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the under parts pitchy : head and thorax smooth ; elytra with the apex 

 pale, or pitchy- red, with a very faint short stria near the suture; antennae 

 and legs pale testaceous. (L. |-12 1.) London; Lambeth; Hertford, 

 &c. : 4-5. 



792 rufipes Ste. M. ii. 164. — Short, ovate, somewhat obtuse; shining tes- 

 taceous-brown : thorax pitchy-brown, the margin pale testaceous ; elytra 

 short, broad, pitchy-brown, with the tip pale testaceous, near the suture a 

 faint stria ; legs pitchy-red ; antenna? and body beneath pale testaceous. 

 (L. |1.) Near London and Bristol, and in Scotland: 4-6. 



793 geminus Stu. D. F. ii. 75. — Ste. M. ii. 165.— Ovate; testaceous- 

 brown, very glossy : head reddish-chestnut, mouth pale ; eyes black ; 

 thorax chestnut, with pale sides ; elytra with the apex more or less yellow- 

 ish, with a faint stria near the suture, and one or more very obscure rudi- 

 mentary ones towards the shoulders ; antenna? and legs pale testaceous. 

 (L. |-1£1.) In Scotland: 4-6. 



Var. ? De. consimilis Marsh, i. 75 Ste. M. ii. 165. — Ovate ; deep rusty- 

 brown, very glossy : head chestnut brown, mouth pale ; eyes black ; 

 thorax with a narrow pale margin ; elytra moderately convex, with a 

 faint stria near the suture and an obscure one towards the shoulders. 

 Near London ; and in Devonshire ; Norfolk ; and at Swansea. 



794 piceus Knock. — Ste. M. ii. 165. — Short, ovate, obtuse behind ; pitchy- 

 brown, shining : head and thorax smooth ; the former palish in front, and 

 the sides of the latter concolorous with the disc ; elytra deep pitchy-brown, 

 the apex faintly paler, with a stria towards the suture alone ; body beneath 

 pitchy; antenna? and legs testaceous-red. (L, ^-1 1.) Near London, and 

 in Devonshire : 4-6. 



795 Ulicis Kirby. — Ste. M. ii. 166. — Obovate, convex, slightly narrowed 

 behind ; glossy black ; pitchy beneath : elytra smooth, with 2 faint stria? 

 towards the suture, not extending to the base, and on the disc in certain 

 lights some obscure rudimentary ones ; legs pitchy-black, or reddish- 

 brown ; antenna? reddish at the base, dusky at the tip. (L. ^-| 1.) On 

 furze, near London, and in Suffolk and Norfolk : 4-6. 



796 pygmaaus Stu. D. F. ii. 84. pi. 32. f. C. — Ste. M. ii. 166 Oblong- 

 ovate ; deep black, slightly glossy: elytra with the apex reddish, with 2 or 

 3 faint short stria? at the base near the suture ; body beneath and legs pale 

 pitchy-brown; antenna? dusky. (L. |- 1.) Near London : 4-6. 



797 piceorrhoeus Marsh, i. 78. — Ste. M. ii. 166. — Oblong-ovate, slightly 

 convex, and a little narrowed behind ; smooth, shining black : elytra with 

 a large somewhat 3-angular, more or less, pitchy or flavescent patch at the 

 apex, not striated ; legs pitchy-red, or pitchy ; antenna? pale testaceous, 

 the club dusky. (L. ^-f 1. ) Near London ; Bristol; Norfolk; Suffolk: 

 4-6. 



798 pulchellus Marsh, i. 72. — Ste. M. ii. 167. — Ovate; glossy: head and 

 thorax black, the anterior edge of the latter slightly distinct ; elytra chest- 

 nut brown, with the tip paler, smooth, not striated ; legs and antenna? 

 pale red. (L. i 1.) Near London ; Raehills : 4-6. 



799 nitens Marsh, i. 79. — Ste. M. i. 167. — Rather oblong; black, shin- 

 ing : head and thorax immaculate ; elytra faintly striated, pitchy black, 

 with the apex paler; legs dull red; antenna? dusky, or black. (L. § 1.) 

 Suffolk; Norfolk: 4-6. 



131 Ephistemus Westwood. 



800 Gyrinoides Marsh, i. 77. — Ste. M. ii. 168. — Shining, glabrous; black ; 

 impunctate : mouth testaceous; anterior margin of the thorax slightly 



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