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eyes dusk} 7 ; elytra punctate-striated, the striae mostly blackish ; suture 

 black ; 3d interstice elevated in front ; legs pale testaceous ; the inter- 

 stices are more or less suffused with black. (L. 2. 1.) Bexley ; Cam- 

 bridge; Thruxton, Hants, &c. : 4-6. 



474 mucronatus Leach. — Ste. M. ii. 40. pi. xi. f. 1. — Ovate, acuminate; 

 rusty-red, shining : thorax punctulate throughout, especially at the base ; 

 elytra finely punctate-striate, the interstices smooth, spotless, the apex 

 mucronated ; legs rusty. (L. 2-2^1.) Swansea; Bottisham; Hertford; 

 Suffolk: 4-5. 



475 parallelus Ent. Tr. (Bab.) ii. 178. pi. xv. f. 5. — Dusky-yellow, 

 shining: thorax punctured, disc smooth; sides nearly straight, not in con- 

 tinuity with the elytra, which are dilated at the base, then straight and. 

 parallel about |ds of their length ; the disc deeply punctate-striate, inter- 

 stices with a row of minute dots; the large punctures and the suture gene- 

 rally dusky ; legs pale. (L. 2 1.) Cambridge, and near London : 5. 



476 ferrugineus Gyll. i. 546. — Ste. M. ii. 40. Ent. Tr. (Bab.) ii. 176. 

 pi. xv. f. 2. — Reddish-testaceous ; shining : thorax narrowed in front, 

 the sides straight, margins coarsely punctate, disc smooth ; elytra not in 

 continuity with the thorax, deeply punctate-striate, the interstices with a 

 row of minute dots; the larger punctures dark; legs pale. (L. 1^1.) 

 Cambridge ; London district ; Marton, &c. 0. 



477 subnubilus Ent. Tr. (Bab.) ii. 177. pi. xv. f. 3 Dull red; thorax 



as in Ha. ferrugineus : elytra much dilated at the base, gradually de- 

 creasing in width until past the middle, and then rather suddenly narrowed ; 

 they are deeply punctate-striate, the interstices with a row of minute dots, 

 the larger punctures and several blotches dark, the latter forming 2 irre- 

 gular bands meeting at the suture; legs pale. (L. 1^1.) Also found at 

 Cambridge, and in London district : 4. 



478 fulvus Fab. E. i. 171. — Ste. M. ii. 40. var. B. — - Ent. Tr. (Bab.} 

 ii. pi. xv. f. 4. — Reddish-yellow; shining: thorax as before; elytra 

 much dilated at the base, continuing to increase in width for about ^ of 

 of their length, from that point narrowing in a gradually increasing curve 

 to the apex, punctate in Ha. ferrugineus, the larger punctures, and a few 

 oblong spots between the stria? dusky. (L. 2 1.) Cambridge; London 

 district ; Carlisle, &c. 0. 



479 rubicundus Spence? — Ent. Tr. (Bab.) ii. 178. pi. xv. f. 5. — Oval; 

 dull red, shining ; head minutely punctured, vertex smooth ; thorax and 

 elytra in continuity at the base ; the disc of the former smooth, and of the 

 latter deeply punctate-striate, with a row of minute dots between ; the 

 suture, larger punctures and numerous irregular clouds darker ; legs dull 

 red: (L. 1| 1.) Cambridge; Hull; London district : 4-6. 



480 obliquus^Fafe. E. i. 270. — Fz. F. xiv. f. 6. — Ste. M. ii. 41. — Some- 

 what ovate; pale testaceous-yellow ; finely punctate : head with a blackish 

 line behind ; thorax rather coarsely punctured, especially behind ; elytra 

 finely punctate-striate, the base, suture, an irregular interrupted band, and 

 a patch near the apex black ; the spots sometimes united. (L. 1^-2 1. ) Wim- 

 bledon Common ; Bottisham; Marton; Kimpton ; Newcastle, &c. : 4-6. 



481 confinis Kirby. — Ste. M. ii. 41. — Testaceous-red, finely punctured: 

 elytra faintly punctate-striate ; the stria? dusky, the interstices spotless and 

 impunctate ; sometimes the stria? are transversely fuscous, and the colours 

 united at the apex. (L. If 1. ) London district; Norf. and Suff. : 3-6. 



482 liveatocollis Marsh, i. 429. — Ste. M. ii. 41. — Ha. bistriolatus Siu. 

 F). F. viii. pi. 202. f, C. — Somewhat ovate ; testaceous : thorax with a 

 curved impressed striola on each side at the base, and a black longitudinal 

 line ; elytra pale, punctate-striate : interstices with some minute pung« 



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