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with pale yellowish, rarely spotless; legs and base of antennae pale red. 

 (L. l|-l|L) Devonshire and Wales ; CapelCerig: 6. 



279 Drasterius Eschscholtz. 



(1423f bimaculatus Fab. E. ii. 245 Pz. F. lxxvi. f. 9 Ste. M. iii. 



269. — Black ; shining : elytra red nearly to the middle, the apex black, 

 with a white dot ; towards the middle of the disc is a black dentate patch 

 united to the black edge ; tibiae and tarsi yellowish. (L. 3^ 1.) Said to 

 be found in Devonshire.) 



280 Mela not us Eschscholtz. 



1424 fulvipes Herbst. x. 46. pi. 162. f. 2. — Ste. M. iii. 263 Pitchy- 

 black ; pubescent : head and thorax coarsely punctured ; elytra faintly 

 punctate-striate, interstices sparingly punctured ; legs bright ferruginous ; 

 antennas brownish. (L. 6-10 1.) In rotten wood, &c, throughout the 

 country; rare in Scotland : 5-6. 



281 LuDa»« Latreille. 



1425 ferrugineus L. ii. 654. — Don. x. pi. 356. f. 1. — Ste. M. iii. 264. 



Above dull red, beneath black ; thickly punctured : hinder margin of 

 thorax, very rarely the entire disc, and scutellum black ; elytra faintly 

 striated; tarsi reddish. (L. 9-11 1.) Decayed trees: Darenth Wood ; 

 Windsor ; Bottisham ; Clengre ; Swansea : 6. 



282 Ctenicerus Latreille. 

 (1426 \ aulicus Pz. F. lxxvii. f. 6. — Ste. M. iii. 265. — Above dull brassy- 

 green ; beneath black-bronze : scutellum and elytra pale, spotless, testa- 

 ceous, striate punctate; antennae black, of $ pectinated. (L. 7-8 1.) 

 Said to be found in Devonshire. ) 



1427 pectinicornis L. ii. 655. — Don. x. pi. 356. f. 2. — Ste. M. iii. 265 



Rich brassy-green, shining above, obscure and pubescent beneath : thorax 

 with a deep dorsal furrow ; elytra rich green, punctate-striate, interstices 

 finely punctured; legs and antenna? black; the latter pectinated in 6% 

 serrated in $ . (L. 7-9 1. ) Grassy places in elevated districts ; Malvern 

 Hills ; N. Wales ; Yorkshire ; Newcastle ; Wastwater, Cumberland ; 

 Edinburgh, &c. : 5-6. 



1428 cupreus Fab. E. ii. 231. — Don. xv. pi. 508 Ste. M. iii. 266. 



Beneath brassy-black, or coppery ; above red-purple, greenish copper or 

 dusky : thorax with a deep channel ; elytra rather faintly punctate-striate, 

 the base mostly with a large yellow or ochreous patch, but sometimes 

 spotless; legs brassy ; antenna? pectinated in <J , serrated in $ . (L. 5-7 £ 

 1. ) In similar situations with the foregoing insect : 5-6. 



1429 1 castaneus L. ii. 654. — Pz. F. lxxvii. f. 4. — Ste. M. iii. 266 



Black : thorax clothed with a short, changeable pile ; elytra pale testa- 

 ceous-yellow, with the tip black ; disc striated ; interstices punctured ; 

 antenna? of $ pectinated, of $ serrated. (L. 5-6 1.) Moushold Heath', 

 Norwich ; and in the Isle of Wight : 6. 



1430 sanguinicollis HeUwig. — Ste. M. iii. 266." — El. ruficollis Don. xv. 

 pi. 618. f. 1. — Black; pubescent; thorax narrowed in front, bright 

 blood-red, spotless : elytra bluish-black, faintly striated, margin ciliated ; 

 tip of the apical joint of tarsi red; antennae serrated in <J . (L. 4-4^ 1.) 

 Under bark of decayed trees : Kensington Gardens ; Copenhagen fields ; 

 Windsor ; Southend ; Norfolk : 6. 



1431 tessellatus L. ii. 655. — Herbst. C. x. pi. 161. f. 1. Ste. M. iii. 



267. — Dusky-brass, pubescent : thorax and elytra clothed with short 



