402 APPENDIX. 



basal joints are cup-shaped, the terminal longer, ovate, obtuse; head rather 

 large, deflexed ; thorax short, transverse, deeply emarginate in front, and 

 embracing the head ; disc convex ; scutelluvi minute ; elytra ample, as broad 

 as the base of the thorax in front, the shoulders rounded, and attenuated 

 behind ; body very convex above, nearly flat beneath ; legs short and 

 slender. 



Sp. 1. Alex, pilifera. Steph. Nomen.2d edit. col.'ZS. — Trit.'^Wiiera.. Germ. 



M(tg. {Midler) iv. p. 207. — Ovali suhglobosa, rufo-tcstacea, supra villoiitate 



longa, erectd tenuissima albicante, dense ohvallata, elytris crehre punctatis. 



(Long. corp. ^ lin.) 

 Somewhat globose, oval, testaceous-red, densely clothed w^ith a fine long erect 



vi'hitish pile above, elytra punctured ; thorax vi^ith a dusky central cloud. 

 Taken in the New Forest by the Rev. G. T. Rudd. 



Sp. 2. Alex, globosa. Sieph. Nomen, 2d edit. col. 23. Phalacrus globosus. 

 Sturm. — This species rather associates with the present genus than with 

 Phalacris : it is described in p. 166. 



Sp. 3. Alex. Isevissima. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 23. — Ater, nitidus gla- 

 berrimus, elytris vage punctatis, antennis pedibusque piceis. (Long. corp. 

 I lin.) 



Deep black, extremely glossy and smooth; elytra deeply and somewhat 

 regularly punctate ; antennae and legs pitchy ; club of the former black. 



Taken near London, and at Bottisham, by the Rev. L. Jenyns. 



Page 160. Sp. 4 a. Phalacrus striatus. Steph. ISomen. 2d edit. col. 23. — 

 Oblongo-ovatus, postice attenuatus, nigro-ceneus, nitidus, elytris distincie 

 striatis, disco posterior e suhcastaneo, antennis palpis pedibusque rufescentibus. 

 (Long. corp. f lin.) 



Oblong-ovate, attenuated behind, brassy-black, shining, elytra distinctly 

 striated, the disc castaneous behind ; antenna?, palpi, and legs, reddish. 



Found near Kimpton by the Rev. G. T. Rudd. 



Page 169. Sp. 4. Ephistemus Histeroides. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 24. — 

 I believe this species to be distinct from Ep. confinis : it occurs near London 

 in gardens. 



Page 169. Sp. 5. Ephis. nitidus. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 24. — Nigro- 

 piceus, nitidus, elytris saturatioribus, impunctatis, antennis pedibusque rufo- 

 piceis. (Long. corp. ^ lin.) 



Pitchy-black, shining ; elytra darker, impunctate ; antennae and legs pitchy- 

 red. 



Not very uncommon near London. 



Page 173. Sp. 9 a. Leiodes maritima. Rudd MSS. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit^ 

 col. 24. — Oblongo-ovata, rufo-femiginea, thorace impunctato, elytris profundi 

 punctato-striatis inter stitiis subpunctulatis, antennarum capitulo fuscescente. 

 (Long. corp. 1§ lin.) 



Obiong-ovate, rusty-red, shining ; thorax impunctate ; elytra deeply punctate- 



