12. Melas Creutz. — Dej. Icon. Col. Eur. pi. 133. /. 5. — depressus Zieg . — Italicus 
Bon. — Molops maurus Sturm, pi. 103. b. 
“ Apterous, black, thorax subquadrate, sides rounded, bistriated on both sides 
behind ; elytra oblong-ovate, striate, striae sometimes punctured, with two im- 
pressed punctures : 64- — 8 lines.” Dej. 
Mr. Samouelle informs me that a specimen has been taken in 
Hampshire. 
13. melanarius III. — leucophthalmus Fab. — nigerrima Sturm. — angustior and affi- 
nis Mars. 
Black shining : thorax large, sides rounded, posterior angles a little acuminated, 
with a large punctured fovea on each side doubly channelled: elytra broad, 
with the abbreviated stria next the scutellum and two minute punctures on 
the 2nd stria: wings rudimentary. 
Found everywhere, during the whole year, under stones, at the 
roots of trees, &c. near Belfast, Mr. Haliday. 
Peziza aurantia of Persoon (Orange Spread-cup) being found at 
the roots of decayed trees, it accompanies the insect in the plate. 
