ANISOTOMID^E. — LEIODES. 177 



Rare near London ; probably arising from its subterranean habits, 

 occurring chiefly in Truffles ( Lycopcrdon Tuber) : it has been found 

 in Devonshire and Cornwall. " At Lord Braybrook's, Audleyend, 

 in Essex*" — Rev. W. Kirby 7 and Professor Henslow. " Common 

 in the summer near Kimpton." — Rev. G. T. Itudd, 



Sp. 21. picea. Brcvis ovalis, ferrugineo-castanea, ocidis nigris, antennarum 

 clavd fused, thorace ad angulos posticos transverse punctato ; elytris punctato- 

 striatis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



Anis. picea. Illiger?—Le. picea. Steph. Catal. p. 69. No. 746. 



Short, ovate ; rusty- chestnut, rather glossy, with the eyes black ; the antenna? 

 with a dusky club : head rather coarsely and thickly punctate ; thorax the 

 same, with a row of still coarser impressions placed transversely at the hinder 

 angles, as in Le. cinnamomea: elytra short, ovate, rather deeply punctate- 

 striated, the interstices very obscurely punctured, with a few larger remote 

 impressions on each alternate one, as in the preceding insect : body dull 

 pitchy-chestnut beneath : hinder femora not elongated, with a single tooth in 

 the middle ; posterior tibia? short, scarcely bent. 



The shorter, ovate, form of this species, and its deep castaneous hue, nearly 

 simple and not elongated posterior femora and tibia?, well distinguish it from 

 the last, with which it agrees in having a transverse row of impressions on the 

 thorax behind. 



Rare : once captured near London. " Luss, in Scotland, beneath 

 a stone." — Dr. Leach. 



Sp. 22. Lycoperdi. Ohhnga, saturate ferruginea, thorace convexo suhnitido 

 impunctato, elytris punctate -striaiis, inter stitiis laevibus. (Long. corp. 2 — 2^ 

 lin.) 



Le. Lycoperdi mihi. — Steph. Catal. p. 69. No- 743. 



Nearly as large as Le. cinnamomea : oblong, deep ferruginous : head and thorax 

 rather pale, a little glossy and impunctate : elytra punctate-striate ; the alter- 

 nate interstices with a few somewhat regularly placed remote impressed dots, 

 the rest of the surface impunctate : body dull testaceous beneath : legs paler; 

 the hinder thighs but little thickened, with one large tooth near the middle, 

 and a second towards the apex ; the posterior tibia? scarcely elongate, and but 

 slightly arcuate : antenncs ferruginous. 



The smaller size, and rather more elongate form, with the impunctate head and 

 thorax, shorter and less denticulated posterior femora, and nearly straight 

 hinder tibia?, well distinguish this from Le. cinnamomea. 



One of my specimens was found near Hereford, the other two 

 in the west of England, either Devonshire or Cornwall. 



Sp. 23. armata. Brevis, subgloboso-ovalis, rufo-ferruginea, capite thoraceque im- 



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