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Devonshire, &c. " On the mountains above Pontreddfechan." — 

 L. W. Dillwyn^ Esq. 



Sp. 2. murinus. Cinereo-pubescens, nigro nebulonus, abdomine atro, pedibus 



nigris. (Long. corp. 4^ — 6 lin.) 

 St. murinus. Linm ?—Martyn Col. pi. 41. /. 22. — Steph. Catal. 275. 



No. 2892. 



Black, clothed with an ashy pubescence, clouded unth black : head slightly 

 brassy, with an emarginate pale line between the antennae ; mouth pitchy- 

 black : thorax subemarginate in front, with the anterior angles acute: 

 elytra obsoletely variegated with fuscous : abdomen variegated anteriorly 

 with cinereous and black pile ; beneath somewhat silvery : legs entirely 

 black: antennae ferruginous at the base, dusky towards the apex. 



Also common within the metropolitan district ; and in Norfolk, 

 and near Bristol. " Swansea." — L. W. Dillwyti, Esq. 



Sp. 3. pubescens. Niger, nebulosus, capite femoribusque annulo Jlavis, abdo- 

 mine suhtus villoso-argenteo. (Long. corp. 5 — 6 lin.) 

 St. pubescens. Fahricius. — Steph. Catal. 275. No. 2893. 



Black, obscure, clouded : head clothed with a dense flavescent down, with a 

 very glossy smooth patch in the middle, and some scattered spots of the 

 same on the disc ; mouth pale testaceous : thorax and elytra varied with 

 black and ferruginous pile : abdomen above dusky, with obscure flavescent 

 clouds, and a double dorsal series of velvety black spots ; beneath with a 

 dense silvery pile : legs black : femora towards the apex with a testaceous 



■ ring : antennae black, the basal joints ferruginous, varied with black. 



Frequent in the spring and early summer months in the neigh- 

 bourhood of London, and in other parts of the country. " Swan- 

 sea, not uncommon." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Near Edinburgh." 

 —Rev. W. Little. 



B. Body nearly glabrous. 

 a. Elytra rufous. 



Sp. 4. erythropterus. Ater, elytris antennarum basi pedibusqve rtifis, thoracis 

 margine postice, abdomineque segmentis utrinque puncto lanuginoso-aureo, 

 scutello atro holosericeo. (Long. corp. 5| — 9^ lin.) 



St. erythropterus. Linn^. — Don. ix. pi. 308. — Steph. Catal. 275. No. 2894. 



Black : head subcordate, with a dark pubescence, finely punctured : thorax 

 rather narrower than the head, similarly pubescent, with a stria on each side 

 of the front, and the hinder margin of bright golden down ; elytra rufous : 

 abdomen black, each segment with a bright golden spot of down on either 

 side, and the extreme edge of the penultimate one whitish, beneath with a 



