324 HETEROMERA. DIAPERID^E. 



513 Hemophilus Be Jean. 



2541 obsoletus Marsh, i. 475. — Ste. M. v. 18. pi. xxiv. f. 2. —Black; 

 slightly shining ; head and thorax very thickly and finely punctured ; elytra 

 faintly striate, stria? punctate ; interstices obscurely rugose ; body rather 

 thickly punctured beneath. (L. 5 1.) Suffolk coast. 



2542 Marshami Ste. M. v. 19 Very convex ; above black, slightly shining; 



beneath pitchy-black ; head and thorax very obsoletely and sparingly 

 punctured ; the latter with the base bisinuated ; clypeus chestnut in front ; 

 elytra faintly striated, with smooth interstices ; legs and antennas pitchy- 

 red. (L. 2 1.) Locality unknown. 



514 Pedinus Latreille. 



2543 femoralis Lat. G. ii. 165. — Pz. F. xxxix. f. 5. <?. ; f. 6. $ . — Ste. 



M. v. 19 Black, slightly shining, punctured ; thorax with 2 faint foveas 



at the base ; elytra very delicately punctate-striate, the stria in pairs ; legs 

 black ; hinder thighs bent, grooved beneath ; tarsi and tip of antennas 

 pitchy: £ with anterior and hinder thighs hirsute within. (L. 4^1.) 

 Sandy places : Deal : 6. 



515 Phylan Megerle. 



2544 gibbus Fab. E. i. 116. — Ste. M. v. 20. — Ped. maritimus Samou. 

 pi. 4. f. 2. — Black, slightly shining, punctulated ; thorax with the sides 

 dilated before the middle, rather suddenly narrowed behind, the angles 

 acute ; elytra punctate-striate, interstices roughish, the alternate ones 

 somewhat obtusely raised : S with middle and hinder tibia?, and base of 

 hinder thighs, fringed with tawny hairs. (L. 3|-4 1.) Sandy coasts: 

 Southend; Lowestoft; Weston; Gawdy Hall, Norfolk; Swansea: 6-7. 



516 Crypticus Latreille. 



2545 quisquilius L. ii. 676. — Ste. M. v. 21. — He. laticollis Pz. F. xxxvi. 

 £ l. £ . — Black; slightly shining; very finely punctured ; mouth and 

 palpi pitchy ; elytra obsoletely punctured, the punctures in places some- 

 what in striae ; legs pitchy-black ; tarsi and antennas rusty-piceous. 

 (L. 2-3^1.) Sandy places : Devil's Ditch : 6-7. 



Fam. 62. DIAPERIDiE Westwood. 



dxvii. Alphitophagus Body oval, convex : ant. slightly clavate ; terminal 

 joint longest : palpi with apical joint rather thickened : tho. transverse, 

 anterior margin rounded : tibia simple, all similar. 



dxviii. Trachyscelis Body broadly ovate : ant. distinctly clavate ; club 6- 

 jointed : tibia dilated, spinose ; anterior serrated without. 



dxix. Bolitophagus Body ovate, obtuse, convex : ant. bent, rather clavate, 

 serrated within : eyes lunate : tho. with the lateral margins crenated : legs 

 stout : tibiae equal, slender. 



dxx. Phaleris Body ovate ; ant. slightly thickened at tip, from 4th joint 

 perfoliated : max. palpi with terminal joint obtrigonate : tho. transverse, 

 slightly notched in front : tibiae elongate 3-jointed, anterior 3-angular, 

 spinous. 



dxxi. Diaperio Body somewhat hemispherical : ant. short, compressed, the 

 4th and following joints lenticular: palpi filiform, terminal joint elong- 

 ated : tho. produced in the middle behind : tibia spurred at the apex, hinder 

 pair serrated externally. 



dxxii. Platydema Body ovate, somewhat convex : ant. moderate, 4th and 

 following joints conical : max. palpi with the terminal joint enlarged, ob- 

 trigonate, or somewhat truncate : tho. slightly bisinuated at the base ; 

 hinder tibice serrated without. 





