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:irAXDiBin,ATA. — coleopteka. 



ftp. 1. orbiculatus. AUr, ohscurus, elytris apice jjedibusque testaceis, Unci 

 longitnclinali Iwvi. (Long. corp. 2 — 2^ lin.) 



Paecl. orbiculatus. Fabricius.—Ru. orbiculatiis. Steph. Catal. 288. No. 3092. 



Black, obscure, glabrous: head suborbiculate, convex, minutely rugose- 

 punctate: thorax finely rugose-punctate, with a short longitudinal, some- 

 what elevated, smooth line: elytra convex, very delicately pubescent, 

 slightly shining, pitchy, ivith the apex testaceous, the disc very obsoletely 

 punctate : abdomen finely punctured : legs testaceous : antenna; and palpi 

 brown. 



Common beneath stones, throughout the metropolitan district ; 

 also found in Devonshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, near Bristol, Dover, &c. 

 " Not common (near Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Cramond." 

 —Rev. W. Little. 



Sp, 2. immmiis. Niger, elytris piceis, antennis pedibusque hrunneis, ihorace 



subcarinato. (Long. corp. 2 — 2|^lin.) 

 Paed. immunis. Kirby 3ISS.—R\x. iramunis. Steph. Catal. 288. No. 3093. 

 Black, slightly glossy: head orbiculate, large, very finely punctured: thorax 



also finely punctured, with a short elevated longitudinal smooth line : elytra 



pitchy, obscurely punctured : /eg5 and antennoe brown. 



Also common throughout the metropolitan district, and I believe 

 in other parts of the country, " Cramond." — Rev. W. Little. 



Sp. 3. punctipennis. Niger, capite magno orbicnlato, elytris ceneo-nigris 



punctatis, antennis pedibusque rufis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 

 Paed. punctipennis. Kirby MSS. — Ru. punctipennis. Steph. Catal. 288. 



No. 3094. 



Black, slightly pilose: head very large, orbiculate, rather obscure, thickly covered 

 with very minute confluent punctures : thorax also thickly and minutely 

 punctured, the punctures more or less confluent; the disc with a very nar- 

 row, hardly conspicuous, longitudinal smooth line: elytra brasxy-hlack, 

 immaculate, distinctly punctured, and slightly pubescent : abdomen smooth, 

 pubescent: legs testaceous, the tips of the four posterior femora dusky: 

 antennce red; palpi the same. 



Not so common as either of the foregoing, at least in the vicinity 

 of London : it occurs in Suffolk, and in Devonshire. 



'i Sp. 4. fragilis. Niger, subniiidus, thorace pedibusque rvfis, antennis elytra- 



rumque margine apicali testaceis. (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 

 jpaed. fragilis. Gravenhorst. — Ru. fragilis. Curtis, iv. pi. 168. — Steph. Catal. 



288. JVo. 3095. — Paed. sanguinicoUis. Dahl\teste Dejean). ■. 



Blaqh, slightly shining : head slightly pubescent, thickly punctured : thorax 



