H0MAL0TA. BOL1TOCHARA. 357 



Orwell, near Barham ; Battersea fields ; Askham Bryan, Yorkshire : 

 2-6. 



592 Homalota Mannerheim. 



2777 plana Gyll. ii. 402. — Ste. M. v. 429. — Shuck. B. C. pi. 23. f. 9. 



— Linear-elongate, flat ; black, somewhat opaque, punctured ; thorax 

 with a very obscure channel ; elytra 4-drate, pitchy ; tip of abdomen, 

 legs and antennae rusty-brown. (L. 1 1.) Croft, near Darlington : 4. 



593 Callicerus Gravenhorst. 



2778 obscurus Grav. Mi. 66. — Ca. Spencii Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 165.— 

 Cur. x. pi. 443. — Black ; obscure ; flattish ; with a short obscure 

 pubescence ; thorax somewhat 4-drate, with 2 faint basal foveas and a very 

 obsolete dorsal channel ; abdomen above smooth ; legs pitchy. (L. 1^-1-| 1. ) 



9 ? Ca. hybridus Cur. fo. 443. ? — Ste. M. v. 434. — Elytra and margins 



of the abdominal segments reddish ; legs dull red. 

 Var. ? Al. terminalis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 121. — Elytra and legs testaceous ; 

 antennae brown. Grassy places : Battersea fields ; Stockton ; and near 

 Barham: 1-4. 



594 Bolitochara Mannerheim. 

 § A. Hinder tarsi with basal joint elongate. 



2779 collaris Pk. F. iii. 401. — Ste. M. v. 125. pi. xxvi. f. 2. — Bright 

 red ; head, elytra, breast, and tip of ahdomen, black : thorax somewhat 4- 

 drate, with a fovea at the base ; legs and tip of the antennae pale. (L. 2- 

 2^ 1.) Under stones, moss, &c. : Norfolk: 10-4. 



2780 lunulata Pk. F. iii. 415. — Ste. M. v. 124. — Shuck. B. C. pi. 24. 

 f. 3. — Testaceous-red; shining ; slightly pubescent ; thorax finely punc- 

 tured, the disc rather dusky behind, and with a slight fovea ; head fuscous, 

 and, with the elytra, which are also fuscous, except the shoulders, rather 

 coarsely punctured ; abdomen towards the apex, breast and middle of the 

 antennae, brown-black : $ with a ridge on penultimate segment of abdo- 

 men ; <j> small. (L. l|-2 1.) Boleti, &c. : New Forest; Yorkshire; 

 Bristol ; Barham : 6. 



2781 obliqua Eric. K. i. 298 Fuscous; finely punctured ; thorax with a 



slight fovea at the base ; elytra with a distinct dull red streak from the 

 shoulder to the apex of the suture; legs also dull red : $ with penultimate 

 segment of the abdomen granulated. (L. 1^ 1.) Boleti, &c. : New 

 Forest : 6. 



2782 f dissimilis Rudd. — Dull red, very thickly and finely punctured ; 

 head dusky ; thorax coarsely punctured, widish, with a faint basal de- 

 pression ; elytra with a dark cloud on the outer apical angle ; abdomen 

 with the 3 terminal segments dull black ; legs pale testaceous ; antennae 

 stout, dull brown, basal and apical joints paler, (L. 1^1.) Boleti, &c. : 

 Isle of Wight : 6. 



(2783 f lucida Grav. Mi. 70. — Ste. M. v. 141. — Red; shining; head, 

 breast, outer angle of the elytra, and a belt on the abdomen, black ; an- 

 tennae black, base red. (L. 1^1.) Introduced in mistake as British.) 



§ B. Hinder tarsi with the 4 basal joints equal. 



a. Wingless. 



2784 circellaris Grav. Mo. 155. — Al. cingulata Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 126. 



— Wingless; testaceous-red; slightly shining ; head fuscous or black; 

 thorax somewhat 4-drate, with an obscure fovea at the base ; abdomen 

 with a pitchy belt beyond the middle ; legs pale, and antennae reddish 

 yellow : o* with the elytra tuberculated near the scutellum, the penult, 

 segment of abdomen dentate in the middle. (L. 1-1 ^ 1.) 



