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SUPPLEMENT 



Of Genera either taken alive, (having been introduced from 

 abroad,) or reputed to have been taken alive in England, 

 but of which there is no well authenticated proof of their 

 being indigenous. 



1. Oxystomus, Dej.; anglicanus, Steph. Deep black; antennae 



and palpi pitchy ; tarsi reddish ; five and a half lines ; 

 found at Peckham. Supp. PL 1, fig. 1. 



2. Distomus, Leach.; fulvipes, Latr. Pitchy black; thorax 



reddish, as are also the antennae and legs ; five lines ; said 

 to occur in Devonshire. Supp. PL 1, fig. 2. 



3. Alpjeus castaneus, BonelU. Pitchy ; antennae and legs red ; 



four and a half lines; said to occur in Devonshire. 

 Supp. PL 1, fig. 3. 



4. Procrustes, Bonelli ; coriaceus, Lin. Entirely deep black ; 



eighteen lines; said to occur near Portsmouth. Supp. 

 PL I, fig. 4. 



5. Sogines, Leach; punctulatus, Illig. Entirely opaque black; 



six lines; said to occur in Devonshire. Supp. PL 2, 



6. Cophosus, Dej. ; elongatus, Sam. Shining black ; tarsi red- 



dish ; seven and a half lines ; said to occur in Devonshire. 

 Supp. PL 2, fig. 2. 



7. Cheporus, Latr.; metallicus, Fab. Of a brilliant brass or 



coppery colour; antennae and legs pitchy black; six 

 lines; said to have been found in Cambridgeshire and 

 Kent. Supp. PL 2, fig. 3. 



8. Mastigus palpalis, Latr. Opaque black ; antennae and legs 



pitchy ; about two lines. Supp. PL 2, fig. 4. 



9. Tribolium castaneum, Macleay. Entirely of an opaque 



reddish chesnut ; one line and three-quarters ; boxes of 

 Chinese insects. Supp. PL 2, fig. 5. 



10. Oryctes, Illig.; nasicornis, Lin. Bright chesnut brown; 



