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horns. (L. 2-3il.) On sandy shores ; especially near Southend; and along 

 the eastern coast : 4-8. 



3326 Taurus Ahr. F. — Ste. M. v. 308. — Bl. Skrimshirii Cur. iii. pi. 143. — 

 Black, shining; sparingly punctured; legs chestnut ; elytra reddish, ochreous, 

 with a 3-angular dusky patch at the base of the suture ; tip of abdomen 

 rusty. S with a long thin vertical horn on each side of the head ; and 

 an obtuse one on the anterior edge of the thorax, pilose and chestnut at 

 the tip : $ with 2 conical tubercles on the head; thorax unarmed. (L. 

 2|-3i 1.) On coast of Norfolk, near Fakenham : 4-6. 



3327 Ruddii Ste. M. v. 308. pi. xxvii. f. 3. — Narrow, shining black ; mo- 

 derately punctured ; antenna?, legs, and elytra ochreous-red. <J with a 

 short acute horn on each side of the head, and an elongate straight slender 

 one on the anterior edge of the thorax, its apex pilose : $ with 2 small 

 tubercles on the head; thorax unarmed. (L. 2-2^ 1.) Coatham Marshes, 

 Yorkshire : 4-6. 



656 Hesperophieus Stephens. 



3328 fracticornis Pk. F. iii. 382. — Ste. M. v. 309. — Black ; smooth ; 

 head finely punctured and slightly 2-tuberculate ; thorax deeply and 

 coarsely punctured, and with a single dorsal channel ; elytra moderately 

 punctured ; tip of abdomen and the legs testaceous red ; antenna? dusky, 

 base red. (L. 2\ 1.) Sandy coasts, &c. : Battersea fields ; Norfolk ; Suf- 

 folk ; Yorkshire: 4-6. 



3329 haemopterus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 310. — Black ; smooth ; head punc- 

 tulated and with 2 small tubercles ; thorax obscurely punctured, and with 

 a faint dorsal channel ; elytra punctulated, red ; tip of abdomen reddish ; 

 legs, antennae, and palpi red. (L. l|-2 1.) Sandy coasts, &c. : Norfolk ; 



Suffolk ; Yorkshire ; Barham ; Battersea : 4-6. 



3330 divisus Marsham. — Ste. M. v. 310. — Black, obscure; head fnd 

 thorax finely punctured, the latter with an obscure dorsal channel ; elytra 

 punctured, testaceous; legs, palpi, and base of antennae the same. (L. 

 2-2^1.) Banks of rivers : Battersea: 4-6. 



3331 arenarius Pk. F. iii. 382. — Ste. M. v. 310. — Black, slightly shining : 

 head and thorax punctured, the latter with a dorsal channel : elytra very 

 thickly and finely punctured, livid, or pale, with the base and sides of the 

 suture dusky or black : tibiae and antennae livid ; palpi dusky : abdomen 

 glossy. (L. 1± 1.) On the coasts of Devon ; Yorkshire, &c. : 4-6. 



3332 Talpa Gyll. ii. 448. — Ste. M. v. 311. — Black, obscure; slightly 

 pubescent : head somewhat heart-shaped, obscurely 2-tuberculate ; thorax 

 suddenly narrowed behind, convex, smooth, with a faint dorsal impression ; 

 elytra punctulated, deep black or bluish ; tarsi red ; antennae pitchy, base 

 black. (L. 2 1.) Coasts of Devon and Yorkshire : 4-6. 



657 Phytosus Rudd. 



3333 spinifer Rudd. — Cur. xiv. pi. 718. — Pitchy-black, shining; thorax, 

 elytra, tip of abdomen, legs, and antennae reddish. <j> black, with the 

 mouth, antennae, and legs pitchy. (L. <$ \-\ 1. ; <j> 1-1^. 1.) Under marine 

 rejectamenta, Ryde: 5-6. 



658 Platysthetus Mannerheim. 



3334 cornutus Grav. Mi. 109. — Ste. M. v. 311. — Black, shining, gla- 

 brous : forehead thickly punctured, of the g bispinous at the apex : 

 thorax finely punctured, and with a deep dorsal channel ; elytra obscurely 

 punctured, black, with an oblique pale dash, or testaceous ; tarsi red. 



