80 >IANDIBULAT.\. COLEOPTERA. 



A. Thorax narrower than the elytra, especially in front. 



a. Palj>i wiik i/ie terminal joint nearh/ obsolete. 



Sp. 1. tarsatus. Piceo-J'uacus, pu/jescens, nitidus, tliorace subovato posticc 

 fovcoUs quntuor notato ; eli/tris basi linuolis duahus impress is ; idrsis anticis 

 di/atatis. (Long. corp. l^r — 1^' Hn-) 

 Sc. tarsatus. Kunze.—Dcnnij, pi. 11./. l.—Sleph. Catal. 255. No. '2532. 



Pitchy-brown, pubescent, sinning: head a little attenuated and truncated ante- 

 riorly : eyes black: Mo?'ax subovate, tlie base iihr\\\}i\y \.Y\mca.icA with four 

 foveolw, placed transversely : elytra paler than the thorax, elongate-ovate, 

 ivith two deep impressions at the base : antennse and legs testaceous ; tibiae 

 and tarsi rather stout, anterior tarsi much dilated. 



Found occasionally in grassy hedges within the metropolitan 

 district in June ; also taken near Bristol. " Raehills."" — Rev. W. 

 Little. " Weston."— 7?ey. A. H. Matthews. " Swansea."— 

 — L. W. Dillwyn^ Esq. 



Sp. 2. ruticornis. Piceo-niger,a^itennisp>edibusqueferrugineis,capite porrecto, 

 thorace dense pubescenti, ehjtris latissimis. (Long. corp. \\ lin.) 



Sc. ruficornis. Kirhy MSS.— Benny, pi. 11. /. 2.—Steph. Catal. 256. 

 No. 2533. 



Pitchy-black, slightly pubescent : head large, round, porrected : eyes black: 

 thorax black, densely clothed with dusky-hrown hairs, narrowed anteriorly, 

 the base with two deep punctures : elytra very broad, slightly clothed with 

 yellowish hairs ; the apex somewhat reddish, the base with two depressions: 

 femora dark ferruginous ; tibiae dark chestnut ; tarsi pale : antennas stoixt, 

 pubescent, dark testaceous; the apical joint obtuse. 



Rare : I have taken it near London, and it has also been found 

 near Bristol. " Loddon, in Norfolk, in April ; Barham and Epping 

 Forest." — Denny, I. c. 



b. Palpi with the terminal joint distinct. 



Sp. 3. hirticollis. Niger nitidus, antennis articulis quatuor externis majoribus, 



thorace antice angustiori, pube densa fused vestito. (Long. corp. f lin.) 

 Sc. hirticollis. Gyllenhal. — Denny, pi. 12. f. l.—Steph. Catal. 256. No. 253^. 



Black, shining : head slightly pubescent, porrected : thorax narrowed ante- 

 riorly, and ve7'y densely clothed with fuscous hairs, the base transversely 

 impressed : elytra smooth, slightly pubescent : legs dusky-ferruginous, 

 femora black, abruptly clavate : antenna pubescent, dusky-ferruginous, 

 with the four terminal joints the largest, and blackish. 



Not uncommon in the vicinity of London, and near Carlisle. 

 " In the bottom of the sedge boats, Cambridge, April, 1831." — 



