescence: 

 head subtriangular-orbiculate, scarcely broader than the thorax, the last 

 pulvinated, obeordate, rufous, with a rather deep dorsal furrow : elytra 

 longer and broader than the thorax, pitchy : legs rufo-testaceous : antennse 

 the same, rather stout, with the apical joint ovate, somewhat acute. 



This appears to be a rare, or at least a local species : it has been 

 taken "on the sea-shore near Hunstanton, Norfolk, in August, 

 \^QT:-'—KiThyMSS. 



