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880 fornicatus De Geer, iv. 216. pi. viii. f. 15. ? — Ste. M. iii. 8. — Oblong ; 

 black, with a tawny pile: antenna? rather longer than the thorax, dull- 

 red, the apex dusky, subclavate, the 8th joint short and slender ; thorax 

 transversely 4-drate, hinder margin dilated in the middle, and cutout near the 

 angles; elytra obsoletely striated to the apex ; legs rusty-piceous. (L. 2^ 

 1.) Carcases, &c, London district; Bottisham ; Carlisle; Carfin, Scot- 

 land : 3-6. 



881 Frater Ent. M. (Newm.) i. 507. — Ste. M. v. 405. — Oblong-ovate: 

 head black ; antennae with the 2 basal joints dull-red, then fuscous, with 

 the apical joint pale ; thorax black, with a brown pile ; elytra black, 

 slightly tomentose and rugose, with a single sutural stria ; legs rusty-brown. 

 (L. If 1.) Carcases, &c, Halifax, and N. of England : 5-6. 



882 Soror Ent. M. (Newm.) i. 508. — Ste. M. v. 405. — Oblong: head 

 and thorax black, the latter with a brown pile ; antenna? with the 4 basal 

 joints and half of the 5th dull-red ; elytra and legs pitchy-black, the former 

 rugose, faintly striated.' (L. 1^1.) Carcases, &c, Halifax, and N. of 

 England. 5-6. 



883 fuscus Natur. F. (Frohlich.) xxviii. pi. 1. f. 16. ? — Ca. "sericeus Ste. M. 

 iii. 9. — Short, ovate, gibbous-convex, pitchy-brown, with a changeable 

 griseous pile : antenna? short, rather slender, rusty, the base and apex 

 palest ; thorax widest behind, faintly excised at the hinder angles ; elytra 

 wide, obsoletely striated; legs rusty-piceous. (L. 2^1.) Carcases, &c. , 

 London ; Southend ; Swansea ; Devonshire ; Coombe and Salop, &c. : 3-6. 



884 clavicornis Forst. C. i. 166. — Ste. M. iii. 9. — He. tristis Pz. F. viii. 

 f. 1. — Oblong-ovate; pitchy-black, with a tawny pile: head short; 

 thorax somewhat 4-drate; elytra very obsoletely striated; obtusely rounded 

 at the tip ; legs rusty-red, or pitchy-black, with the tibia? and tarsi red- 

 dish ; antenna? abruptly clavate, 8th joint minute, dark-red at the base, 

 dusky at the tip. (L. If -2 1. ) Carcases, &c, London; Bristol; near 

 Dorset; Devon; Bottisham; Carfin: 3-6. 



385 festinans Lin. Tr. (Spence) xi. 145. — Ste. M. iii. 9. — Oblong-ovate ; 

 black, with a rather dense pile : thorax short, the hinder margin with very 

 obsolete excisions at the angles ; elytra reddish, very faintly striated ; legs, 

 palpi, and labrum testaceous-red ; antenna? with the 6 basal joints rusty, 

 the rest fuscous. (L. 2 1.) Carcases, &c, London; Hull; Netley: 3-6. 



886 affinis Ste. M. iii. 10. — Elongate-ovate; fuscous, with a yellowish- 

 brown pile: head dusky; thorax narrow, with the lateral margins 

 somewhat testaceous, the hinder angles distinctly excised ; elytra reddish- 

 brown, very faintly striated, the apex rounded ; legs rusty-brown ; antenna? 

 clavate, dusky, the base and palpi dull-red. (L. If 1.) Carcases, See, 

 London ; Bristol : 3-6. 



887 elongatus Ste. M. iii. 10. — Elongate-ovate, flattish ; pitchy-black, with 

 a fine griseous pile : thorax small, excised at the base near the hinder 

 angles ; elytra narrow, obsoletely striated, the tip rounded ; legs rusty- red ; 

 labrum and palpi black ; antenna; dull-recL club slender, dusky, 8th joint 

 small, terminal one short, acute. (L. 2^1.) Carcases, &c. ; London; 

 Bristol : 3-6. 



888 chrysomeloides Pz. F. lvii. f. 1 Ste. M. iii. 10. — Oblong-oval; 



black, with a dense tawny velvety pile : thorax with the sides straight near 

 the hinder angles, the base waved, but straight at the angle ; elytra di- 

 lated in the middle, scarcely striated ; tip of the anter. thighs, the tibia?, 

 and tarsi reddish ; antenna? reddish-brown at the base, of the <j> fusi- 

 form-clavate, thick, terminal joint ovate, longer than the preceding. (L. 



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