ERYX. — CISTELA. 32? 



finely punctured ; eyes black ; thorax transverse, a little narrowed behind, 

 with rectangular angles ; elytra irregularly punctate-striate, suture, tips of 

 thighs and claws dull red. (L. 4-5 1.) Sandy coasts: Barmouth ; Swan- 

 sea: 6. 



2563 striatus Oliv. E. iii. 6. pi. 1. f. 4 Ste. M. v. 26. — Above brown- 

 ish-brass, glossy ; beneath pitchy-chestnut; punctured; thorax short, trans- 

 verse-4-drate, the sides rounded to the hinder angles, which are not 

 rectangular; elytra simply punctate-striate, interstices confluently punc- 

 tured ; legs and antenna; pitchy : <J with 4 anterior tarsi dilated and pilose 

 beneath. (L. 3-5 1.) Under roots and bark of trees : widely distri- 

 buted : 0. 



(2564 f quisquilius Fab. E. i. 163. — Pz. F. 1. f. 5.— Ste. M. v. 26. note. 

 — Black, with the antennae and legs dull red. (L. 3 1.) Erroneously 

 said to be British. ) 



Fam. 65. CISTELID.E Leach. 



dxxvi. Eryx Body broad, ovate, flattish : ant. rather short, terminal joint 

 somewhat ovate-acute : max. palpi with apical joint obliquely truncate : 

 mand. bifid : tho. semicircular : legs moderate ; tarsi pulvillate. 



dxxvii. Mvcetocharus Body narrow, linear-elongate, slightly convex, and 

 pubescent : ant. longish, terminal joint somewhat orbicular : max. palpi 

 distinctly hatchet-shaped : mand. bifid : tho. nearly quadrate : legs mode- 

 rate ; tarsi not pulvillate, long. 



dxxviii. Cisteca Body ovate, arched, narrowed at each end : ant. long, some- 

 times serrated : max. palpi somewhat hatchet-shaped : mand. bifid : tho. 

 semicircular : legs rather long. 



dxxix. Omophlus Body elongate-ovate, flattish : ant. short, compressed, 

 simple : max. palpi clavate, slightly hatchet-shaped : mand. acute at the 

 tips : tho. widest in front : elytra elliptical : legs moderate. 



(dxxx. Megischia Body elongate-ovate : ant. slightly thickened towards the 

 tips : palpi filiform, terminal joint scarcely enlarged : mand. entire : tho. 

 narrowed behind. ) 



dxxxi. Cteniopus Body elongate : ant. very slender, filiform : max. palpi 

 with terminal joint rather larger than the preceding, and truncate ob- 

 liquely : mand. entire : tho. subquadrate, slightly narrowed behind : eyes 

 prominent { head produced in front. 



526 Eryx Stephens. 



2565 niger Be Geer, iv. 25. pi. 1. f. 23, 24. — Ste. M. v. 27. — Black, 

 slightly shining ; clothed with a very short black pile, thickly but obscurely 

 punctured ; elytra faintly punctate-striate ; legs, antenna?, and mouth 

 pitchy-black. (L. 5-7 1.) Under bark, &c. : Walthamstow ; Coombe 

 Wood; Hammersmith; Cambridge; Windsor; Norwich: 3-7. 



527 Mycetocharus Latreille. 



2566 scapularis Gyll. ii. 549. — Ste. M. v. 28. — Cis. humeralis Pz. F. 

 xxv. f. 14. — Linear-elongate; black, shining; mouth, base of the antenna?, 

 tibia?, tarsi, and an ovate spot on the shoulders of the elytra testaceous-red. 

 (L. 2^-3 1.) Old posts, &c : Copenhagen fields; Coombe Wood; Rip- 

 ley; Bottisham; Swansea; New Forest: 5-7. 



528 Cistela Fabrici 



us. 



2567 Ceramboides L. ii. 602. — Cur. xiii. pi. 594 Ste. M. v. 29. — 



Black, with a delicate silken pile ; finely punctured ; elytra punctate- 

 striate, pale testaceous ; antenna? long, acutely serrated within, especially 

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