430 BRACHELYTRA. OMALIlDvE. 



shining ; very thickly and very finely punctured ; thorax with 2 short 

 ovate fovea? ; legs reddish ; antenna? dusky testaceous, the hase blackish ; 

 palpi testaceous. (L. 1$ I. ) Hedges: London district; Suffolk; Nor- 

 folk ; Devon : 4-6. 



3439 Oxyacanthae Knock. — Gyll. ii. 217. — Ste. M. v. 355. — Black ; obscure ; 

 very thickly punctured ; thorax with 2 elongate bent fovea?, and a minute 

 basal impression ; legs reddish ; antenna? dusky-testaceous, the 2 basal 

 joints black. (L. 1| 1.) Hedges: London district : 4-6. 



3440 rivulare PL F. iii. 407. — Pz. F. xxvii. f. 15. — Ste. M. v. 354. — 

 Black; slightly shining; rather deeply punctured; thorax with 2 deep 

 longitudinal bent fovea?, and an obsolete one on each side towards the 

 outer margin ; elytra testaceous, or pitchy-brown, rarely dusky, with the 

 shoulders testaceous ; legs and base of antenna? dull testaceous, tip of the 

 latter black. (L. jlf-2 1. Hedges, and generally distributed : (7) ^. 



3441 fuscum Ste. M. v. 355. — Pitchy-brown; shining; punctured; thorax 

 with 2 moderately deep short fovea?, and a slight depression on each side 

 towards the hinder margin ; elytra fuscous-brown, ratherly coarsely punc- 

 tured ; abdomen black; legs pitchy; antenna? black. (L. \\\.) Hedges: 

 London district : 4-6. 



3442 excavatum Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 355. — Flat; black, shining; thorax 

 with the margins elevated, the disc with 2 deep oblong, approximating, 

 dorsal fovea? ; elytra thickly but faintly punctured, with a slightly ele- 

 vated line, strongly margined ; legs pitchy, tibia? and tarsi paler ; antenna? 

 black. (L. HI.) Hedges: London district ; Suffolk: 4-6. 



3443 subrugosum Ste. M. v. 356. — Black; shining; punctured; thorax 

 with 2 deep longitudinal fovea?, divided by a smooth space ; elytra pitchy, 

 somewhat roughly and very thickly punctured ; apex of abdomen occa- 

 sionally pitchy ; legs red ; antenna? pitchy. (L. 1^1.) Hedges: London 

 district: 4-6. 



3444 pygma?um Pk. F. iii. 410. — Ste. M. v. 356. — Oblong-ovate, convex ; 

 testaceous red, pubescent; thickly and finely punctured; head pitchy-red; 

 thorax with a basal impression ; elytra with rather coarse scattered punc- 

 tures ; abdomen with the penult, segment sometimes pitchy ; legs and 

 antenna? testaceous. (L. 1 1. ) Hedges: London district : 4-6. 



3445 Primula? Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 356. — Wedge-shaped, pitchy-black ; shin- 

 ing ; glabrous; punctured; thorax with a deep basal fovea, the sides rounded; 

 elytra obliquely truncate, slightly margined ; legs pale red ; antennae dull 

 red, the base paler; palpi red. (L. 1^1.) On flowers of primrose : Lon- 

 don district ; Suffolk: 4-6. 



3446 latum Ste. M. v. 357. — Broad; shining black; punctured; thorax 

 somewhat 4-drate-transverse, with 2 deep bent dorsal fovea? in the middle, 

 and a single shallow one on each side towards the hinder angles ; elytra 

 pitchy, rather thickly punctate-striate ; legs, palpi, and antenna? testaceous. 

 (L. If 1.) Hedges: London district : 4-6. 



677 Acidota Kirby. 



3447 crenata Fab. E. ii. 596. — Ste. M. v. 358. pi. xxvi. f. 6. a-d. — 

 Black ; shining ; glabrous ; punctured ; sides of thorax, legs, and elytra 

 brown, the latter punctate-striate; antenna? reddish, pilose. (L. 2^-3 i.) 

 Amongst decaying firs: N. of England and Scotland; also Norfolk; rare 

 near London • 5-6. 



3448 rufa Grav. Mi. 115. — Ste. M. v. 358. — Red; shining, very gla- 

 brous ; punctured : thorax with a large fovea, and 2 obsolete dorsal grooves 

 towards the base ; elytra somewhat punctate-striate ; legs pale red. (L. 

 1^-2^ 1.) N. of England, and in Scotland : 5-7, 



