115 



§ 2. Elytra of 9 notched at the tip : — Thanatophilus Leach. 



912 sinuata Fab. E.\. 341.— Don. xv. pi. 519. — Ste. M. iii. 23 Black; 



obscure : head and thorax pubescent ; the latter with slight tubercles, and 

 the hinder angles rather rounded ; elytra glabrous, with 3 raised lines, the 

 interstices smooth, the apex somewhat truncate in the S 5 deeply notched, 

 and with an elongate sutural lobe in the <j> . (L. 4-5 1.) Carcases; 

 also generally distributed ; less common than the last : 3-7. jjc. 



913 dispar Herbst. v. 204. pi. 52. f. 1. — Ste. M. iii. 24. — Blackish, or 

 fuscous : head and thorax darkly pubescent ; the latter slightly tubercu- 

 lated ; elytra with 3 raised lines, the interstices somewhat pilose ; the 

 apex obtusely truncate in the 6* , slightly notched in the $ . (L. 4-5 1.) 

 Carcases, near Norwich ; Caernarvon: 3-8. 



149 Silpha of Authors. 



914 4-punctata L. ii. 571. — Samo. pi. 2. f. 7. — Ste. M. iii. 24 Black, 



glabrous : thorax notched in front, with its margins pale testaceous; elytra 

 testaceous, with an ovate shining black spot near the base, and a circular one 

 near the apex; the disc with 3 slightly raised lines. (L. 6-7 1.) On 

 oaks, Coombe Wood ; Kensington Gardens ; Bagley Wood ; Epping ; 

 Enborne ; near Carlisle ; Scotland, rare : 6-7. 



915 obscura L. ii. 572. — Don. ii. pi. 63. f. 4 Ste. M. iii. 25. — Black, 



obscure ; thorax truncate in front, closely and finely punctured ; elytra 

 sparingly, but deeply, punctured, with 3 obscure, slightly raised, abbreviated 

 lines, the central one longest. (L. 6-8 1.) Carcases, London district; 

 Cambridge; Southend) Aldboro'; Parley; Swansea; Edinburgh, &c. : 3-7. 



916 tristis ///. K. i. 366.' — Ste. M. iii. 25. — Black, slightly shining: thorax 

 truncate in front, and rather sparingly punctured ; elytra with deepish and 

 numerous punctures, with 3 raised glossy lines, extending nearly to the 

 apex, where they are slightly flexuous. (L. 5^-8 1.) Carcases, W. of 

 England ; Wales ; Parley ; Wilts ; Carlisle ; Edinburgh : 3-7. 



917 f Griesbachiana Ste. M. iii. 26. — Si. carinata III. K. i. 365. ? Black, 

 slightly glossy ; punctured ; slightly emarginate in front ; elytra coarsely 

 punctured, and with 3 raised glossy lines, the intermediate longest, reach- 

 ing to the apex and curved inwardly. (L. 8 1.) Carcases, Winchester : 6. 



918 nigrita Creutz. E. V. i. 116. pi. 2. f. 20. — Ste. M. iii. 26. — Black, 

 slightly shining : thorax truncate in front, very finely punctate ; elytra 

 slightly convex, with 3 obscure short raised lines, the interstices irregu- 

 larly punctate and roughish : — in immature specimens the elytra are pitchy 

 or obscure dull red. (L. 6-6^1.) Carcases, N. of England; Notts; 

 Longmont, Salop ; Scotland ; Kensington Gardens : 3-7. 



919 reticulata Fab. E. i. 341. — Ste. M. iii. 26. — Si. rugosa Pz. F. v. 

 f. 9. — Black, opaque : thorax truncate and slightly rounded in front, 

 punctured; elytra punctate, with 3 raised lines, the 2 interior rather 

 obsolete and irregular, the outer shortened behind, interstices irregularly 

 wrinkled transversely. (L. 5|-6J 1.) Carcases, London district; Norfolk; 

 Hants ; Salop ; Swansea : 3-6. 



920 opaca L. ii. 571. — Ste. M. iii. 27. — Si. tomentosa Herbst. v. pi. 51. 

 f. 16. — Rather flat; brown -black, tomentose ; punctate: thorax trun- 

 cate in front ; elytra with 3 raised lines, the middle one longest ; tip of 

 abdomen dull- red. (L. 4^-5^1.) Carcases, Coombe Wood ; Aldboro'; 

 Swansea; near Edinburgh : 3-6. 



921 laevigata Fab. E. i. 340 Oliv. E. ii. pi. 1. f. 1. — Ste. M. iii. 27. — 



Convex, black, rather shining, thickly punctured : thorax, round and 

 somewhat circular in front, a little rounded behind ; elytra obtusely 



