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reddish pitch colour ; elytra faintly striate, stria? impunctate, 3d with 3 or 

 4 deep impressions annexed; legs pitchy- red, or dusky. (L. 4-5 1.) 

 Coombe Wood, common ; Bottisham ; Norf. ; Devon ; Castle Howard, 

 in plenty : Scotland, common : 2-9. 



187 melanocephalus L. ii. 671. — Bon. xiv. pi. 480. — Ste. M. i. 98. — Wingless ; 

 shining black : thorax broad behind, angles acute, colour pale red ; elytra 

 simply striate, disc with 2 or 3 impressions ; antennae and legs pale red. 

 (L. 3-4 1.) Very abundant throughout the country; in plenty in Scot- 

 land : Oj *• 



188 cisteloides III. K. i. 163.— Pz. F. xi. f. 12.— Ste. M. i. 99.— Wingless ; 

 dull black : thorax broad behind, its angles acute, 2 impressions at the 

 base, and the base punctured ; elytra finely punctate striated, 3d and 5th 

 interstices with several larger impressions ; antenna? and legs red, or 

 fuscous; sometimes wholly black. (L. 4-6^1.) Also a very plentiful 

 species ; both in England and Scotland, ©, ^. 



189f apicalis Ent. M. {Newman) i. 287. — Ste. M. v. 375 Wingless?: 3 



basal joints of antenna?, thorax, elytra and legs pale rust colour ; rest of 

 antennas deep black, each joint tipped with rust-colour ; elytra simply 

 striate. (L. 4 1.) Locality unknown. 



(190 1 punctipennis Germ. I. i. 13. - — Ca. latus Cur. iv. pi. 184. — Ste. M. 

 i. 99. — Wingless; very broad ; black: thorax wide behind ; angles acute; 

 base thickly punctured ; elytra ample, punctate-striate, 3d and 5th stria? 

 with deeper impressions ; legs pitchy ; palpi and antenna? reddish. Sides 

 cf thorax occasionally reddish. (L. 6 1.) Supposed to be found in Devon- 

 shire in the spring.) 



191 crocopus Hoffmansegg. — Ste. M. i. 99. — Ca. flavipes Sturm. D. F. v. 

 pi. 122. f. a. A. ? — Wingless; shining black: thorax wide behind, with 

 acute angles, its lateral margin reddish-yellow ; elytra striated, 3d inter- 



- stice with 2 impressions; legs and antenna? reddish yellow. (L. 3^-5 1.) 

 Darenth Wood ; Cobham, &c. ; also in plenty in Glouc, Devon., on the 

 shores of the Tees, and near Carlisle : 3-7. 



(192f flavipes Pk. M. C. 37. — Ste. M. v. 375. — Black ; pitchy beneath : 

 legs red ; thorax somewhat square, straight behind ; elytra with 9 stria?, of 

 . which 4 are punctate. (L. 5 1. ?) Supposed to be synonymous with the 

 preceding; doubtful if British.) 



193 micropterus Sturm. D. F. v. 113. pi. 122. f. 8. B. — Ste. M. v. 437. — 

 Wingless; brown-black, shining : thorax wide behind, its angles obtuse 

 with a smooth impression ; margin pale testaceous ; elytra smoothly stri- 

 ated; mouth, antenna? and legs pale reddish. (L. 4-5 1.) On the northern 

 coasts and in Scotland, in plenty : 7-9. 



194 fuscus Fab. E. i. 191. ? — De J. Ic. ii. pi. 111. f. 4. ?— Ste. M. i. 100. 

 — Wingless; brown-black: thorax wide behind, angles obtuse, the entire 

 margin reddish ; elytra faintly striate, the stria? impunctate, 3d interstice 

 with 2 impressions ; legs and antenna? pale rust-colour. (L 4-4^ 1.) 

 Abundant on the coasts of S. Wales : 3-6. 



195 rufangulus Marsh, i. 441. — Ste. M. i. 100. pi. 6. f. 4. — Winged; 

 pitchy-black : thorax wide behind ; its angles acute, red, with the margin 

 broadly red ; elytra finely striate, stria? not punctate, 3d interstice with 

 2 obscure impressions; antenna? and legs testaceous. When immature rust- 

 coloured, with sides of thorax, antenna? and legs paler. (L. 4-5^1.) 

 Common at Darenth : 5-7 : also in Norf. and Suff. : rare in Scotland. 



196. mollis Marsh, i. 450. — Ste. M. i. 101. — Pitchy-black, shining: 

 thorax wide behind, angles obtuse ; lateral and sometimes basal margin 

 rust-coloured ; elytra finely striated, stria? simple, 3d interstice with 2 or 

 more impressions; antenna? and legs pale-reddish. Sometimes pitchy- 



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