OMAI.IB.K. OAIAMUIH. 



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between the antennse : mouth reddish : thorax transverse, subquadrangular, 

 the sides dilated in the middle, the disc with two longitudinal curved fovea, 

 and towards the outer margin on each side an obsolete one, the sides mar- 

 gined, and frequently ferruginous behind: elytra depressed, above twice as 

 long as the thorax, pitchy, or red, and rarely dusky, with the shoulders some- 

 times testaceous, very thickly punctured: abdomen dilated, with the terminal 

 segment pitchy : legs dull rnstj-red, with the femora sometimes dusky at the 

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



Very abundant within the metropolitan district, at Hertford, &c. ; 

 also common in Suffolk, Somersetshire, Devonshire, &c. "Not 

 uncommon (near Swansea)." — L. W. Dilhvyn, Esq. " Cramond." 

 Rev. W. Little. 



Sp. 26. Oxyacanthae. Nigrum, ohscurum, confertissime punctulatum, antennis 

 fusco-ferrugineis hasi 7iigris, pedibus rufescentibus thorace trifoveolato. (Long. 

 corp. Iq: lin.) 



Om. Oxyacanthse. Knoch.—Steph. Catal. 298. No. 3276. 



Black, obscure, thickly ax\d finely punctured: head depressed, narrowed behind, 

 with the four usual foveae : thorax transverse, rather widest in front, the sides 

 a little flattened and rounded, narrowed behind, the disc slightly convex, 

 with two elongate curved foves, in the middle, and towards the apex a third 

 small obsolete one : elytra slightly depressed, dull dusky-black, rather 

 deeply rugose-punctate: abdomen smooth, with the apex pitchy: legs 

 reddish : antennae A\is\iY -testaceous, with the two hasaljoints black. 



Occasionally found within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 27. fuscum. Fusco-piceum, nitidum, punctulatum, thorace sub-obsolete bifo- 

 veolato, elytris vage punctatis, antennis atris, pedibus piceis. (Long. corp. 

 1| lin.) 



Om. fuscum. Stepk. Catal. 298. No. 3277. 



Pitchy-brown, shining, punctured : head nearly triangular, with an oblique, 

 rather deep, line on each side between the antennae : thorax transverse, with 

 the disc marked with two rather obsolete foveae and a slight depression on 

 each side towards the hinder margin: e/^/Zra deep fuscous-brown, coarsely 

 and irregularly /wHc^wr-ecZ: abdomen blapk, finely punctured, its apexconco- 

 lorous : legs pitchy : antenna black. 



Found in the neighbourhood of the metropolis ; not common. 



Sp. 28. excavatum. Nigrum, thorace marginaio foveolis duabus impresso, pe- 

 dibus piceis, elytris line) obliqnl elevatiuscul t. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Om. excavatum. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Cafal. 298. No. 3278. 



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