450 Mr. David Sharp on the 
lateribus cum elytris parce subtiliter punctulatis, his stria 
suturali medium haud attingente; mesosterno subtiliter 
carinato. 
é tarsis anterioribus et intermediis dilatatis ; metasterno fas- 
ciculo pilorum parvo instructo. 
¢ tarsis 5, 4, 4. 
Variat colore, interdum piceo-rufum (forte immaturum). 
Long. 3—4 lin. 3 
Closely allied to the preceding, but larger, with a short neatly 
impressed sutural stria, and the club of the antennz concolorous. 
Head finely and pretty closely punctured. Antenne with the 
third joint as long as the two succeeding, the club concolorous ; 
thorax scarcely narrower than the elytra, sparingly and obsoletely 
punctured, the sides more thickly and evidently so. Elytra very 
convex, sparingly and faintly but evidently punctured, with a 
short narrow sutural stria not reaching to the middle; humeral 
angles asin A. rotundatum. The male sometimes has the left man- 
dible a little elongated and pointed. 
This species is about the size and has very much the appear- 
ance of 4. marginatum, Sturm, but differs from it in the following 
respects :—The elytra possess a short but evident sutural stria, 
and their punctuation is less close and distinct, the antenne are 
unicolorous, the female has the anterior tarsi five-jointed. From 
description it also appears to be closely allied to 4. hemorrhoum, 
Erich., but to be larger and with less evident punctuation (espe- 
cially on the elytra) than that species. 
Rare; most of the specimens I have seen come from Scotland, 
where it has been taken by Mr. Hislop. I have found it at Ran- 
noch in Perthshire; also taken by Dr. Power at Hampstead (on 
the authority of his specimens A. piceum was erroneously intro- 
duced into our lists). I have also found one or two other speci- 
mens in collections mixed up with 4. marginatum, Sturm, 
9. Agathidium marginatum, Sturm. 
Black, very convex, with the margins of the thorax and elytra 
towards the apex more or less pitchy ; antennz and legs pitchy- 
red, with the first two joints of the club of the former darker ; 
elytra without any sutural stria, pretty thickly and evidently, 
the head and thorax very finely punctured. $ with the anterior 
and middle tarsi slightly dilated at the base; metasternum with a 
very small fasciculus of hairs; @ with tarsi 4, 4, 4. 
Long. ? lin. 
