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M.ANDIBULATA. COLKOVTEKA. 



by having the terminal joint of the antennae entire and ovate; and 

 from the following by having the palpi filiform, with the last joint not 

 acuminated, combined with having the anterior tarsi (in both sexes) 

 dilated. The species appear to occur on the sea-coast alone. 



Sp. J. Fucicola. Niger nitidtts, antennaruni articuh ultimo pedibusque piceo- 

 ferrugineis. (Long. corp. 2 — 4§ lin.) 



Ca. Fucicola. Leach MSS.—Siejjh. Catal. 283. No. 3012.— Curtis, ix. pi. 322. 



Black, shining, slightly pilose : head large, especially in the males, depressed, 

 irregularly punctured on the sides : thorax with eight large punctures, form- 

 ing two rows, of which the anterior puncture is placed rather obliquely, and 

 about five or six on each lateral margin : elytra obscure, downy, faintly 

 punctured, and dull bluish: abdomen slightly pilose, the joints beneath 

 broadly edged with reddish : legs ferruginous or pitchy: antennae dusky, with 

 the extreme base of the three basal joints, and the entire apical one, more or 

 less Jei'ruginous. 



This species is found on the western and other coasts of England. 

 " Taken in August beneath putrid fuci near Mount Edgecombe, in 

 abundance." — Leach MSS. " In profusion at Redcar, Yorkshire."" 

 — Rev. G. T. Rudd. " Sea-shore, Dalmeny." — Rev. W. Little. 



Sp. 2. xantholoma. Niger, nitidus, elytris opacis margine laterali testaceo, 

 tharace seriebus dorsalibus quadri-functatis. (Long. corp. 3^ lin.) 



St. xantholoma. Gravenhorst. — Ca. xantholoma. Steph. Catal. 2^3. No. SO'iS. 

 — Ca. Leachii. Dej. Cat. 2d edit. p. 63. 



Shining-Zj/ac^-, slightly pilose: head orbiculate, with a few large impressions 

 behind the eyes, and two larger ones between them in front : thorax with a 

 large puncture towards each anterior angle, a?id three others on each side of 

 the disc, forming two rows, and on the lateral margin a few smaller ones : 

 elytra dull black, with the lateral margins testaceous : abdomen black, with 

 two rather obscure longitudinal sericeous lines : legs, palpi, and antennae 

 dusky. 



Found on the coasts of Devonshire and Cornwall ; and also on 

 those of the Isle of Wight, Hants, and Suffolk. 



Sp. 3. lateralis. Nigro-piceus, elytrorum latere luteo, pedibus ryfescentibus, 



thorace seriebus dorsalibus tripunctaiis. (Long, corp, 3J lin.) 

 St. lateralis. Kirby MSS.— Ca. lateralis. Steph. Catal. 283. No. 3014. 



Pitchy-black, shining, slightly pilose : head with a few punctures behind the 

 eyes, and three larger ones on the forehead, placed transversely: thorax with 

 six large punctures, forming two rows, and three or four smaller ones on 

 each anterior angle: elytra densely pubescent, obscure, with the lateral 

 margin dull ochreous : abdomen clothed with a fine down, in certain posi- 



