406 APPENDIX. 



fuscous; sometimes more or less ferruginous at the shoulders, or with that 



colour pervading the whole surface; legs rusty-brown. 

 Taken at Halifax and in Scotland. 

 I have other apparently distinct (undescribed) species of this genus, but 



refrain, for reasons already stated, to introduce them. 



Page 15. Genus 121 a. SPHiERITES, Diiftschmid. 



Palpi short; maxillary four jointed, three basal joints short, terminal large 

 and ovate obtuse ; labial triarticulate, also with the basal joints short, the 

 terminal large and ovate-obtuse ; labrum rounded in front ; mandibles long 

 and deflexed, dentate within, and very acutely bent at the apex. Antennw 

 short, the basal joint large and bent, dilated without; two following rather 

 obconic, short, the five next much smaller, the remaining three forming an 

 ovate, compact, obtuse club ; head angulated ; thorax transverse, deeply 

 notched in front, the sides margined, the base waved ; scutellum subtrian- 

 gular ; elytra rather broad, somewhat obliquely truncate at the apex, and 

 not concealing the abdomen ; legs rather long ; tibi(E spinose without ; tarsi 

 long, pentamerous. 



Sp. 1. Sph^rites glabratus. Dufts. Faun, Ins. Aust. i. 206. — Stejih. Nomen- 

 2d edit. col. 26. — Hister glabratus. Sturm, Dents. Faun. \. p. 267. pi. xx. — 

 Niger, supra nigro-osneus, nitidus, glaber, elytris punctato-striatis, pedibus 

 nigro-piceis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



Rounded, ovate; black; above bright brassy-black, with a greenish tinge, very 

 glossy and glabrous ; head and thorax delicately punctured ; elytra regu- 

 larly and rather finely punctate-striate ; legs pitchy-black. 



Taken in Scotland, but very rarely. 



Page 36. Sp. 11 a. Nitidula pallescens. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 27. — 

 OblongO'Ovata, subconvexa, pallide testaceo-Jlava, thorace vix emarginato, 

 elytris apice rotundatis. (Long. corp. 1§ lin.) 



Oblong-ovate, slightly convex, pale testaceous-yellow, with a fine silken 

 pubescence ; eyes black ; thorax not emarginated in front ; elytra with the 

 apex rounded; legs and antennae very pale testaceous-yellow. 



Found in the vicinity of London. 



Page 38. Sp. 16 a. Nit. fuscicoUis. Waterhouse MSS. — Stepjh. Nomen. 2d edit. 



col. 27. — Oblongo-ovata, pallide testacea, thorace fuscescente, elytris apice 



rotundatis. (Long. corp. 1| lin.) 

 Oblong-ovate, slightly depressed; pale testaceous ; thorax fuscous, with its 



anterior margin entire ; elytra pale, with the apex rounded. 

 Found near London. 



Page 41. Sp. 24. Nit. rufimarginatus occurs in Scotland. 



Page 45. Sp. 1 a. Melygethes subcastaneus. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 28. 

 —Rufo-castaneus, pedibus testacds, oculis nigris, antennarum capitulo fusco. 

 (Long. corp. 1§ lin.) 



