62 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



Frequent near London, and in Norfolk. " Wandsworth- 

 common." — Mr. Ingpen. 



Sp. 35. fuscatus. Ovalis, niger, subpubescens, elytris piceo-fuscis, obsolete punc- 

 tulatis, pedibus ferrugineis, femoribus basi nigro-piceis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 

 Hy. fuscatus. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. p. 48. No. 473. 



Oval, depressed, black, slightly pubescent : head black, with a rusty streak be- 

 hind : thorax black, immaculate, the disc slightly convex : elytra ovate, rather 

 depressed, pitchy-brown, obsoletely but thickly punctulated: the base and 

 lateral margin rather palest : body beneath deep shining black : legs ferru- 

 ginous ; the base of the femora pitchy-black : antennse ferruginous at the 

 base, dusky at the apex. 



This is apparently the Hy. planus, var. a. of Gyllenhal, but the colour of the 

 elytra differs. 



Rare : I have two specimens, which were captured near Lon- 

 don, and one taken in Norfolk. " Barham." — Rev. W. Kirby. 



Sp. 36. piceus. Oblongo-ovatus, niger, vix pubescens, elytris piceis prqfunde punc- 



tatis, pedibus omnino ferrugineis. (Long. corp. 9,\ lin.) 

 Hy. piceus. Kirby MSS. Steph. Catal. p. 48. No. 474. 



Oblong-ovate, depressed, black, scarcely pubescent : head anteriorly rufo-ferru- 

 ginous : thorax with the disc convex, the anterior and posterior edges with a 

 transverse series of impressed dots, black, the lateral margins obsoletely-fer- 

 ruginous : elytra ovate, piceous, the sides paler, deeply punctate throughout : 

 body pitchy-black beneath, punctate: legs entirely ferruginous: antenna? 

 ferruginous at the base, dusky at the tip. 



Probably synonymous with Hy. planus, var. b. of Gyllenhal, but the colour of 

 the elytra is different, and they appear more deeply punctate : the head is not 

 black. 



Also rare : I possess one specimen which was caught near Lon- 

 don, and another from the vicinity of Norwich. " Barham." — Rev. 

 W. Kirby. 



Genus LXXXII. — Noterus, Clairville. 



Palpi, external maxillary with the terminal joint elongate-ovate, the preceding 

 and basal one shortest; labial with the basal joints short, the last very large, 

 broad, and emarginate at the apex: labrum small, rounded: mandibles 

 deeply emarginate at the tip, with a small tooth towards the base : mentum 

 emarginate anteriorly, with an obsolete lobe in the centre. Antenna with the 

 fifth or seventh joint dilated, the rest simple, gradually diminishing to the 

 last, which is acute: head rounded, convex: thorax with a triangular pro- 

 jection in the place of the scutellum, which is wanting: body very convex, 

 attenuated posteriorly: posterior legs subnatatorial : posterior tibice short; 



