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MANDIBULATA. COLEOl'TERA. 



Sp. 29. nitidulus. Nige?-, niUdus, thoracis lateribus pedibus eli/trisque J'erru- 

 gineis, eJytris nigra marginatis. (Long. corp. 1 — 1§ lin.) 



St. nitidulus. Marsham. — Ta. nitidulus. Steph. Catal. 271. iVo. 2834.. 



Black, very shining and smooth, glabrous : head subtriangular : thorax with 

 the lateral margins and the posterior angles broadly ietTugineo-testaceous : 

 elytra ferruginous, with the lateral margins at the base blade: abdomen 

 pilose : legs ferruginous : antennae nearly as long as the thorax, slightly 

 thickened exteriorly, dusky, with the base ferruginous. 



Also common within the metropolitan district; and found in 

 Norfolk, Suffolk, Devonshire, &c. " Common near Swansea." — 

 L. W. Dillwyti, Esq. 



Sp. 30. Hypnorum. Ater, nitidus, thoracis lateribus pedihusque jiallidis, elytris 



testaceis abdomine elongatiusculo. (Long. corp. If lin.) 

 St. Hypnorum. Fahricius. — Ta. Hypnorum. Steph. Catal. 271. No. 2835. 



Black, very smooth and glossy, glabrous : head subtriangular : thorax with the 

 lateral margins behind pale : elytra ferruginous, dusky towards the scutellum, 

 and the base of the lateral margins black : abdomen thrice as long as the 

 elytra, with the apex attenuated, with elongate divergent hairs. 



Probably a variety of the foregoing insect. 



Not uncommon near London, and in Norfolk and Suffolk. " In 

 the Penllergare woods." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 31. nitidicoUis. Nigro-piceus, elytrorum basi abdominisque apice inde- 

 terminate atris, thorace piceo-rufo nitidissimo, marginibus pallidis. (Long, 

 corp. 2 lin.) 



Ta. nitidicoUis. Steph. Catal. 271. No.2836. 



Deep pitchy-hlack, shining, glabrous, smooth : head piceous : thorax very 

 glossy, pitchy-red, with the lateral margins, especially towards the base, 

 pale : elytra longer than the thorax, with the base indeterminately black, the 

 extreme apex piceous : abdomen twice as long as the elytra, with the tip 

 black f and pilose : legs dark ferruginous : antenna? the same, with the base 

 pale, the apex slightly incrassated. 



Taken in the vicinity of London : not common. 



Sp. 32. erythropterus. Nigro piceus, thorace lateribus, elytris, abdominis seg- 



inentorum marginibus pedibusque ryfis. (Long. corp. 1§ lin.) 

 Al. euryptera. Steph. Catal. 271. No. 2837. 



Pitchy-hlsicV, shining, glabrous, smooth : head black : thorax with the lateral 

 margins rufous : eJytj-a ample, entirely rufous : abdomen black, with the 

 margins of the segments rifous : legs also rufous : antennw ferruginous at the 

 l.iase, the apex incrassated and dusky. 



