ANISOTOMID7E. — PHALACRUS. 163 



Allied to the last, but considerably smaller, and distinguished by its brassy tinge. 

 " Taken in the flowers of the Achillea Millefolium in June, 

 1804, near Barnaul." — Marsham MSS. I possess one specimen, 

 from the neighbourhood of Bristol. 



Sp. 13. aeneopiceuS. Brevis, ovalis, ceneo-piceus,l&vissimus } antennis pedibusque 



piceis. (Long. corp. T 7 ^ — § lin.) 

 Ph. aeneopiceus. Kirby MSS.—Steph. CataL p. 67. No. 708. 



Less than the last, which it closely resembles, and of which it may possibly prove 

 a variety ; differing from it chiefly in the Uniform colour of its antenna? and 

 legs. Short, ovate, convex, pitchy-brassy, very glossy: head and thorax im- 

 punctate : elytra as in the preceding species : body dull pitchy beneath : legs 

 and antennae rufo-piceous. 



Found near London, and in Norfolk and Suffolk. 



Sp. 14. bicolor. Oblongo-ovatus, niger,nitidissimus, antennis pedibus corporeque 

 subtils rufo-testaceis, elytris bistriatis, maculd ante apicem ferrugined. (Long, 

 corp. | — 1 lin.) 



Ph. bicolor. Paykul.— Steph. Catal p. 67. No. 709. 



Size variable : oblong-ovate, very glossy black ; head short, smooth : mouth ferru- 

 ginous : thorax smooth : elytra rather broad at the base, attenuated at the apex, 

 each with two striae towards the suture, and uniting near the tip ; a little within 

 the apex of each elytron is an obscure ferruginous spot, varying in form and 

 intensity, and is sometimes nearly obsolete : body beneath dull rufo-testaceous, 

 or pale ferruginous, finely punctulate and slightly pubescent : legs and antennae 



. pale testaceous. 



The red spot towards the apex of the elytra, and the pale under surface of the 

 body, with the j et-black polished upper surface, distinguish this species. 



Not common : found near London in flowers. 



Sp. 15. affinis. Ovatus, atro-piceus, ceneo-nitens, elytris apice rufo-testaceis, subtus 



pedibusque Jlavis. (Long. corp. \ lin.) 

 Ph. affinis. Sturm.— Steph. Catal. p. 67. No. 700. 



Ovate, deep pitchy-black, glossed with aeneous ; the head and thorax impunctate : 

 elytra with the apex of a reddish or lutescent-testaceous, faintly punctate- 

 striated : the body beneath, antennae, and legs pale reddish-yellow. 



The pale legs and antennae, and the coloured apex to the elytra, with the aeneous 

 tinged head and thorax, discriminate this species from its congeners. 



Not common : my specimens were captured near London. 



Sp. 16. Leachiellus. Oblongo-ovatus, nigro-fuscus, nitidissimus, antennis pedibusque 

 rufo-testaceis, corpore subtus rufo-piceo, elytris unistriatis, apice testaceo. 

 (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 



Ph. Leachiellus mihi.— Steph. Catal. p. 67. No. 710. 



Oblong-ovate, deep fuscous, very glossy: head and thorax smooth, nearly black: 



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