10 GEODEPHAGA SCARITIDVE. 



shoulder yellowish-red; legs pale red. (L. 4-4^1.) Near London, and 

 in Oxfordshire: 7-9. 

 19 homagricus Drift, ii. 240. — Ste. M. v. 369. — Black; punctured : thorax 

 elongate, bright red ; elytra faintly striated, the outer margin and a streak 

 at the shoulder pale rust-colour ; legs the same ; mouth and antennae pale 

 red. (L. 4-4^ 1.) Near London, and in Norfolk: 5. 



50 angularis Gyll. ii. 173. — Be J. S. 144. pi. xii. f. 1. — Ste. M. i. 31.— 

 Pitchy-black ; slightly punctured : thorax rather broad, rust-colour ; legs 

 the same ; elytra, with distinct punctate stria? ; the outer margin and a 

 patch connected therewith on the shoulder pale testaceous (sometimes a 

 faint spot of similar hue on the disc); mouth and antennae pale red. (L. 

 3^-4^ 1.)- Local, but very abundant near Dorking and Leatherhead, and 

 in the Isle of Portland : 5-9. 



51 macularis Fisch.E.R. {Mann.) iii. 25. pi. 3. f. 4. £. — Ste. M. i. 32. 

 pi. 2. f. 3. — Black ; glabrous ; thickly punctured : mouth, antenna;, and 

 thorax bright rust-colour : elytra obsoletely striated, broad, the outer mar- 

 gin, a large patch on the shoulder connected therewith, and a streak on 

 the disc, towards the tip, pale rusty-yellow : legs pale rust-colour. (L. 5 1.) 

 Found near London. 



52 basalis Gyll. I. S. ii. 174 Curtis, v. pi. 235. — Ste. M. i. 177.— Black, 



slightly pubescent, deeply punctured : thorax sometimes pitchy ; elytra 

 distinctly punctate-striate, the basal portion more or less rusty-red ; body 

 beneath pitchy; antenna;, mouth, palpi, and legs testaceous-red. (L. 4- 

 4^ 1. ) Local, but common in several parts of Yorkshire, and near Edin- 

 burgh : 3-6. 



10 Polistichus Bonelli. 



53 vittatus Bridle i. 178. — Po. fasciolatus Ste. M. i. pi. 1. f. 3.— Brown ; 

 deeply punctured : antennae, breast, abdomen, and legs rusty-red ; elytra 

 striated, with a broad abbreviated stripe at the base. (L. 4|-5 1.) Also 

 local : Clay, Norf. ; Southend, 5 ; Marsden, Northum. 3 ; once in plenty 

 near Southwold, Surf., 4. 



Fam. 3. SCARITID^ MacLeay. 



(xi. Scarites Mand. large, porrected, armed internally with strong teeth ; 

 ant. elbowed : thorax lunate : body oblong, somewhat depressed : anter. 

 tibia; pal mated. ) 



(xii. Oxygnathus Mand. very long, porrected, curved, not toothed within : 

 ant. elbowed : thorax quadrate : body oblong, somewhat cylindric and de- 

 pressed : ant. tibia; palmated.) 



xiii. Clivina Mand. short, toothed within : ant. not elbowed : thorax quad- 

 rate : body slightly depressed : ant. tibia, palmated. 



xiv. Dyschirius Mand. short, stout, toothed within at the base : ant. not 

 elbowed : thorax globose : body somewhat cylindric : ant. tibia; palmated. 



(xv. Distomus Mand. conic, slightly toothed at the base : ant. filiform, not 

 elbowed : thorax heart-shaped : head unarmed: ant. tibia; not palmated.) 



11 Scarites Fabricius. 



(54 f Beckwithii Ste. M.'i. 37. pi. 3. f. 1. — Black: antenna? reddish- 

 brown ; legs pitchy black ; anterior tibia? 3-dentate without, 4-denticulate 

 within, intermediate tibiae with 2 perpendicular spines ; elytra striated, 

 striae not punctate. (L. 8^ 1. ) Near Dover and Scarborough; — pro- 

 bably introduced with ballast.) 



(55\ subterraneus Fab. E. i. 124. — Mart. C. pi. 38. f. 46. — Ste. M. i. 37- 

 note. — Black, shining : anterior tibiae 3-dentate without, 4 -denticulate 

 within ; interm. tibiae with 2 perpend, spines ; elytra striated, striae obso- 



