152 HEL0CERA, HISTERIDJE. 



shining blue-green : forehead and thorax entirely punctate ; elytra also 

 punctate, except a small ovate smooth space, bounded by the usual sutural 

 stria, beyond which last are 3 other short stria? and the rudiments of a 4th : 

 tibia? pitchy; anterior multi-dentate. (L. lf-2 1.) In carcases, &c, 

 Battersea and Copenhagen fields ; Bottisham ; Newmarket Heath ; Wel- 

 beck ; Swansea ; Marsden : 4-6. 



1221 rotundatus Fab. E. i. 190. — Pk. M. H. 77. pi. 7. f. 3. — Ste. M. 

 iii. 157. — Ovate; deep black, sparingly punctate throughout; sutural 

 stria extremely short, connected, as usual, with the 2d at the base, which 

 is followed by 3 other short ones, gradually increasing in length, and a 

 very short one on the shoulder ; club of antenna? rusty ; anterior tibia? 5- 

 toothed, (L. 1^1.) Under bark, &c, near London ; Norfolk and Swan- 

 sea : 4-6. 



220 Dendrophilus Leach. 



1222 f Sheppardi Kirbij. — Cur. iii. pi. 131. — Ste. M. iii. 158. — Deep 

 chestnut, slightly shining ; very finely punctured : elytra with 1 straight 

 and 5 broad, very shallow, stria?, extending the whole length. (L. 1^1.) 

 Dead snake, Nacton, Suffolk ; Windsor: 5-7. 



1223 f Cooper i Ste. M. iii. 159. — Black; rather glossy ; finely punctured : 

 scutellum minute ; elytra with 5 stria?, extending nearly to the apex, and 

 a 6th, shorter one, towards the suture ; legs dull chestnut ; antenna? rusty. 

 (L. \h 1.) Cobham: 10. 



1224 punctatus III. K. i. 60. — Pk. M. H. 79. pi. 7. f. 5. — Ste. M. iii. 



159. — Ovate ; black ; thickly punctate : elytra with 2 short slightly bent 

 stria? at the base, remote from the suture, and then 2 others, extending 

 nearly to the apex ; legs pitchy-red ; tibia? ddated ; anterior crenulated. 

 (L. ^-1 1.) Under bark, &c, Waltham Cross; Sherwood Forest; Nor- 

 wich ; Cramond : 4-6. 



1225 pygmams L. ii. 567.? — Pk. M. H. 81. pi. 7. f. 6. — Ste. M. iii. 159. 

 — Pitchy-black : thorax very smooth ; elytra very finely and delicately 

 punctured, with 4 very obscure dorsal stria?, neither extending to the 

 base nor to the apex, the 2 outer ones the shortest ; legs pitchy ; tibia? all 

 dilated, entire. (L. ^-1 1.) Under bark, &c, London district; Norfolk: 

 5-6. 



1226 piceus Pk. M. II. 87. pi. 7. f. 7. — Ste. M. iii. 160. — Pitchy-red; 

 nearly globose ; very smooth : elytra with a longish marginal stria and 4 

 on the disc, abbreviated at eacli end, the inner one very short ; legs pale 

 reddish; tibia? slender, simple. (L. i-|l.) Under stones, &c, London 

 district ; Netley, &c. : 5-6. 



221 EriEiius Erichson. 



1227 14-striatus Ste. M. v. 412. — Deep black, very glossy, delicately, but 

 obscurely punctured : elytra with 7 continuous stria? reaching from the 

 base to the apex, and a little bent ; legs pitchy-black. (L. 1-L-lJ 1.) In 

 rubbish, &c, Battersea fields : 6-8. 



222 Paromalus Erichson. 



1228 flavicornis Herbst. iv. 40. — PL M. II. 90. pi. 8. f. 6. — Ste. M. iii. 



160. — Oblong-oval; flat; glossy black ; thickly punctulated throughout, 

 except the tip of the abdomen : elytra with a short lateral, and 3 much 

 shorter, obscure slender striae ; legs and antenna? pale pitchy-red, the latter 

 palest; anterior tibia? denticulated. (L. f-1 1.) Boleti : near Bristol; 

 Coombe Wood ; South Creek, Norfolk : 6. 



1229 parallelipipedus Herbst. iv. 37. — He. picipes Stu. D. F. i. pi. 19. f. 



