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pilose, the disc with a round blackish spot in the middle, and sometimes 

 a dusky mark within the apex; legs reddish. (L. l£ 1.) Under bark, &c, 

 London district ; Swansea, &c. : 5-6. 



943 fuscicollis Waterhouse. — Ste. M. v. 406. — Oblong-ovate, slightly de- 

 pressed ; pale testaceous : thorax fuscous, with its anterior margin entire ; 

 elytra with the apex rounded. (L. 1^ 1.) Under bark, &c, near Lon- 

 don : 5. 



944 impressa Kirby. ? — Ste. M. iii. 39. — Ovate, slightly convex, testa- 

 ceous-yellow, finely punctured : head with a deep frontal impression ; eyes 

 black ; thorax with the anterior margin broadly, but slightly notched ; the 

 sides rounded ; elytra wide, the suture fuscous, the apex slightly truncate, 

 with the angles rounded. (L. 1^1.) Under bark, &c, near London ; 

 Edinburgh ; and in Suffolk : 5-6. 



945 pusilla III. K. i. 386.?— Ste. M. iii. 39. — Oblong-ovate, flat, slightly 

 pubescent ; ferruginous ; thickly punctured : eyes black ; thorax somewhat 

 4-drate, with the sides nearly straight, the anterior margin broadly notched ; 

 elytra oblong-ovate, with the apex rounded, and slightly gaping towards 

 the suture. (L. If 1.) Under bark, &c, London district; Netley : 5-6. 



946 pygma;a Gyll. i. 226. — Ste. M. iii. 39. — Ovate, flattish ; red-brown, 

 thickly and deeply punctured : eyes black ; thorax deeply notched in 

 front, the sides broadly flattened and nearly straight ; elytra slightly pu- 

 bescent ; margin pale, apex obtuse, rounded ; legs pale testaceous. 

 (L. 1J 1.) Under bark, &c, near London: 5-6. 



947 truncata Kirby. ? — Ste. M. iii. 39. — Ovate, rather convex, very much 

 punctured ; testaceous ; with the head and thorax rather obscure dusky ; 

 eyes black; thorax with a narrow notch in front, the sides rounded, 

 palish ; elytra ovate, the apex slightly truncate, with the angles rounded ; 

 legs pale. (L.U 1.) Under bark, &c, London district; Norfolk; Suf- 

 folk; New Forest: 5-6. 



948 affinis Marsham. ? — Ste. M. iii. 40. — Short, ovate, slightly convex ; 

 testaceous, villose : head tawny ; eyes black ; thorax rather tawny, slightly 

 notched in front ; elytra short, spotless, the apex rather obliquely truncate, 

 the angles slightly rounded. (L. 1 1.) Under bark, &c, London dis- 

 trict; Suffolk: 5-6. 



949 melanocephala Marsh, i. 136. — Ste. M. iii. 40. — \ Short, ovate, slightly 

 convex ; red or pitchy-black ; elytra testaceous, the apex somewhat trun- 

 cate obliquely, the angles rather acute ; tip and abdomen acute ; legs and 

 antennas pale testaceous. (L. 1 1.) Under bark, &c, near London; 

 Sevenoaks; Humby : 12-5. 



950 limbata Fab. E. i. 352. — Oliv. ii. pi. 3. f. 18.— Ste. M. iii. 40. — 

 Ovate, rather convex; rusty- red, thickly punctured: head fuscescent; eyes 

 black ; thorax deeply and broadly notched in front, truncate behind ; the 

 disc dusky; elytra rounded at the tip, brown-black, with a reddish margin; 

 body pitchy-black beneath. (L. 1-1 -£ 1.) In flowers, &c, Hertford; Suf- 

 folk ; Norfolk ; Hull ; N. Wales ; Netley : 5-6. 



951 rufomarginata Davis. — Ste. M. iii. 40. — Ovate, somewhat convex, 

 black, with the margins of the thorax and of the elytra red. (L. 1 1.) In 

 flowers, &c, near London and Sevenoaks, and in Scotland: 5-6. 



952 10-guttata Fab. E. i. 350. — Oliv. ii. pi. 3. f. 24. ?— Ste. M. iii. 40. 

 — Oblong-ovate, rather convex ; dusky rust-colour, deeply punctured : eyes 

 black ; thorax short, deeply notched in front ; the lateral margins and a 

 dorsal line pale griseous ; elytra with the apex obliquely truncate ; the disc 

 with 5 pale spots (the 5th sometimes united with the 3d) ; legs pale testa- 

 ceous : $ with hinder thighs slightly toothed. (L. 1-2 1.) Under bark, 

 Coombe Wood ; Swansea ; Cramond : 5-6. 



