174 STERNOXI. EUCNEMIDiE. 



262 Aphanisticus Latreille. 



1377 pusillus Oliv. E. ii. pi. 12. f. 133. — Cur. vi. 262. — Ste. M. iii. 

 241. — Brassy-black: front deeply notched; sides of thorax expanded; 

 elytra roughly punctate- striate ; and an obscure longitudinal impression. 

 (L. 1^-lfl.) Grassy places : Coombe Wood ; Southend; Bath; Kings- 

 bridge: 0. 



263 Trachys Fabricius. 



1378 pygma?a Fab. E. ii. 219. — Don. viii. pi. 282.— Ste. M. iii. 242. 

 — Head and thorax glossy-copper, smooth : elytra rich blue, moderately 

 punctured, the punctures disposed in lines towards the suture ; body 

 beneath brassy-black, rough; legs and antenna? brassy. (L. 1^ 1.) 

 Coombe Wood ; Cambridge ; and Norfolk : 5-6. 



1379 minuta L. ii. 663. — Don. viii. pi. 256. — Ste. M. iii. 243. — 

 Brassy-, bluish-, or greenish-black, slightly shining; pilose: front deeply 

 excavated ; thorax with a short stria on each side, and a punctured one 

 near the base ; elytra with faint scattered punctures, and 4 narrow waved, 

 whitish, pilose bands. (L. l^-l^ 1.) On hazel and birch : Coombe and 

 Darenth Woods ; Norwood; Epping Forest ; Dorset; Hunts: 5-6. 



1380 nana Fab. E. ii. 220. — Pz. F. xcv. f. 9. — Ste. M. iii. 243. — Dull 

 brassy-black, glabrous : front slightly excavated ; thorax faintly punc- 

 tured : elytra somewhat 3-angular, rather coarsely punctured in lines ; 

 and within the lateral margin a short ridge ; body beneath, legs and 

 antennas black. (L. 1^1.) Coombe Wood : 5-6. 



Fam. 36. EUCNEMIDiE Westwood. 



cclxiv. Melasis Ant. distant at base ; flabellate in $ , serrated in <j> : body 

 cylindric : tho. with hinder angles produced and acute, somewhat remote 

 from elytra : scutel. elongate : legs short, compressed. 



cclxv. Microrhagus Ant. approximating at the base, serrated, ramose in $ : 

 body narrow, flat : tho. waved behind, and closely attached to base of 

 elytra, which are slightly narrowed behind : legs short, slender. 



cclxvi. Throscus Ant. distinctly clavate ; club 3-jointed, perfoliate : body 

 elliptic, flat : tho. lobate, hinder angles acute ; closely applied to the 

 elytra : palpi clavate : legs short, compressed, contractile ; tarsi with 4th 

 joint 3-angular. 



cclxvii Cerophytdm Ant. longish, serrated, strongly pectinated in <J : body 

 ovoid, flat : tho. closely applied to the base of elytra : palpi with terminal 

 joint stout, ovate : tarsi with 4th joint bilobed. 



264 Melasis Olivier. 



1381 buprestoides L. ii. 656. — Cur. ii. pi. 55. — Ste. M. iii. 244. — 

 Black, opaque ; sometimes a little chestnut : head and thorax punctured 

 and slightly pubescent, the sides of the latter rather expanded in front, 

 disc with an obscure stria ; elytra with interrupted stria?, interstices rather 

 rough; legs, antenna?, and palpi reddish. (L. 3-3^1.) Decayed trees: 

 Windsor and New Forests ; Halesworth, Suffolk : 6. 



265 Microrhagus Eschscholtz. 

 1382 1 pygmaeus Fab. E. ii. 246. ? — Mann. Euc. pi. 2. f. 4 — 6.? — 

 Ste. M. iii. 246. — Linear-elongate, black ; with a griseous pile : head 

 punctured ; crown with a ridge ; thorax longish, punctulate ; elytra 

 slightly punctured and faintly striate ; thighs pitchy ; tibia?, tarsi, and 

 antenna? reddish. (L. 2\ 1.) In Norfolk? 



