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gined ; the disc thickly punctured^ and a lirger puncture on each side towards 

 the base, the anterior margin somewhat circularly excised : elytra rather 

 shorter than the abdomen, very much punctured, widened at the apex and 

 depressed, the outer angles rounded; abdomen blackish, with the apex 

 pitchy-red : legs testaceous : antennae black, with the base testaceous. 

 The abdomen in one sex is mucronated. 



Not common ; found in Norfolk and Suffolk, and occasionally 

 near London. 



Sp. 22. unicolor. Testaceum, oculis antennisque apice nigris, elytris punctula- 

 tissimis. (Long. corp. If lin.) 



Sta. unicolor. Marsham. — An. unicolor. Steph. Catal. 296. No. 3251. 



Testaceous, glabrous, shining : head smooth, with two fine impressions : eyes 

 black : thorax posteriorly truncate, anteriorly somewhat circularly excised, 

 the sides margined, the disc slightly convex, and much punctured, with a 

 smooth impression on each side in front : elytra nearly covering the abdo- 

 men, dull yellow, and thickly punctured, the jiunctures somewhat disposed 

 in lines, the outer angles rounded : abdomen short, mucronated in one sex : 

 legs testaceous; antennae the same, with the tips black. 



Not uncommon within the metropolitan district: found also in 

 Norfolk. Suffolk, and Devonshire. 



Sp. 23. inflatum. Ovatum, valde convexum, rujb-testaceum, nitidum, profundius 

 crebre punctatum, capite elytrisque piceis. (Long. corp. l^ lin.) 



Om. inflatum. Gyllenhall, Ins. Suec. iii. 700. — An. inflatum. Steph. Nomen. 

 2d edit. col. 107. 



Ovate, very convex, shining, testaceous-red, nearly glabrous and rather deeply 

 punctured: head somewhat triangular, pitchy, with a very obsolete fovea on 

 each side between the eyes : thorax short, truncate before and behind, the 

 sides margined and dilated in the middle, the disc very convex, thickly 

 punctiired : elytra three times as long as the thorax, a little dilated towards 

 the apex, which is truncate, with the outer angles rounded ; disc moderately 

 punctured, pitchy, rather ^;a/e anteriorly : abdomen short, broad, acumi- 

 nated, pale beneath : legs pale testaceous : antenmp, ferruginous. 



Not common; found in the vicinity of London. 



Sp. 24. nigriventre. Flavo-testaceum, subtilissinie punctatissimum, capite fus~ 

 centi, ahdom,ine nigro apice Jlavo. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



An. nigriventre. Steph. Catal. 296. No. 3252. 



Tesldiccous-yellow, slightly shining, very finely punctured : licad dusky, with 

 a deep impression on each side, the intermediate space elevated and 



