376 Ai'i'F.xnix. 



Sp. 2 a. Poo. littoralis. Dnf/s. Faun. Aus. ii. 183. — " Obscure-osneus ; thorace 

 quadrato, posticn subcoarciuio ; elijtris elongatis, paraUelis, striato-punctatis, 

 jiunctisqe trihus impressis ; pedibus riijb-wneis." (Long. corp. 2-2 — 31 I'm ) 



Dull brassy; thorax quadrate, a little narrowed behind; elytra elongate, 

 parallel, punctate-striate, with three impressed dots on the disc : legs 

 brassy-red. 



Page 113. Sp. 2. Omaseus Bulwerii. This insect is always considerably 

 smaller, more slender in proportion, and usually of a more brilliant metallic 

 gloss than the next : the impressed dots are also differently placed. I possess 

 several examples of both sexes, all of which were found in Ireland. 



Page 114. Sp. 3. Omaseus Orinomum. Of this species I have now seen 

 upwards of 300 specimens, none of which have been found in Ireland— the 

 majority from the Welsh movmtains, and a few from those in the north of 

 England and of Scotland ; but although some of them possess a slight 

 metallic hue, I have been hitherto unable to meet with a single example 

 that would unite this species with the foregoing. 



Page 115. Sp. 7 a. Omaseus rotundicollis. Steph. Nomen, ^d edit. col. 8. — 

 Ater, nitidus, thoracis lateribus rotundatis, basi ■uirinque bisulcato, elytris 

 profundi sulcato-striatis, punctis tribus impressis. (Long. corp. 5 lin.) 



Deep glossy black : thorax with the sides regularly rounded from the base to 

 the apex, the posterior angles very obtuse ; the base on each side with two 

 short but deep channels : elytra deeply sulcate-striate, the striae smooth ; on 

 the disc three deeply impressed dots. 



Found near London. 



Page 115. Sp. 7 b. f Omaseus tetricus of Haliday I have never seen. 



Page 115. Sp. 7 c. Omaseus sulcatus. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 8. — Alattis, 

 niger ; iho?^ace siibqnadrato, poitice subangtistafOj utrinque punctato,foveolato, 

 histriato ; elytris oblongis subparallelis, profundi striatis, punctisque duobus 

 impressis, obscuriusculis. (Long. corp. G — 8 lin.) 



Winged; black: thorax subquadrate, somewhat narrowed behind, and 

 punctate on both sides ; at the base, near each angle, are two short striae 

 and a fovea ; elytra oblong, nearly parallel, deeply striated, rather obscure, 

 and with two dorsal impressions on each. 



Taken on the \V^elsh mountains. 



Page 116. Sp. 1 a. Steropus arrogans. Dujtschmid Faun Aust. v.\\.p.60. 



— Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 8. — Niger nitidus convexus, thorace subrugoso. 



stria postice utrinque impressa, elytris ellipticis subtilissime striatis. (Long. 



corp. 8 — 9 lin.) 

 Glossy black, convex ; thorax somewhat raised, especially in front, the disc 



transversely wrinkled, and with a longitudinal channel ; the hinder margin 



