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punctate sulcate, interstices thickly and roughly tuberculate ; legs and 

 antennas dull pitchy red ; terminal joints of funiculus longish. (L. 3 1.) 

 Gravelly places : London and Edinburgh districts ; Netley ; Swansea ; 

 Yorkshire : 4-6. 



1901 ligneus Oliv. E. v. 378. pi. 31. f. 473. — Oti. scabridus Kirby. — 

 Ste. M. iv. 119. — Black, or pitchy-black; thorax globose, coarsely 

 granulated ; elytra deeply punctate-striate, interstices somewhat trans- 

 versely wrinkled, and slightly pilose ; tibiae, tarsi, and antenna? pitchy- 

 black, or dull red. (L. 1^-2 1.) Barren places : London district ; Bristol; 

 Barham ; Cramond ; 4-6. 



1902 rugicollis Ste. M. iv. 120. — Ovate ; black ; opaque ; thorax globose ; 

 thickly and coarsely granulated, the disc longitudinally wrinkled ; elytra 

 ovate, obsoletely punctate-striate, interstices rough and slightly pilose. 

 (L. S£l.) Chalkpits: Dover: 6. 



1903 maurus Gyll. iii. 293 Ste. M. iv. 120. — Black; slightly shining ; 



sparingly clothed with ashy pubescence : thorax very thickly granulated ; 

 elytra ovate, punctate-striate, interstices nearly smooth ; legs and antenna) 

 pitchy-red. (L. 3^-4^1.) On the coasts : S. Wales; Scarborough ; and 

 Lancashire : 6. 



1904 raucus Fab. E. ii. 529. — Ste. M. iv. 120. — Black: thorax convex, 

 especially in the <j? , and with a slight ridge : elytra deeply punctate-striate, 

 clouded with a griseous and brown pubescence ; the suture slightly raised 

 behind; legs and antennas pitchy-red. (L. 2-3^1.) In chalky places : 

 Darenth and Greenhithe ; Bottisham ; S. Wales : 5-6. 



c. Elytra deeply striated, glabrous. — Omias, p. Schon, 



1905 brunnipes Olio. E. v. 384. pi. 35. f. 551. — Oti. piceus Ste. M. iv. 

 119. — Oblong-ovate ; pitchy-brown, slightly shining ; sparingly clothed 

 with a pale pubescence ; thorax rather convex, deeply, but remotely, 

 punctate, the sides somewhat rounded ; elytra ovate, deeply punctate- 

 striate ; legs and antennae testaceous ; rostrum faintly punctured. 

 (L. 1^-2 1.) Hedges: London district ; Netley; Swansea: 6. 



1906 mollicomus N. A. Hall. (Ahr.) ii. 17. pi. 1. f. 8. — Oblong-ovate; 

 chestnut-red, rather glossy ; with a whitish pile ; legs and antenna; paler : 

 thorax slightly convex, the disc sparingly, the sides thickly, punctured, the 

 latter moderately expanded ; elytra deeply punctate-striate ; rostrum with 

 a fovea at the tip, and faintly punctured. (L. 1| 1.) Hedges : London 

 district : 6. 



1907 pellucidus Chevrolat. — Schon. S. (Cur.) ii. 507. — Oti. piceus var. 

 Ste. M. iv. 119. — Oblong- ovate ; shining pitchy; with a scattered ashy 

 pile ; thorax rather convex, deeply and rather thickly punctured, the 

 sides ddated; elytra deeply punctate-striate; legs and antennas rusty-red ; 

 rostrum slightly impressed, and distinctly punctate. (L. 2-2^1.) Hedges: 

 London district : 6. 



394 Trachyphl^eus Germar. 



1908 tessellatus Marsh, i. 307. — Ste. M. iv. 121. — Fuscous-black; an- 

 terior edge of thorax whitish : elytra deeply striated, interstices setose, 

 tessellated with fuscous and ash-coloured scales ; body beneath and legs 

 dull red. (L. 2 1.) Hedges: London district; Bristol; Norfolk: 

 4-6. 



1909 confinis Ste. M. iv. 121. — Black-brown, clothed with lighter scales: 

 thorax obscurely punctured ; elytra faintly striated, scales uniformly fus- 



