98 PHILHYDRIDA. ANISOTOMID7E. 



770 quisquilium L. ii. 558. — Herbst. iv. pi. 37. f. 10. — Ste. M. ii. 153. 

 Oblong-ovate, shining black, punctured : thorax with the sides pale, the 

 border evident in the <j> ; elytra pale yellowish, faintly punctate-striate, 

 spotless in the S > with a large common somewhat heart-shaped black patch 

 on the suture a little beyond the middle in the <j> ; legs pale rust-colour. 

 (L. i-H 1.) 



Var. $ ? — Ce. flavus Marsh, i. 71. — Ste. M. ii. 153. — The elytra pale 

 spotless yellow. (L. 11 1. ) London district; Norfolk; Scotland, &c. ; 

 3-6. sk. 



771 scutellare Ste. M. ii. 153. — Minute: short, ovate, slightly glossy: 

 head and thorax black ; elytra pale testaceous, with an elongate- triangular 

 black spot at the base on the suture, common to both, punctate-striate; 

 legs, palpi, and antennae pale yellowish ; club of the latter dusky. (L. £1.) 

 Near London : 6. 



772 nubilipenne Ste. M. v. 401. — Pitchy-red, glossy, faintly punctured : 

 elytra obscurely punctate-striate, paler than the thorax, with a round brown 

 cloud in the centre of each ; legs and antenna; pale pitchy-red. (L. f 1. ) 

 Near London : 6. 



129 Sph^eridium Fabricius. 



773 Scaraba?oides L. ii. 563. — Pz. F. vi. f. 2. — Ste. M. ii. 154. — Black, 

 shining ; finely and thickly punctulated : thorax with its lateral margins 

 concolorous ; elytra with a blood-red terminal spot, and a yellowish one 

 at the apex : legs testaceous, variegated with fuscous. (L. 2^-3^ 1.) 



Var. Sp. lunatum Fab. E. i. 93. — Ste. M. ii. 156. — Elytra without the 



anterior red spot ; the outer edge red. 

 Var.? Sp. Daltoni Kirby. — Ste. M. ii. 156. — Elytra spotless, the outer 



margin slightly edged with reddish towards the apex : legs pitchy ; thighs 



with a black patch. Throughout the South of England ; in Suffolk, and 



in Yorkshire : 4-7. 



774 marginatum Fab. E. i. 93. — Ste. M. ii. 156. — Cur. xi. pi. 518. — 

 Black, shining ; punctulated : outer margins of the thorax and of the 

 elytra testaceous-yellow; legs dull red, with a black band on the thighs. 

 (L. 2-2^1.) 



Var. De. 4-maculatum Marsh, i. 66. — Ste. M. ii. 155. — Elytra with a 

 round pale red spot at the base, and a paler one at the apex ; thighs with 

 a black spot. 



Var. Sp. lunulatum Klrby. — Ste. M. ii. 155. — Elytra with a testaceous- 

 yellow spot at the apex alone. London district ; Devonshire ; Norfolk ; 

 Suffolk ; Scotland, &c. : 4-7. 



775 bipustulatum Fab. E. i. 93.? — Ste. M. ii. 155. — Deep shining black ; 

 finely punctulated : elytra with a more or less obscure rounded reddish 

 humeral spot, and a fainter lunate one at the apex, the outer margin 

 very finely edged with testaceous, and the disc at the base very obscurely 

 striate : legs pitchy, with the thighs testaceous at the base. ( L. 2^-3 1. ) 

 London district : 4-7. 



Fam. 16. ANISOTOMID.E Stephens. 



cxxx. Phalacrus Ant. remote, club 3-jointed, tip acute : palpi short, fili- 

 form : head small : tho. gibbous : body broadly ovate, very convex : elytra 

 entire : tibia; not spinous ; tarsi slender, 3d joint bilobed. 



cxxxi. Ephistemus Ant. approximating at the base ; club 3-jointed, tip 

 obtuse : palpi not filiform ; max. with terminal joint elongate, subulate : 

 head exposed, minute : tho. slightly gibbous : elytra entire : body elon- 

 gate, ovate, narrowed at each end : tibia; not spinous : tarsi simple. 



