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excavated punctures : head triangular, somewhat carinated longitudinally 

 between the eyes : thorax rounded, with the anterior part slightly widest, 

 the surface equal : elytra coarsely punctured, the surface equal : abdomen 

 cylindric, slightly pubescent, with the base of the segments depressed and 

 coarsely punctured, the apex shining and smooth : femora rufous, with the 

 apex black ; tibia with the extreme tip dull i~td : antennw black, with the base 

 dull red : palpi red. 



Taken within the metropolitan district, and in other parts. 

 " Spitchweek.'"' — Dr. Leach. 



Sp. 3. cicindeloides. Niger, subnitidus, profundissi?ne punctatus, palpis a7iten-^ 



nisque palUdis,'pedibus testaceis nigro-geniculatis. (Long. corp. 2§ lin.) 

 Ste. cicindeloides. Gravenhorst. — Steph. Catal. 288. JVo. 3103. 



Black, slightly shining, very deeply and coarsely punctured : head rugulose, 

 the forehead depressed, but without a channel : thorax oblongs with the 

 sides slightly dilated before the middle, the surface convex, subequal : 

 elytra with the surface equal, slightly pubescent, the apex obliquely trun- 

 cate: abdomen finely punctured: legs testaceous, with the base and apex of 

 the femora black; tibiae beneath with a fuscous line: palpi and antenn<E 

 pale, with the apex dusky. 



Found near London, and in Devonshire. " On Crwmlyn-:bur- 

 rows, and under rubbish on the sea-shore about high-water mark,' 

 not unfrequent (near Swansea)."" — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 4. cognatus. Nigro-subceneus, profundi punctatus, palpis antennarumque 



basi pallidis,femorum basifulvis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 

 Ste. cognatus. Steph. Catal. 289. No. 3104. 



Black, shining, with a brassy tinge, deeply punctured : head wider than the 

 thorax, the forehead depressed, and having a faint longitudinal ridge; 

 thorax oblong, rounded, rather dilated before the middle, the surface 

 slightly convex, with two shallow fovese a little behind the middle : elytra 

 rather convex, a little depressed towards the suture : abdomen rather 

 deeply punctured, with the margins of the segments impunctate : legs with 

 the base of the femora fulvous, tibiae and tarsi pitchy-black: palpi and base of 

 the antennce pale. 



Taken in Devonshire. 



Sp. 5. similis. Ater, pilosulus, minutissime punctatus, antennarum medio paU 



pisque pallidis,femoribusfnlvis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Ste. similis. Kirby MSS.— Steph. Catal. 289. No. 3105. 

 Black, slightly pilose, the pile very short, and silvery in certain lights, minutely 



punctured : head triangular, forehead broad, depressed, with a distinct Ion- 



