SCARITES. I 1 



letely punctate, disc with 8 impressions. (L. 7^ 1.) Figured hy Martyn 

 in mistake for Sc. Beckvvithii. ) 



(56 | la?vigatus Fab. E. i. 124. — Ste. M. i. 37. note. Sc. sahulosus Oliv. 

 iii. pi. 1. f. 8. — Black: antennae brown; anterior tibia;- 3-dentate 

 without, 2-denticulate within ; interna, tibiae witli 1 perpend, spine ; elytra 

 smooth, very obsoletely striated, tbe stria? scarcely punctured, disc with 2 

 impressions. (L. 7 1.) Introduced into Wilkin's catalogue for Sc. Beck- 

 withii.) 



12 Oxvgnathus? De Jean. 



(57 f anglicanus~SVe. M. i. 38. note. pi. 3. f. 2. — Shining black: antenna? 

 and palpi pitchy-black, tarsi dull rust-colour ; elytra deeply striated, the 

 stria? strongly punctured. (L. 5h 1. ) Found at Peckham ; mutilated; — « 

 introduced with merchandise ?) 



13 Clivina Latrellle. 



58 Fossor L. ii. 675. — Ste. M. i. 7. Sc. arenarius Pz. xliii. f. 11.— 

 Pitchy-black, or brown, slightly punctured : elytra concolorous, deeply 

 punctate-striate ; mouth and palpi pale testaceous; antenna? and legs pale 

 rusty-red. Colour variable according to maturity, being pale testaceous, 

 brown or chestnut, with legs and antenna? paler. (L. 3-3? 1.) Abun- 

 dant beneath stones, &c. in England and Scotland : ^, 0. 



59 collaris Herbst. A. 141. — Ste. M. i. 40. pi. iii. f. 3. — Chestnut-black; 

 elytra paler, the suture sometimes dusky, rather deeply punctate-striate : 

 mouth, antenna?, and legs red. Also variable in colour, but the head and 

 thorax darker than the elyfra. (L. 2^-3 1.) Common in Battersea 

 fields, &c. in the spring : also near Edinburgh. 



14 Dvschirius Panzer. 



60 inermis Cur. viii. pi. 354. — Ste. M. v. 369. — Robust, bluish-black : 

 . mouth and antenna? ferruginous, the latter blackish towards the tip ; legs 



concolorous Avith darker thighs ; anterior tibia? terminated by 2 strong 

 spines, the outer one largest and incurved ; the exterior margin simple. 

 (L. 2\ 1.) Coast of Norfolk. 



61 nitidus De Jean, S. i. 421. — Ic. 23. f. 4. Ste. M. i. 40. — Above shining 

 brass : head in front, mouth and antenna? brown ; elytra deeply striated, 

 stria? punctured, and extending to the apex ; legs dull ferruginous, thighs 

 tinged with bronze, anterior tibia? with two equal spines, and a smaller 

 one near the notch. (L. 2 1.) Near Hull ; in Norfolk ; and on the banks 

 of Thames : 4, *. 



62 ovatus Halt. Z. J. — Ste. M. i. 178. — Brassy : antenna? and legs pitchy 

 black ; mandibles pitchy red ; forehead rough ; thorax lightly channelled ; 

 elytra punctate-striate, the punctures vanishing before the apex ; be- 

 neath blackish. (L. 2\ 1.) Near Holy wood, in Ireland; and Lancashire 

 coast. 



63 thoracieus III. K. i. 125. — Pz. F. Ixxxiii. f. 2. — Ste. M. i. 41. — Brassy, 

 shining : antenna? and legs pitchy-red ; thorax short, very globose, with 

 a faint channel ; elytra ovate, slightly punctate-striated ; anterior tibia? 

 with 2 elongate equal teeth, and 2 spines at the apex. (L. 14-2 1.) Or. 

 the coasts of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, &c. : 4-6. 



64 politus DeJ.S. i. 422. — Ic. 20. f. 5. — Ste. M. i. 41.— Shining 

 brassy black, somewhat cylindric : thorax elongate, slightly globose, with 

 an obsolete channel ; elytra oblong-ovate, moderately convex, very faintly 

 punctate-striate ; legs pitchy ; anterior tibia? obsoletely 2-denticulate 

 without, and with 2 spines at the apex. (L. 2 1.) On the Norfolk and 

 Suffolk coasts : 4-5. 



