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striate, the interstices minutely punctulate, the alternate ones with some 

 remote larger punctures ; legs pale red ; hinder thighs in the $ clavate, 

 with 2 or 3 teeth towards the apex ; hinder tibia? elongate, bent and 

 toothed within ; antennae rusty at the base; club dusky. (L. 2-3| 1.) In 

 truffles ; Audley-end, Essex ; Kimpton ; Devon ; Cornwall : 3-5. 



833 Lycoperdi Ste. M. ii. 177. — Oblong; dark dull red: head and thorax 

 pale, impunctate ; elytra punctate-striate, alternate interstices with a few 

 remote punctures, the rest impunctate ; legs pale testaceous ; hinder thighs 

 slightly thickened, with 1 large tooth near the middle, and a 2d near the 

 apex; hinder tibiae short, a little bent; antennae dull red. (L. 2-2^1.) 

 Hereford and W. of England ; 5. 



834 picea III. K. i. 75. ? — Pz. F. xxxvii. f. 8. — Ste. M. ii. 177. — Short, 

 ovate ; rusty-chestnut, shining : eyes black ; head and thorax coarsely 

 punctate ; elytra deeply punctate-striate, the interstices very obscurely 

 punctured, with a few larger remote punctures on the alternate ones ; 

 body pitchy-chestnut beneath ; hinder thighs shortish, with a single tooth 

 in the middle; hinder tibia? short, nearly straight. (L. 2 1.) Near Lon- 

 don, and Luss in Scotland ; Cramond and Rosslyn : 4-8. 



835 armata Stu. D. F. ii. 34. pi. xxiv. f. A Ste. M. ii. 177 Short ; 



somewhat globose-ovate ; deep glossy rusty -red : head and thorax im- 

 punctate ; elytra widish in front, faintly punctate-striate, interstices thickly 

 and finely punctured throughout ; legs pale red ; hinder thighs elongate, 

 clavate, slightly toothed ; hinder tibiae elongate, much bent : antennae pale 

 red, club dusky. (L. If 1.) Moushold Heath, Norwich ; Carlisle : 5-7. 



836 rugosa Ste. M. ii. 178. — Short, somewhat globose-ovate; rather glossy 

 rusty-red : head and thorax minutely punctvired ; elytra faintly punctate- 

 striate ; the punctures very distinct, the interstices transversely wrinkled ; 

 legs pale red ; antennae pitchy-red, the three terminal joints large ; eyes 

 dusky. (L. If 1.) Near London : 5. 



837 Stephensii Rudd. — Ste. M. v. 404. — Short, ovate ; rusty-red : head 

 and thorax thickly punctured ; eyes dusky ; elytra punctate-striate, the 

 interstices very thickly, irregularly, and coarsely punctured ; legs and 

 antennae pale rusty-red, club of the latter black. (L. If 1.) Near Stock- 

 ton and Edinburgh : 4-6. 



838 humeralis Fab. E. ii. 558. — - Pz. F. xxiii. f. 1 Ste. M. ii. 178.— 



Nearly hemispheric ; above black, beneath rusty-red t elytra clothed with 

 a fine tawny pubescence, irregularly punctate-striate, interstices very 

 thickly punctulated, the shoulders with a large 4-angular red spot : club 

 of antennae dusky. (L. 1^-2 1.) In Agarics, Greenhithe ; New Forest; 

 Netley ; Norfolk; Devon; Cramond; Dalmeny; Queensferry : 4-7. 



839 axillaris Gyll. ii. 560 Ste. M. v. 404. — Somewhat hemispheric, 



black, shining, rusty-red beneath : elytra glabrous, with a small bright- 

 red spot on the shoulder, the disc striated, the striae placed in pairs, and 

 the interstices smooth. (L. H 1.) Near London, and in S. Wales: 

 4-6. 



840 abdominalis Pk. F. i. 71. — Pz. F. xxxvii. f. 9. — Ste. M. ii. 179. — 

 Somewhat hemispheric ; above glossy-black, beneath pitchy-red : thorax 

 faintly punctured, its lateral and hinder margins slightly ferruginous ; 

 elytra regularly and distinctly punctate-striate, the interstices faintly but 

 obscurely punctured; legs and antennae red. (L. 1^-lf 1.) Cumber- 

 land: 6. 



134 Agathidium Uliger. 



841 ruficolle Marsh, i. 68. — Stu. D. F. ii. pi. xxix. f. D Ste. M. ii. 



179. —• Globose.; black: thorax, antennae, and legs red; elytra and tho- 



