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tured on the sides ; elytra nearly glabrous, distinctly punctured; abdomen 

 with the extreme edge of the segments pitchy ; thighs pale testaceous, 

 tibiae and tarsi dusky ; antenna; pitchy, base testaceous. (L. ljrl.) Lon- 

 don district : 6. 



3189 villosulus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 251. — Black, slightly pubescent; head 

 somewhat heart-shaped, rather wider than thorax, sides and base punc- 

 tured ; elytra reddish-pitchy ; finely punctured ; abdomen with the edges 

 of the segments and the apex red-pitchy ; legs and antenna? testaceous. 

 (L. 1|1.) Banks: Suffolk: 6. 



3190 attenuatus Leach. — Ste. M. v. 251 Slender; pitchy-black, shining; 



head oblong, faintly punctured ; thorax rather obscurely punctured ; elytra 

 dull pitchy punctulate ; tip of abdomen, legs, and antenna* testaceous. 

 (L. 14:1.) Banks: Battersea fields ; Devon: 2-4. 



§ C. Thorax thickly punctured on the sides, disc smooth. 



3191 cinerascens Grav. ML 49. — Ste. M. v. 252. — Black; shining; head 

 somewhat 4-drate, thickly punctate ; thorax oblong, rather closely punc- 

 tulate, with a smooth dorsal line ; elytra dull fuscous, opaque, slightly 

 pubescent, very finely and thickly punctulate ; legs and base of antenna; 

 red. (L. If L) Banks, &c. : London district ; Suffolk; Devon: 3-5. 



3192 semipunctatus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 252. — Black ; slightly pubescent; 

 shining ; head and thorax oblong-ovate, sides thickly punctured, disc 

 smooth ; elytra pitchy or reddish, finely punctured ; legs pitchy-red, tibiae 

 and tarsi paler; base of antenna? red. ( L. 2 1.) Stones, &c. . London 

 district; Suffolk: 3-6. 



638 Heterothops Kirby. 



3193 binotatus Grav. Mi. 28. — Ste. M. v. 257. — Black ; or pitchy ; head 

 and thorax very glossy, the former ovate, the latter with 2 dorsal punctures 

 on each side, and a deeper one in front near the anterior angle ; elytra 

 pilose, pitchy, lateral margins paler, apex testaceous ; tip of abdomen and 

 margins of its segments, and legs, red; antenna; reddish, base paler. (L. 



if-ai L) 



Var. ? He. Holmensis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 257. — Pitchy ; head, thorax, 

 and elytra black, apex of abdomen alone reddish ; legs pitchy-red. 



Var.? He. Kirbiellus Ste. M. v. 257. — Black, shining; elytra opaque, 

 the extreme tip pitchy ; legs and antenna; testaceous-red. On sea coasts : 

 Norfolk; Suffolk; Yorkshire; Swansea; Ryde ; Sussex: 5-7. 



639. Remus Holme. 



3194 sericeus Ent. Tr. {Holme), ii. 64. — Dull black, with a golden pubes- 

 cence on the elytra and abdomen ; mouth red ; head and thorax rather 

 deeply punctured, the latter with a raised dorsal line ; elytra flat, minutely 

 and thickly punctured ; abdomen punctured ; legs and antenna; pitchy-red, 

 or red. (L. 2\ 1.) On the beach ; Ryde; St. Mary's, Scilly : 6-7. 



640 Othius Leach. 



3195 fulvipennis Fab. E. ii. 609. — Pz. F. xxvii. f. 23. — Ot. fulgidus 

 Ste. M. v. 253. — Glossy-black ; head ovate, with scattered punctures ; 

 thorax rather smooth, with 6 large punctures on each side ; elytra red, 

 punctulated ; tip of abdomen, legs and antennae red. (L. 5-5^ 1.) Woods 

 and gardens ; Hampstead ; Swansea; Marton ; Edinburgh: 8-10. 



3196 pilicornis Pk. F. iii. 379. — Ste. M. v. 254. var. — Black ; shining; 

 head ovate, wider than the thorax, pitchy- black ; thorax longer than the 

 head ; elytra smooth, pitchy-black, with an obscure stria near the suture, 

 legs and antennae pitchy, the latter pilose : — abdomen sometimes red, with 



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