ANISOTOMIDiE. — PHALACRUS. 165 



its legs and concolorous mouth, and the absence of strise on the humeral angl 

 of the elytra. 



Found near London. " Near Bristol." — Dr. Leach. 



Sp. 20. geminus. Ovatus, brunneo-testaceus, nitidissimus, antennis pedibus elytro- 

 rumque apicibus pallidis, elytris strict unicd suturali, et versus humerum altera 

 rudimentd. (Long. corp. § — 1^ lin.) 



Ph. geminus. Sturm. — Steph. Catal. p. 67. No. 714. 



Ovate, testaceous-brown, very glossy, head smooth, reddish-chestnut, with the 

 mouth pale testaceous, and the eyes black : thorax glossy castaneous, with the 

 margins usually paler : elytra rather obtuse behind, very convex and smooth, 

 glossy chestnut, with the apex more or less pale flavescent, each with a faint 

 stria near the suture, and one or more obsolete rudimentary ones towards the 

 shoulders : body pale castaneous beneath : antennae and legs pale testaceous. 



The obsolete humeral striae distinguish this from the preceding and following 

 species. 



Not uncommon near London : also found in Norfolk, Devonshire, 

 and near Swansea. 



Sp. 21. consimilis. Ovatus, fusco-ferrugineus, nitidissimus, antennis elytrorum 



apicibus pedibusque ferrugineis. (Long. corp. 1 — 1^ lin.) 

 De. consimilis. Mar sham. — Steph. Catal. p. 67. No. 715. 



Ovate, deep rusty-brown, very glossy : head deep castaneous brown, with the 

 mouth pale and the eyes black ; thorax with a narrow pale margin : elytra 

 short, ovate, moderately convex, smooth, and very glossy, with a single faint 

 stria towards the suture, and an obsolete one towards the shoulders; the apex 

 ferruginous : body beneath, legs, and antennae, ferruginous. 



Similar to the last, but of a deeper colour. I suspect that it is merely a variety, 

 in rather a more mature state, of the foregoing insect : it however is generally 

 of a larger size, and the form appears somewhat different. 



Not uncommon beneath the bark of trees and on flowers near 

 London. " Netley, Salop." — Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 22. piceus. Brevis, subovatus, postice obtusus, brunneo-piceus, nitidus, 

 thoracis margine elytrorumque apicibus concoloribus, subtus piceus, antennis 

 pedibusque rufo-testaceis. (Long. corp. f — 1 lin.) 



Sp. piceus. Knock. — Steph. Catal. p. 67. No. 716. 



Short, somewhat ovate, obtuse posteriorly: pitchy-brown, shining: head and 

 thorax smooth, the anterior margin of the former slightly testaceous, the 

 margins of the latter concolorous: elytra deep pitchy-brown, with the apex 

 faintly paler, each with a single stria near the suture, but none towards the 

 shoulders : body pitchy beneath : antennae and legs testaceous-red. 



The form of the three last but differs in the colour, by having the margins of 

 the thorax and apex of the elytra concolorous : the body pitchy beneath, and 



