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MANDIBULATA. COLEOrTEUA, 



lufo-piceous : abdomen thrice as long as the elytra, pilose, with the apex 

 bright rufous: legs rufous: antennie pilose, and thickened exteriorly, 

 piceous, with the four basal joints and the terminal one (which is thrice as 

 long as the others) testaceous. 



Not very uncommon in tlie neiglibourlioocl of the metropolis, 

 frequenting woods, beneath mosses and decayed leaves, &c., during 

 the spring; also found near Ikistol, and in Devonshire and Suffolk. 

 " On Crwmlyn-burrows." — L. W. Dillwyn, Enq. 



Sp. 2. rufipennis. Laliiis, ater, nitidus, eli/fris pcdibus anoquc smiguineo-rufis, 

 antennis fuscis, artlcuUs iribus jjrimis ct duahus uliimis iestaceis. (Long, 

 corp. 3§ lin.) 



Me. rufipennis. Stcph. Catal. 268. iVo. 2772. — Ta. analis, var. media. 

 Gravenliorst, Man. 31. 



Black, shining, glabrous: head rounded: mouth dull rufous: thorax with two 

 impressed points in front: elytra bright sanguincous-teA, with three obsolete 

 punctured striae : abdomen with the apex alone rufous : legs rufous : antennce 

 piceotis, with the three basal joints and the two apical ones testaceous, the ter- 

 minal one itself as long again as the others. 



I cannot conceive this insect to be a mere variety of the foregoing, as supposed 

 by Gravenhorst; as, exclusively of the superiority of bulk and the diversity 

 of colour in the antennte, the terminal joint of the latter is of totally different 

 proportions in the two insects ; and in this country the present species ap- 

 pears to be very rare, whereas the foregoing is not uncommon. 



I possess a single example of this species, captured by myself many 

 years since near London. 



Sp. 3. merdarius. Ater, nitidus, thorace, elytris ana pedibusque iestaceis, 

 antennis fusco-piceis, articulis quatuor buseos, et ultimo pallide testaceis, 

 (Long. corp. 2| lin.) 



St. merdarius. Olivier. — Me. merdarius. Steph. Catal. 268. A^o. 2773. 



Black, shining, glabrous: head rounded; mouth piceous: thorax Yerj glossy, 

 rufous, punctured as in the preceding species ; scutellum rufous : elytra 

 with very obsoletely punctured striae, dull rufous : abdomen dusky black, 

 with the apex rufo-ferruginous : legs elongate, pale rufo-testaceous ;• 



' antennas pitchy-fuscous, with the four basal joints and the terviinal one pale 

 testaceous. 



Apparently rare : taken near London, and in Norfolk. 



Sp. 4. castaneus. Btfo-castaneus, nitidus, capite antennariimque medio picei&f 



elytris obsoletissime tristriatis. (Long. corp. 25lin.) 

 Me. castaneus. Steph. Catal. 268. No. 2775. 



