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MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTEttA. 



Very common within the metropolitan district, and 1 believe in 

 other parts. " Swansea." — L. W. Dilhvyn, Esq. 



Sp. 3. nigripes. Ater, nitidus, suhjmbescens, antennis piceis. (Long. corp. 



i lin.) 

 Cy. nigripes. Steph. Catal. 272. No. 2847. 



Black, shining, slightly pubescent : head very broad ; eyes prominent : thorax 

 transverse, slightly piceous on the sides : elytra ample, convex, deep glossy 

 bluck, with an obscure dusky pile : abdomen very small : legs dusky : 

 antenna; piceous. 



Not common : found near London, and in Hampshire. " Rae- 

 hills."— i^eu. W. Little. 



Sp. 4. parvula. Ater-, nitidus, antennis pedibusque 7'vjh-piceis, elytris castaneis. 



(Long. corp. ^ lin.) 

 Cy. parvula. Steph. Catal. 272. No. 2848, 



Black, shining, smooth, slightly pubescent : head glubroits ; thorax the same: 

 elytra dull castaneous or pitchy-black : abdomen very minute ; legs rufu- 

 piceous ; antennae the same, very slender. 



Also found near London, and in the vicinity of Bristol. " Raehills." 

 —Rev. W. Little. 



Sp. 5. Anisotomoides. Converjor, ater, nitidus, subpubescens, elytris fusco- 



piceis, antennis pedibusque rufis. (Long. corp. i- lin.) 

 Cy. Anisotomoides. Steph. Catal. 272. No. 2849. 



Minute, very convex, deep glossy black, smooth: head and thorax glabrous: 

 elytra slightly pubescent, (usco-piceous : abdomen very short, black: legs 

 and antenna; rufous. 



Taken in Norfolk, and near London. 



Genus CCCCXCIX.— Conurus* mihl 



Anlen7i(E 11-jointed, the three basal joints elongate, slender, the remainder 

 abbreviated, gradually thickening to the apex, the terminal one largest and 

 acute, or obliquely truncate. Palpi with the penultimate joint elongate, 

 tumid, the apical one minute, subulated : head transverse, usually subtri- 

 angular : thorax ample, transverse, broadest posteriorly : elytra rather 

 long: abdomen more or less elongate, subulate-attenuate, the apex generally 

 very acute ; legs rather long and slender ; iibice slightly spinose. 



* KWV07, conus, Ot'po, Cauda. 



