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elytra with a faint bluish tinge, the back striated, the stria? rather indistinct 

 and impunctate ; legs dull tawny ; mouth, 3 basal joints of antenna?, and 

 base of palpi tawny-red. (L. f 1. ) Ryde, Isle of Wight : 5-6. 



395 minutissimus Leach. — Ste. M. ii. 7. — Pitchy-rust-colour, rather 

 opaque : head dusky ; thorax with a simple 3-gonal fovea on each side at 

 the base ; elytra narrow, pale, with 2 obscure impunctate stria? on each near 

 the suture, the rest smooth ; legs and mouth pale tawny ; antennas pitchy ; 

 tip dusky. (L. |-1 1.) Glamorganshire coast : 4-6. 



79 Philochthus Stephens. 



396 aeneus Spence. — Ste. M. ii. 7. — Brassy, shining: thorax with 2 smooth 

 foveas at the base ; elytra punctate-striate, the stria? not reaching to the apex, 

 which is concolorous, and has on each side near the margin an elevated 

 line ; body beneath, antennas and thighs black; tibia? and tarsi pitchy. (L. 

 2| 1. ) In Yorkshire, and Netley, Salop : 3-6, 



397 fuscipes De J. Cat. 17. ? — Ste. M. ii. 8. — Above shining brassy-black : 

 thorax faintly wrinkled transversely, its base with a transverse impression 

 terminating on each side in a small fovea ; elytra punctate-striate, the striae 

 not reaching to the apex, which is pale testaceous, and has a slight elevated 

 line; body bluish beneath ; legs rusty-brown, or tawny ; antennae with basal 

 joints reddish. (L 2-2^ 1.) London; Devonshire; Swansea; Netley; 

 &c. : 3-6. 



398 subfenestrata De J. C. 1 7. ? — Ste. M. ii. 8 Above brassy, or greenish 



black : thorax with a small fovea on each side at the base ; elytra broad, 

 punctate-striate, the apex smooth, with a small, round, testaceous spot 

 towards the outer margin, and sometimes the extreme tip pale ; body 

 pitchy beneath; legs tawny ; antennas reddish at the base. (L. 2-2^ 1.) 

 Near London ; Netley ; and Waterford, Ireland : 3-6. 



S99 biguttatus III. K. i. 230. — Ste. M. ii. 8. — Above brassy-black : thorax 

 with a depression on each side at the base ; elytra deeply punctate-striate 

 nearly to the tip, which has a strongly elevated line and a tawny round 

 spot; the 3rd interstice with 2 deep impressions; basal joint of 

 antennas and legs pale red. (L. l|-2l.) Near London: Sandy Lane, 

 Richmond : 4-6. 



400 guttula III. K. i. 229. — Ste. M. ii. 9. — Above black, or greenish-brass: 

 thorax with a faint oblong slanting fovea on each side at the base; elytra 

 striated, the stria? punctate at the base, vanishing at the apex, the lateral 

 strias very obscure; the apex with a pale reddish dot; legs reddish ; basal 

 joints of the antennas pitchy red. (L. 1^-lf 1. ) Common near London • 

 also Southend ; Isle of Arran ; Reek Mountains, Ireland, &c. 0. 



401 hasmorrhous Kirby. — Ste. M. ii. 8. — Above brassy-black : thorax with 

 a small oblique fovea on each side at the base, the disc rather convex ; 

 elytra faintly punctate striated, the strias not reaching to the apex, 

 which is pale pitchy-red ; legs deep pitchy ; antennas black. (L. 1^-1^1.) 

 Near London, and in Norfolk : 3-6. 



80 Octs Kirby. 



402 currens Kirby. — Ste. M. ii. 10. — Brassy-black, sometimes with a green- 

 ish or olive tinge : thorax with a fovea on each side at the base ; elytra 

 light-blue, or greenish ; deeply punctate-striate on the back, the 2 sutural 

 strias alone extending to the tip, which is at times reddish ; legs and 

 antennas pale red. (L. 2-2^ 1.) Rare: Ockham Park, near Ripley; 

 Battersea fields ; Norfolk and Suffolk : 1-5. 



403 melanocephalus Leach. — Ste. M. ii. 10. pi. 10 f. 2. — Rusty-red : head 

 dusky ; thorax bright red, the base with a deep strias on each side ; elytra 



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