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and legs pitchy ; six to eight lines ; under bark and in 

 hollow willows ; Windsor ; not common. PL 59, Jig. 5. 



Genus [432]. Mycetocharus. Lair. One species. 



M. scapularis, Gyll. Pitchy black and shining; basal 

 joints of the antennae, a humeral spot on the elytra, and 

 the tibiae and tarsi fulvous ; about three lines ; hollow 

 willows ; not common. PL 59, Jig. 6. 



Genus [433]. Cistela. Fab. Five species. 



C. ceramboides, Lin. Black ; with the elytra testaceous ; 

 nearly six lines ; flowers in June ; not common. PL 59, 



fig- 71 



Genus [434]. Omopiilus. De Jean. One species. 



O. Amerinae, Curtis. Black, shining; elytra testaceous; 

 apex of the tibiae and the tarsi pitchy red or chesnut ; 

 about four lines; rare; Isle of Portland. PL 59, 



fig- ». 



Genus [435]. Cteniopus. Solier. One species. 



C. sulphurea, Lin. Of a bright rich sulphur yellow ; an- 

 tennae and tibiae pale reddish ; the apex of the former 

 and the tarsi pitchy ; about four lines ; flowers on the 

 coasts; common, but local. PL 60, Jig. 1. 



Family [72], Nothing. Shuck. 



Genus [436]. Nothus. Megerle. Two species ? 



N. bipunctatus, Fab. Reddish testaceous ; with the head, 

 the apex of the antennae, two spots on the thorax, knees 

 of the femora, and the four posterior tarsi black ; four 

 to six lines ; not uncommon in Monk's Wood, Hunts. 

 PL 60, Jig. 2. 



Genus [437]. Conopalpus. Gyll. Two species. 



C. testaceus, Oliv. Pale testaceous ; apex of the antennae 

 brown; about three lines and a half ; flowers in June; 

 not common. PL 60, Jig. 3. 



Family [73]. Melandryid^e. Leach. 



Genus [438]. Melandrya. Fab. Two species. 



M. caraboides, Lin. Black and shining, with a slight me- 

 tallic greenish or bluish reflection ; apex of the antennae 

 and of the tarsi red ; five to eight lines ; trees and 

 palings ; common. PL 60, Jig. 4. 

 Genus [439]. Phloiotrya. Steph. One species. 



P. rufipes, Gyll. Pitchy brown ; base of antennae, palpi 

 and legs testaceous red ; four to eight lines ; rotten trees ; 



