BEMUIDIID7E. NOTAPHUS. 17 



Inhabits the northern counties of England, and the south of Scot- 

 land : but not yet found near London. " Carfin, Lanarkshire." — 

 Rev. F. W. Hope. " Carlisle."— Dr. Leach. 



Sp. 14. atro-caeruleus. Depressus, ameo-niger, antennarum basi, tibiis tarsisque 

 piceo-ferrugineis, elytris atro-cceruleis striatis, striis obsolete punctatis. (Long, 

 corp. 2^ lin.) 



Pe. atro-caeruleus mihi. Steph. Catal. p. 38. JVo. 373. 



Similar to Pe. tibialis, but the striae on the elytra less punctate, &c. of a deep 

 brassy-black ; head and thorax glossy, tinged with greenish, the former with 

 the usual frontal sulci ; the latter slightly wrinkled transversely, with a faint 

 dorsal channel, and an impressed fovea on each side at the base : the elytra 

 deep blue, faintly striated, the striae obsoletely punctate, and extending to 

 the apex ; the disc with two impressions ; body beneath and femora brassy- 

 black ; tibia 5 , tarsi, and basal joint of the antenna? pitchy- ferruginous ; the rest 

 of the latter and the palpi dusky. 



I have three specimens of this insect, two of which were taken 

 near Halifax by Mr. Gibson; the locality of the other I have for- 

 gotten. 



Genus LXX. — Notaphus, Megerle. 



Palpi rather more slender than in Peryphus ; the external maxillary with the 

 terminal joint scarcely truncate, the third very pilose, longer than the second ; 

 labial with the terminal joint rather stout: labrum quadrate, entire: man- 

 dibles rather stout, somewhat acute: mentum emarginate anteriorly, the 

 emargination with an acute central lobe. Antenna with the two basal joints 

 naked, the rest pubescent, the third and fourth shorter than the fifth : head 

 ovate, with two frontal sulci, and a deep fold on each side adjoining the eyes : 

 thorax cordate- truncate, attenuated behind : body slightly depressed : elytra 

 oblong-ovate, the sutural stria rather elongated: anterior tarsi of the males 

 with the basal joint dilated. 



Notaphus offers many points of resemblance to Peryphus; but 

 among other characters the head is rather larger, and in addition 

 to the two frontal sulci, it has an elevated circular fold over each 

 eye; the body is shorter and more convex; the elytra have the 

 usually abbreviated stria longer, and the prevalent colour is seneous, 

 more or less minutely spotted with yellowish, and not tints of green 

 or bluish with large pallid spots, as in the latter genus ; the insects 

 are usually smaller. 



A. Elytra spotted or variegated. 



Sp. 1. undulatus. Plate X. f. 4. Capite thoraceque azneo-nigris, elytris brun- 

 neis, fascia undulatd pallidiore versus apicem, punctato-striatis, disco bipunc- 

 talo, antennarum articulo primo pedibusque brunneis. (Long. corp. 2f — 3 lin.) 



Be. undulatum. Sturm. — No. articulatus. Steph. Catal. p. 38. No. 374. 

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