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214 Oomorphits Curtis. 



.1182 concolor Stu. D. F. ii. 109. pi. 35. f. A. — Ste. M. iii. 139. — Ph. 

 maritimus Ste. M. ii. 197. pi. 15. f. 1. — Ovate; deep shining black, faintly 

 bronzed, and very slightly pubescent : elytra deeply punctate-striate to 

 the tip, interstices finely punctured ; 2d joint of antennas sometimes pale 

 orange. (L. HI.) London district, in moss; Dover, common; Bristol 

 and Norfolk : 12-6. 



215 Simplocaria Marsham. 



1183 semistriata III. K. i. 97. — Ste. M. iii. 140. — Cur. vii. pi. 335. — . 

 Oblong-ovate, pitchy-black ; punctured ; pubescent : thorax and elytra 

 somewhat brassy, the latter with a single stria at the suture, and several 

 short ones at the base ; legs and antenna? pale red. (L. 1^-1 ^ 1.) Grassy 

 places ; London district, and S. of England : 4-6. 



1184 picipes Oliv. ii. 89. pi. 2. f. 9. — Ste. M. iii. 140. — Oblong, blackish- 

 brass ; shining : thorax with a griseous pile ; elytra elongate, narrowed 

 at the tip, rather deeply striate nearly to the apex, interstices minutely 

 punctured; legs and antennae testaceous-red. (L. 1^1.) London dis- 

 trict; Bristol; Swansea: 4-6. 



Fam. 26. HISTERIDiE Leach. 



ccxvi. Abr.eus Body somewhat globose, minute : mancl. retracted : pro- 

 sternum short, wide, truncate in front : elytra smooth : legs rather long ; 

 tibice entire, anter. compressed, poster, rounded. 



ccxvii. Onthophilus Body subquadrate : mand. retracted: prostern. broad, 

 truncate in front, slightly notched behind: elytra (and tho.) deeply sul- 

 cate : legs elongate, slender ; tibia all rounded, entire. 



ccxviii. Hister Body robust, slightly flattened : mand. porrected : prostern. 

 lobed in front, rounded or truncate behind: elytra striated, outer stria? 

 entire : 4 poster, tibice compressed, and with 2 rows of spines. 



ucxix, Saprinus Body robust, short, a little flattened : mand. porrected : 

 prostern. compressed, produced, but not lobed, in front : elytra striated, 

 outer stria? abbreviated ; apex generally much punctured : 4 poster, tibice 

 compressed, and with 2 rows of spines. 



ccxx. Dendrophilus Body oval, or somewhat globose, slightly convex : mand. 

 porrect : prostern. rounded behind : elytra faintly striated ; stria? mostly 

 abbreviated : tibice broad, angulated without, 4 poster, with 1 row of 

 spines. 



ccxxi, Epierus Body oval, flattish : mand. retracted : prostern. truncate 

 behind : elytra deeply striated, to the apex : tibice short ; anter. entire, 

 serrate with spines ; 4 poster, rounded, with 1 row of scattered spines. 



ccxxii. Paromalus Body oval, flattish, small : mand. porrect : prostern. 

 rounded behind : elytra slightly striated : tibice narrow, slightly incurved. 



ccxxiii. Platysoma Body flat : mand. exserted, equal, dentate : prostern. 

 rounded behind : elytra slightly striated : tibice all denticulate. 



216 Abr^eus Leach. 

 4185 globosus Ent. H. i. 100. pi. 2. f. 1. — Ste. M. iii. 142. — Globose; 

 pitchy-red ; finely punctate ; thorax considerably narrowed in front ; 

 elytra nearly as long as the abdomen, distinctly truncate at the apex : 4 

 hinder tibia? linear and slender, anterior pair dilated in the middle. 

 (L. 1^-f 1. ) Garden refuse ; near London ; Norwich; Netley : 4-6. 

 1186 minutus Fab. E. i. 90. — Pk. M. H. 87. pi. 8. f. 1. — Ste. M. iii. 

 142. — Somewhat round; pitchy; shining, very obsoletely punctate: 



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