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neous, the disc thickly punctured, and rather faintly punctate-striated : femora 

 black : tibiae and tarsi castaneous-red : palpi pitchy. 

 Differs from Ce. laevigatum by its punctured surface, castaneous apex to the 

 elytra, coloured tibiae, and tarsi, and dissimilar form. 

 Found near London. 



Sp. 15. obsoletum. Rotundato-ovatum, nigrum, piceum. convexum, elytris tenue 



punctato-striatis, apice pedibusque rufescentibus. (Long. corp. 1^ — l£ lin.) 

 Sp. obsoletum. Gyllenhal. — Ce. obsoletum. Steph. Catal. p. 62. No. 641. 



Rounded-ovate, slightly depressed, deep black ; above finely punctured through- 

 out, head and thorax immaculate: elytra very faintly punctate-striate, the 

 interstices flat, thickly punctulate, black ; the apex and posterior margins inde- 

 terminately and obscurely rufo-piceous : body black : legs rufescent, the fe- 

 mora piceous : palpi pitchy-black, with the joints paler : antennae rusty-pitchy, 

 with the capitulum dusky. 



The largest species of the genus : differs from all the foregoing by being less 

 glossy, and from Ce. piceum by its size, the less punctate striae on the elytra, 

 and the coloured apex of the latter, &c. 



Not very common : taken occasionally on Hampstead heath ; 

 at Hertford and Ripley. " Bottisham." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Net- 

 ley."— Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 16. piceum. Ovatum, nigrum, glaberrimum, elytris pedibusque piceis. 

 (Long. corp. i\ — lj lin.) 



De. piceus. Marsham. — Ce. piceum. Steph. Catal. p. 63. No. 642. 



Ovate, head and thorax of a pitchy-black, immaculate, very smooth and glossy : 

 elytra entirely piceous, with the apex rather paler; the entire surface mi- 

 nutely punctulated, and the disc very obsoletely striated : the legs also en- 

 tirely piceous. 



Distinguished by its ovate form, and nearly uniform piceous elytra. 



In size and tinge of colour this species varies considerably. 



Very abundant during May and June near London : also found 

 in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire. 



Sp. 17. picinum. Subovatum, atrum, glaberrimum, nitidum, abdomine subtils 

 nigro-testaceum, elytris pedibusque piceis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



De. picinus. Marsham. — Ce. picinum. Steph. Catal. p. 63. No. 643. 



Subovate, very smooth, glossy ; antennae, head, and thorax immaculate black : 

 elytra piceous throughout, the apex concolorous, striated, the striae composed 

 of impressed dots : abdomen beneath testaceous-black : legs piceous. 



The somewhat greater bulk, uniformly coloured and pale elytra and testaceous- 

 black abdomen distinguish this species from the foregoing. 



Taken near London ; and in Suffolk, not uncommonly. 



Sp. 18. simile. Subovatum, atrum, glabrum, elytris totis, pedibusque rufo- 

 castaneis. (Long. corp. 1 — 1^ lin.) 



