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some transverse irregular abbreviated paler bands; six 

 to eight lines ; fir plantations. PL 71, Jig. 2. 

 Genus [515]. Tanysphyrus. Germ. One species. 



T. Lemnae, Fab. Black, with symmetrical patches of ashy 

 hair; about one line; banks of weedy ditches. PI. 71, 



Family [92]. Cleonid^e. Shuck. 



Genus [516]. Barynotus. Germ. Three species ? 



B. Mercurialis, Fab. Black, clothed with dirty brown 

 scales ; three and a half lines ; chalky districts. PI. 71, 

 fig- 5 - 



Genus [ — ]. Merionus. Megerle. Two species. 



M. obscurus, Fab. Obscure black, thickly mottled with 

 fuscous scales ; about four and a half lines ; sandy heaths, 

 in pits. PI. 71, Jig. 4. 



Genus [517]. Liophlteus. Germ. One species. 



L. nubilus, Fab. Black, covered with ashy scales ; elytra 

 mottled with fuscous ; antennae pitchy—sometimes com- 

 pletely denuded, and then obscure black ; about four to 

 five lines ; hedges, by beating. PI. 71, Jig. 6. 



Genus [518]. Alophus. Schon. One species. 



A. triguttatus, Fab. Black, densely clothed with fuscous 

 scales ; the elytra with a spot in their centre towards the 

 base, and one common to both, V shaped, towards the 

 apex ; antennas pitchy ; about four lines ; moist meadows, 

 by sweeping. PL 71, Jig. 7. 



Genus [519]. Gronops. Schon. One species. 



G. lunatus, Fab. Completely covered with fuscous scales ; 



the head and two transverse bands on the elytra paler ; 



about three lines ; pits in sandy places. PL 71, Jig. 8. 

 Genus [520]. Bothynoderes. Schon. One species. 



B. albidus, Fab. Blackish brown, variously but symmetri- 

 cally mottled and maculated with white scales ; about 

 six lines ; gravel pits ; very rare. PL 72, Jig. 1. 



Genus [521]. Cleonus. Schon. Four species. 



C. nebulosus, Lin. Black, variegated with reddish and 

 ashy scales ; the suture reddish ; and the elytra with two 

 oblique denuded bands; five to nine lines; heaths; New 

 Forest. PL 72, Jig. 2. 



Family [93]. Brachyderid^:. Shuck. 



Genus [522]. Polydrosus. Schon. Twelve species. 



P. undatus, Fab. Black, covered with brownish metallic 

 scales; elytra with two or three undulated bands of 



