252 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



the base, and are very suddenly and thickly clavate at the apex : 

 — the species frequent umbelliferous flowers, and in their earlier 

 state feed upon decaying wood. 



Sp. 2. minor. Niger, pubescens, elytris testaceis, lineold obliqud alba, antennis 

 piceo-ferrugineis, corpore longiorihus. (Long. corp. 3 — 5 lin.) 



Ne. minor. Linne. — Mo. minor. Curtis, i. pi. ll.—Steph. Catal. 202. No. 2061. 



Black, pubescent, shining : elytra testaceous, ivith an oblique white line towards 

 the extremity : margins of the abdominal segments on each side with a white 

 pubescent Hne : legs testaceous brown : femora thickly and abruptly clavate : 

 antennse rusty-piceous, much longer than the body in the male ; as long as the 

 body in the female. 



Rare : it has been taken near Windsor, and I have found speci- 

 mens at Hertford. 



Sp. 3. Umbellatarum. Niger, pubescens, elytris brunneo-testaceis immaculatis, 

 antennis corpore longioribus fuscis. (Long. corp. 3 — 4^ lin.) 



Ne. Umbellatarum. Linne. — Martyn, C.pl.^S.f.2. Mo. Umbellatarum. — Steph. 

 Catal 202. No. 2062. 



f Sp. 1. major. Niger, pubescens, elytris ferrugineis immaculatis, ore, anten- 

 narum basi pedibusque rufo-ferrugineis, antennis corpore brevioribus. (Long, 

 corp. 8^ lin.) 



Ne. major. Linne.— Turton (!). Mo. ma^oy:.— Steph. Catal. 202. No. 2030. 

 note. 



Black : with the elytra very short, ferruginous, immaculate ; the mouth, base of 



the antennas and legs rufo-ferruginous, the tips of the hinder femora black. 

 Another of the numerous species improperly indicated by Turton as indigenous. 



Genus CCCLXXXI.— Stenopterus, Illiger. 



PaZp with the terminal joint short, obconic, truncate. Antennae shorter than 

 the body, second joint minute, transverse, fifth longest, the remainder de- 

 creasing to the apex, the last joint being acute : head broad : eyes lunate : 

 thorax subglobose, testaceous: body elongate, attenuated, depressed: elytra 

 nearly as long as the abdomen, subulated : legs dissimilar, anterior and inter- 

 mediate short, with Xhe femora abruptly clavate: tibia simple, posterior elon- 

 gate: Jemora gradually clavate: tibice simple, slightly bent : tarsi short. 



J Sp. 1. rufus. Niger, subpubescens, elytris antennisque rujis, pectoris abdomi~ 



nisque lateribus Jlavo maculatis. (Long. corp. 3 — 5^ lin.) 

 Ne. rufa. Linne.— Turton C.'J.—St. rufus. Steph. Catal. 202. No. 2063. note. 



Black, sHghtly pubescent : elytra and antennae rufous : the sides of the breast 



and of the abdomen with silky yellowish-white spots : femora clavate. 

 Also improperly indicated by Turton as British. 



