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elytra, distinguish this species from the preceding, and its less convex form 

 from the following, which it somewhat resembles in colour. 



Found near London and in Suffolk. 



Sp. 22. femorale. Valde convexum, atrum nitidum, elytris lateribus castaneo- 

 rufis, pedibus rufis, femoribus nigris. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Sp. femorale. Kirby MSS. — Ce. femorale. Steph. Catal. p. 63. No. 648. 



Allied to the last, hut more convex : very deep shining black : head and thorax 

 immaculate, finely punctured : elytra also finely punctured, deep pitchy-black, 

 with the lateral margins rufo-castaneous ; the disc punctate-striated : femora 

 black ; tibiae and tarsi rufous. 



Known by the rufous lateral margin to the elytra, black femora, and convexity. 



Also found near London and in Suffolk. 



Sp. 23. haemorrhoum. Voids convexum, ovatum, nigrum nitidum, elytris 

 striatis apice determinate rufis, pedibus piceis, tibiis tarsisque dilutioribus. 

 (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Sp. haemorrhoum. Gyllenhal. — Ce. haemorrhoum. Steph. Catal. p. 63. JVo. 649. 



Somewhat larger than the last ; very convex, and obtuse : deep glossy black : 

 head and thorax thickly punctured, the latter especially, and very gibbous : 

 elytra distinctly striated, the striae punctated, the interstices finely but 

 obsoletely punctulated ; the apex with a distinct large pale rufous patch, with 

 the suture black : beneath black : legs pitchy-black, with the tibiae and tarsi 

 paler. 



A very common species throughout the metropolitan district; 

 in Norfolk, Suffolk, Devonshire, &c. " Bottisham. r) — Rev. L. 

 Jenyns. " Netley and Southend." — Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 24. xanthorhceum. Valde convexum, ovatum, atrum nitidum, elytris striatis, 



apice rufo, pedibus nigris } tarsis rufis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Ce. xanthorhceum. Leach MSS. — Steph. Catal. p. 63. No. 650. 



Rather less and of a deeper colour than the last : very convex, ovate, deep jet- 

 black, shining : head and thorax thickly punctured, immaculate : elytra deep 

 black, slightly striated, the interstices punctured, the apex rufous: femora 

 and tibiae pitchy-black : tarsi rufous. 



Probably a variety of the foregoing. 



Inhabits the same places as the preceding. 



Sp. 25. xanthocephalum. Valde convexum, ovatum, atrum nitidum, elytrorum 



apice capiteque piceo-rufis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Sp. xanthocephalum. Kirby % MSS. — Ce. xanthocephalum .Steph. Catal. p. 63. 



No. 651. 

 Size of the last, and resembling it in form, but differing in the colour of its head : 



of a deep shining black, finely punctured on the head and thorax, the former 



of a pitchy-red ; the latter immaculate : elytra finely striated, the interstices 



