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the legs and antennae testaceous: it also wants the obsolete stria towards the 

 shoulders of the elytra. 



Taken near London and in Devonshire : I obtained specimens, 

 by the above name, from Dr. Leach, from the latter county. 



Sp. 23. Ulicis. Obovatus, convexus, niger, nitidis simus, posterius subangustatus, 

 subtus piceus, elytris Icevissimis, versus suturam bistriatis. (Long. corp. ^ — | 

 lin.) 



Ph. Ulicis. Kirby MS S.— Stepk. Catal. p. 67. No. 7 17, 



Minute, obovate, convex, glossy black, slightly attenuated behind : head very 

 glossy, with the mouth pitchy : thorax convex, immaculate shining black : 

 elytra slightly attenuated behind, very convex anteriorly, deep glossy black, 

 smooth, each with two faint striae towards the suture, vanishing anteriorly : 

 the disc, also, in certain positions, appears to have obsolete rudiments of striae ; 

 body beneath and legs either pitchy-black or pale reddish^brown : antennae 

 rufo-testaceous at the base, with the apex dusky. 



Smaller than any of the foregoing; from which it may be known by its slightly 

 acuminated posterior extremity, convex anterior, and its colouring. 



Found in Suffolk and Norfolk, on the Ulex Europaeus. 



Sp. 24. pygmaeus. Oblongo-ovatus, niger, subnitidus, elytrorum, apicibus rufes- 

 centibus, corpore subtus pedibusque piceo-brunneis, antennis nigricantibus% 

 elytris versus suturum bi- vel tri-striatis. (Long. corp. \ lin.) 



Ph. pygmaeus. Sturm. — Stepk. Catal. p. 68. No. 718. 



Minute ; oblong ovate, of a slightly glossy deep black ; head and thorax im-r 

 maculate, elytra also black, with the apex rufescent, each with two or three 

 faint abbreviated striae at the base near the suture: body beneath and legs 

 pale pitchy-brown : antennae dusky. 



Differs from the last, in having the apex of the elytra rufescent, the legs pale 

 testaceous, and the body beneath paler : it is also of a smaller size, and the 

 elytra less attenuated behind, 



Found near London, 



Sp. 25. globosus. Suborbiculatus, convexiusculus, rufo-brunneus, pedibus Jla-< 

 vescentibus, antennarum capitulo nigricanti. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 



Ph. globosus. Sturm ?— Stepk. Catal. p. 68. No. 719. 



Minute, suborbiculate, slightly convex, reddish-brown, or dull chestnut, glossy., 

 impunctate: elytra not striated, rather obtuse posteriorly : legs pale reddish- 

 yellow : antennae pale reddish-yellow at the base, dusky at the apex. 



Distinguished by its suborbicular form and minuter bulk, as well as by its pale 

 colour and want of punctures or striae. 



Taken near London ; and apparently the Ph. globosus of Sturm. 



Sp. 26. piceorrhceus. Oblongo-ovatus, niger, lavis, nitidiusculus, pedibus ely*>. 

 irorumque apicibus piceis. (Long. Corp. \ lin,) 



