172 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



nigris, antennarum capitulo nigricanti, elytris punctato-striatis. (Long. 



corp. 1 lin.) 

 Anis. pallens. Sturm.— he. pallens. Steph. Catal. p. 68. No. 731. 

 Oblong-ovate: entirely of a pale luteous or ochraceous, with the under side and 



legs paler, the eyes black, and the club of the antenna? dusky : head and 



thorax impunctate : elytra punctate-striate, the interstices smooth. 

 The elongate and depressed form, and pale ochraceous hue of this species, with 



its dark eyes and dusky club of the antennae, are its chief characters. 



A single specimen taken by myself in the hedge leading to 

 Darenth-wood from the village. 



Sp. 7. multistriata. Oblongo-ovata, ferruginea nitida, capite thoraceque satura- 

 tioribus, subtiliter punctulatis, elytris confertissime striato-punctatis. (Long, 

 corp. 1 lin.) 



Anis. multistriatum. Gyllenhal. — Le. multistriatum. Steph. Catal. p. 68. 

 No. 732. 



Oblong-ovate; glossy-ferruginous, the head and thorax darker; the former 

 finely, but not very thickly, punctate : eyes brown : mandibles dusky at the 

 apex, smooth pale castaneous : thorax finely punctured : elytra convex, at- 

 tenuated posteriorly, pale rusty-red ; thickly punctate in striae, the alternate 

 rows of punctures being somewhat less than the other, and the striae placed 

 rather confusedly on the shoulders : body beneath, and legs testaceous ; the 

 latter palest, with the hinder tibiae a little bent : antennae ferruginous, with 

 the club dusky. 



The close approximation of the striae on the elytra at once distinguish this 

 species. 



The only specimen I have seen of this species was captured by 

 myself near Hertford. 



t Sp. 8. punctatissima. Plate 15. f. 3. Oblongo-ovata, depressiuscula, ater- 

 rima, nitida, antennarum basi, ore, tibiis tarsisque pallide testaceis, thorace 

 elytrisque vage et creberrime punctatis. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 



Le. punctatissima mihi. Steph. Catal. Appendix. 



Oblong-ovate, rather depressed ; of a deep glossy black : head rather faintly 

 punctured: thorax with the disc thickly, but rather confusedly, punctate : 

 elytra thickly and deeply punctate, the punctures somewhat confused, and 

 forming several irregular striae, those on the sides of the elytra united by a 

 faint impression, and forming transverse strigae or wrinkles: body beneath 

 deep black, finely punctured : femora pitchy ; posterior nearly black ; tibiae 

 and tarsi pale testaceous ; mouth the same : antennae with the seventh, ninth, 

 tenth, and eleventh joints pitchy-black; the remainder pale-testaceous. 



The intense black colour of this conspicuous insect, with its deeply punctured 

 elytra, and depressed elongate form, at once distinguish it from its congeners. 



One example only of this very distinct species has come under 



