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Black, shining : thorax impunctate, the margins concolorous ; elytra con- 

 vex, finely punctate, with a short stria near the suture ; body beneath 

 pitchy -black ; thighs pale testaceous; tibiae and tarsi pitchy; antenna? 

 pale red. (L. £1. ) Near London : 3-6. 



853 minutum Stu. D. F. ii. 64. pi. xxviii. f. L. — Ste. M. ii. 183. — Ob- 

 ovate, very glossy black ; smooth : head wide ; mouth pitchy ; thorax with 

 the sides much depressed, broadly ferruginous ; the basal edge dull reddish ; 

 elytra ample, a little narrowed behind, black, the disc pitchy-red ; legs 

 pitchy; tarsi testaceous. (L. ^1.) Near London, and in Norfolk : 3-6. 



854 atratum Stu. D. F. ii. 63. pi. 28. f. D. — Ste. Cat. No. 759 Ob- 

 ovate ; glossy-black ; smooth : thorax expanded on the sides, hinder angles 

 acute ; elytra obtuse, not striated ; legs dull black ; tarsi pitchy or red- 

 dish. (L. £-| 1.) Near London: 3-4. 



855 nanum Megerle. — Ste. M. ii. 1 83. — Ag. atomarium Stu. D. F. ii. 65. 

 pi. xxix. f. A. ? — Suborbiculate ; black, very glossy ; smooth : head 

 broad ; thorax with the sides considerably deflexed, and narrowly edged 

 with testaceous ; elytra ample, obtuse behind, not striated, the apex some- 

 times pitchy ; legs dull black. (L. £1.) Sand and Gravel pits, Coombe, 

 Hampstead, &c. ; Edinburgh and Devon : 3-6. 



135 Cl ambus Fischer. 



856 nigriclavis Rudd. — Ste. M. v. 404. — Gibbous, ovate ; glossy pitchy- 

 black ; thorax rather paler, with the margins broadly pale ; body beneath 

 pitchy; legs and antennas pale, club of the latter black. (L. £1.) Stock- 

 ton : 3-6. 



857 Armadillus De Geer, iv. 220. — Ste. M. ii. 184. pi. xv. f. 5. — Gib- 

 bous-ovate, shining black, extremely smooth ; thorax with the sides 

 rounded and pale, rather transparent ; elytra impunctate, with a few scat- 

 tered hairs, the tip sometimes reddish ; body beneath pitchy-black ; legs and 

 antenna? pale. (L. \ 1.) London district : 3-5. 



858 coccinelloides Kirby. — Ste. M. ii. 184. — Gibbous-ovate, shining 

 black, smooth ; thorax with the margins concolorous ; elytra sparingly 

 punctate, with a short stria near the suture towards the apex ; antennas 

 and legs pitchy-testaceous, thighs palest. (L. ^1.) Barham, Suffolk : 3-6. 



859 enshamensis Westwood. — Ste. M. ii. 1 84 Ovate ; pubescent : testa- 

 ceous-red, shining ; head very broad, the lateral margins produced into a 

 lobe, in which the eyes are placed; thorax with the sides narrowed, rather 

 ovate, and pale ; elytra convex at base ; flattish towards the tip ; dull 

 reddish-testaceous, or slightly pitchy, impunctate; legs pale. (L. J 1.) 

 Ripley; Ensham, Oxon ; Bottisham ; Edinburgh: 3-8. 



860 nitidus — Ste. M.v. 465. — Gibbous; deep glossy black; antenna? and 

 legs very pale. (L. \-^ 1.) Near Stockton ; and London : 3-6. 



136 Corylophus Leach. 



861 Cassidoides Marsh, i. 77. — Ste.' M. ii. 185. — Pitchy, shining, im- 

 punctate ; with the margins of the thorax pale and transparent ; antenna? 

 and legs dull red ; thorax sometimes reddish, with occasionally the disc 

 dusky; the edges of the elytra at times pale, or the elytra dark, with a 

 reddish patch near the tip. (L. 1-^1. ) London; Darenth Wood ; Spitch- 

 week and Ashburton, Devonshire : 3-7. 



137 Orthoperus Stephens. 



362 Punctum Marsh, i. 80. — Ste. M. ii. 186. — Slightly convex, livid tes- 

 taceous, very smooth and glabrous : head rather pitchy ; eyes dusky ; 

 thorax glossy ; elytra somewhat pale towards the apex ; antennae and legs 



