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cxxxii. Alexia Ant. with basal joint large, swollen without ; club 3-jointed, 

 obovate, villose : palpi with terminal joint thick, obtuse : head large, 

 deflexed : tho. short, deeply notched in front : elytra ample, narrowed 

 behind, entire : body very convex : legs short. 



cxxxiii. Lkiodes Ant. long, remote ; club 5-jointed, its 2d joint minute, ter- 

 minal large : palpi nearly filiform : head small, exposed : tho. transverse : 

 body ovate, convex, glabrous : elytra margined, entire : tibia; compressed, 

 spinous externally : 4 anter. tarsi 5-jointed, slightly dilated in <?, 2 poster. 

 4-jointed : hinder thiyhs dentate, and tibiae bent in £ . 



cxxxiv. Agathidium Ant. short ; club 3-jointed, subovate : palpi filiform : 

 head very broad, inflexed : body globose, hemispheric ; contractile into a 

 ball : elytra entire, the sides inflexed ; tibiae setose ; tarsi 4-jointed, simple. 



cxxxv. Clambus Ant. slender, pilose, the 2 last joints large, oblong, forming 

 a club : head very wide, rounded in front : tho. transverse, the sides 

 expanded : body broadly ovate, depressed behind, contractile into a ball : 

 elytra rounded at the apex : tibia slightly pilose; tarsi 4 or 5-jointed. 



cxxxvi. Corylophus Ant. slender ; club 3-jointed, ovate, compressed : head 

 small, concealed beneath the anter. margin of thorax, the latter semi-oval, 

 pubescent : elytra obtusely rounded at the tip : body ovate, somewhat flat : 

 tarsi 6-jointed, the hinder pair with last joint long. 



cxxxvii. Orthoperus Ant. short, club 2-jointed : head minute, narrow, ex- 

 posed : tho. ample, subovate, slightly convex : elytra rather convex, some- 

 what ovate, slightly truncate at the apex : tibia simple. 



cxxxviii. Sericoderus Ant. elongate, slender ; club 3-jointed, elongate : head 

 small, concealed beneath the anter. margin of the thorax, which last is wide, 

 somewhat 3-angular and silky : body somewhat convex, a little depressed 

 behind, silky : elytra distinctly truncate at the apex. 



130 Phalacrus Paykull. 



776 aeneus Pk. F. i. 65 Pz. F. ciii. f. 3. — Ste. M. ii. 159. — Oblong- 

 ovate ; greenish-brass, extremely glossy, rather narrowed behind : elytra 

 with 2 faint stria? towards the suture, not reaching to the base ; body 

 beneath pitchy; legs pitchy-black ; antennae dusky, the base dull red. (L. 

 \-l 1.) Near London, common ; Scotland : 0, *. 



777 ovatus Marsh, i. 76. — Ste. M. ii. 160. — Oblong-ovate; shining brassy- 

 black ; narrowed behind : thorax obscurely punctured ; elytra with 2 deep 

 striae parallel with the suture, and several faint ones on the rest of the sur- 

 face, interstices finely punctured ; antennae, palpi, and legs pitchy. (L. | 1.) 



Var. ? Ph. cognatus Ste. M. ii. 1 60. — Ovate ; not narrowed behind ; deep 

 black, with a brassy tinge : legs, antennae, and palpi pitchy- black. Near 

 London, and South of Scotland : 4-6. 



778 corticalis III. K. i. 40. — Stu. D. F. ii. pi. xxx. f. A. — Ste. M. ii. 160. 

 — Oblong-ovate ; pitchy-testaceous : the head, thorax, suture, apex, and 

 lateral margins of the elytra pitchy-black ; disc of elytra faintly punc- 

 tulated, and with 2 short faint striae near the suture ; eyes black ; an- 

 tennae reddish. (L. 1-1^1.) London district j Kavelstone Wood, near 

 Edinburgh ; Kimpton, &c. : 4-6. 



779 striatus Ste. M. v. 402. — Oblong-ovate, narrowed behind ; brassy- 

 black, shining : elytra distinctly striated ; the disc pale chestnut behind ; 

 antennae, palpi, and legs reddish. (L. \ 1. ) Kimpton : 4-6. 



780 coruscus Pk. F. iii. 438. — Ste. M. ii. 161. — Short, ovate, very convex ; 

 deep glossy black : head and thorax obscurely punctured ; elytra nearly 

 impunctate, with a stria near the suture, not reaching to the base ; legs 

 black, clothed with ashy pile ; antennae with terminal joint very acute : 

 head pitchy beneath. (L. 1-1^1.) 



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