CAPIUS. — BISNIUS. 399 



entire disc thickly covered with deeply impressed dots, placed very ir- 

 regularly. (L. 4 1.) New Forest: 6, N 



635 Cafws Leach. 



3172 Fucicola Leach. — Cur. ix. pi. 322 Ste. M. v. 246. — Black ; shining; 



slightly pilose, head large, especially in $ , flat, irregularly punctured ; 

 thorax punctured on the sides, and, with 8 larger punctures, forming 2 rows 

 on the disc ; elytra obscure, downy, faintly punctured, dull bluish ; legs 

 pale griseous ; antennae dusky, the base of the 3 basal joints and the apical 

 one entirely dull red. (L. 2-4^ 1.) Beneath putrid fuel. Mount Edg- 

 combe ; Redcar, Yorkshire ; sea-shore, Dalmeny : 5-8, 



3173 xantholoma Grav. Mo. 41. — Ste. M. v. 246 Black: shining; head 



orbieulate, and punctured on the sides; thorax with a large puncture 

 towards each anterior angle, and 3 others on each side of the disc, forming 

 2 rows ; elytra dull black, with the lateral margins testaceous ; abdomen 

 with 2 rather obscure longitudinal villose lines ; legs, palpi, and antennas 

 dusky. (L. 311.) 



Var. St. lateralis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 246. — Pitchy-black ; elytra dusky, 

 pubescent, the lateral margin dull ochreous ; abdomen clothed with a fine 

 down, in certain positions appearing tessellated with ash-colour ; legs 

 pitchy-red. 



Var. Ca. littoralis Ste. C. No. 301 5. — Elytra pale pitchy-brown, with paler 

 margins ; abdomen pale on the sides, with tessellated patches of ash-coloured 

 down ; legs red. 



Var.? Ca. tessellatus Ste. C. No. 3016. — Rather narrow; pitchy, elytra 

 and abdomen pale ; the latter prettily tessellated with blackish and ash- 

 coloured down ; legs pale red. On the coasts ; almost universally dis- 

 tributed : 4-8. 



636 Bisnius Leach. 



3174 cephalotes Grar. Mi. 22 Ste. M. v. 247. — Black; head orbieulate, 



large, wider than thorax ; the latter dark pitchy, disc with large punc- 

 tures disposed in rows ; elytra blackish-brass, slightly pubescent ; abdo- 

 men with the margins of the segments beneath, and the apex, red ; legs 

 pitchy, tarsi red ; antennae with the 4 basal joints blaek, remainder ashy- 

 red. (L. 2f-3 1. ) On sea coasts. Livingston, Suffolk ; Snetisham, Nor- 

 folk ; and Devonshire : 4-6. 



3175 rotundiceps Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 248. — Black, rather shining; head 

 rounded, angles slightly punctured; thorax wider than the head, with 

 10 deeply impressed punctures, forming 2 rows ; elytra slightly pubescent, 

 pitchy-black, with the lateral margin pale ; abdomen with the segments 

 beneath broadly red ; legs rusty-red ; basal joint of antennae red. (L. 2\ 1.) 

 Coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk : 6. 



3176 simplex Leach? — Ste. M. v. 248. — Shining black ; head orbieulate, 

 with 6 large punctures ; thorax pitchy, with 10 large impressions in 2 rows ; 

 elytra thickly punctured, pitchy, the extreme tip reddish, outer edge slightly 

 pale ; legs pitchy-testaceous, tibiae and tarsi darker ; antennae pitchy, base 

 tawny. (L. 2 1.) Coast of Devon : 3-5. 



3177 fuscicornis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 248. — Black, shining ; head orbieulate 

 with 12 large punctures; thorax 4-drate, with 10 large impressions in 

 2 rows, and some smaller ones ; elytra with the lateral margins pale at the 

 base ; legs fuscous ; thighs tawny ; antennae fuscous, basal joints red. 

 (L. 1\ L) Suffolk: 4. 



3178 fulvipes Ste. M. v. 249. — Blaek, shining; head very glossy, with 

 4 punctures between the eyes, and 2 on the angles; thorax also glossy, 



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