:^ a„e,y .nd dense., coriaceo™ between t.e P-'"- J^jJJ-^'^ 
tobe,-H. «%"'». *■«"■. ^°W> I-"- "" "''r-,^'°'L 
,. DentBcb. , Wat. Cat. ; B. slabdlm, Tb.. Sk. Col., », 80. 
,e descriptions above alluded to present -°";/''"^P;" 
peeially as to the punctuation of the disc of the f-x; 'h. 
Lot be described correctly as altogether impunctate but the 
,reB are very sparing, a. is especially to be noted when the 
fa compared with H. discretes. I have examined a specmen of 
mus, Th., sent by Kerr Thomson to Mr. Crotch, and find .t to 
with, our common British species. 
3LANA11IUS. , , 
s this species and its aUy H. celatus have given me some trouble, 
, we have apparently a third closely allied species, I give some 
ptions for the assistance of others. 
, celatus, dark. Black or pitchy-black, with the antennae, legs and palpi recL 
ad is broad pitchy-red, finely and rather sparingly punctured. The thoiax 
ot::i toIJs thi fro^t. its margins are reddish, it ^^ ^^^^^^l^^^^^^^ 
hout, but the punctures on the disc are very much ^^f'^^^^'^llZytl 
Viewed sideways, the angle fornaed by the June ion of the thorax and elytra 
inct but extremely obtuse. The elytra are a httle rounded at the des 
^hat pointed behind, moderately closely and fi-^^ P^^f ^'^; ^f 'r.f 
,ne are distinctly to be seen the rudiments of two hues of another so.t of 
ires. 
rhis species, compared with H. memnonius, is smaller, and less 
ag. but the angle formed by the junction of the thorax and elytra 
,t about the same as in that species. It is in some respects allied 
e species 1 have above alluded to as R. nigrita ; but, independently 
her characters, it may be distinguished from that species, as well 
•om all others resembling it, by its short, and at the apex very 
d anterior tibia.. Under a powerful glass, the elytra are seen to 
ess an extremely fine and scanty pubescence. Long U.-lme. 
Widely distributed in Britain, but scarce. Malvern, bnowdon, 
noch, Edinburgh, Cheviot, and the Metropolitan district. A duller 
3ty was found by Mr. Crotch and myself on Mamsoul. 
H. melanarius, Sturm. Black, or pitchy-black, antennae and legs red head 
margins of thorax, more or less pitchy-red. The head f-^^ ^^/P^^f^^ 
,tured. The middle parts of the thorax are impunctate (or very finely and 
illly punctured), but towards its posterior angles it is closely and dense^ 
,tied Viewed sideways, the thorax is seen to continue the outhne with the 
.a, with but little interruption. The elytra are rather coarsely -d somewhat 
inW, evenly, punctured. The upper surface as nearly as possible destitute of 
3sc;l;e. ThL elytra without, or with only indistinct traces of, two lin s of 
Long ia — I3-11U. 
jr punctures. 
