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thorax with a faint basal channel ; elytra pitchy-red ; abdomen acute, 

 shining, the base pitchy-red, the apex yellowish; legs dull red; antenna? 

 pitchy«red, base and apex ochreous. (L. 1^1.) Boleti of the fir : Hert- 

 ford; Suffolk: 4-6. 



2919 sordida Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 147. — Black; rather shining and pu- 

 bescent ; thorax rounded behind and dilated ; elytra ochreous, the base 

 dusky within ; abdomen rather acute, the apex reddish ; legs ochreous or 

 pitchy ; antennas stoutish, slender at the base. (L. 1^1.) Boleti : Lon- 

 don district ; Norfolk ; Suffolk ; Bristol ; S. Wales : 4-6. 



2920 alternans Grav. Mi. 85. — Ste. M.\. 432. — Al. concinna Leach. — 

 Ste. M. v. 141. — Elongate; testaceous-red, shining; slightly pubescent, 

 very thickly punctulate ; head black ; outer angle of the elytra, breast, and 

 belt towards the apex of the abdomen pitchy-brown ; antennae black, with 

 the base pale testaceous. (L. 1^1.) Boleti: Hertford: 6. 



2921 acuminata Ste. M. v. 151. — Blackish; opaque, slightly pubescent; 

 head dusky-black, small ; thorax with a slight basal fovea ; elytra dull 

 pitchy ; abdomen very acute, the tip, and occasionally the edges of the 

 segments, reddish ; legs dull red ; antennae pitchy, the base dull red. (L. 

 l£-l£l.) Boleti: London district ; Bristol: 6-8. 



2922 brachyptera Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 128. — Dull red; head black; thorax 

 finely punctate, with an obsolete dorsal furrow ; elytra finely punctured, 

 black, with an ashy down, very short ; abdomen with the 3d, 4th, and 5th 

 segments black ; antennas red, glabrous. (L. |-1 1.) Boleti : London dis- 

 trict ; Suffolk : 4-6. 



601 Placusa Erichson. 



2923 \ pumilio Gyll. ii. 411. — Pitchy-black; opaque; very thickly punc- 

 tured ; flat ; thorax very short, sinuated behind ; mouth and legs testaceous ; 

 elytra and antennae pitchy. (L. 1^1.) Moss : London district ? 



602 Atemeles Dillivyn. 



2924 paradoxus Grav. Mo. 180. — Lo. acuminatus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 108. 

 — Shuck. B. C. pi. 22. f. 8. — Brown, obscure ; glabrous ; head black, 

 smooth ; thorax with the sides somewhat reflected, hinder angles acu- 

 minated, disc with an obscure furrow ; elytra dull red, with a golden pile, 

 the outer angle rather mucronate ; abdomen broad, the penultimate seg- 

 ment notched, and with a spine on each side ; legs and antennae dull red. 

 (L. 1| 1. ) In nests of Formica rufa : Hampstead Heath; Wimbledon 

 Common ; New Forest ; Hastings ; Martlesham Heath ; Swansea : 5-7. 



2925 f strumosus Fab. E. i. 597. — Ste. M. v. 108. — Brown, smooth; 

 thorax with the sides reflexed, the hinder angles rounded ; elytra red, the 

 tip very obscurely notched, the outer angle gibbous ; legs red ; antennae 

 dull red, longish. (L. 2j 1.) On Hampstead Heath, and near Chelten- 

 ham : 6. 



(603 Lomechusa Gravenhorst.) 



(2926f emarginata Fab. E. ii. 600. — Oliv. E. iii. 42. pi. 2. f. 12. — Ste. 

 M. v. 109. — Brown, rather opaque and villose ; head rough behind; 

 crown with a ridge ; thorax with the sides slightly reflexed and a little acu- 

 minated ; disc with an obscure furrow ; elytra reddish-brown, notched at 

 the tip, and the outer angle mucronate; legs and antennae reddish. (L. 

 1| 1.) Not truly indigenous.) 



604 Dinarda Leach. 



2927| dentata Grav. Mo. 181. — Ste. M. v. 107. — Cur. ix. pi. 410. — 

 Black, somewhat opaque ; finely punctured ; thorax with a faint dorsal 



