98 MANDIBULATA. — COI.EOPTKKA. 



at the sides : elytra elongatcfl, with two dccplij impressed strice on each, one 

 near the suture, the other towards the outer margin : abdomen with its 

 apex nearly acute: Jegs pale testaceous yellow : antennsc testaceous, with 

 the terminal joint obtuse. 



Occasionally met with within the metropolitan district, and also 

 near Bristol. " In Suffolk and Norfolk." — Denny, I. c. 



Sp. C. pusilhis. Lcvissime punctulntus, puhescens, niger, nitidiis, ihorace 

 roiiuidato, subdepresso, posticl foveolis iribus lined impressCi arcuatd transversa 

 unilis, antennis tenuissiinis. (Long. corp. f lin.) 



Eu. pusillus. Leach.— Demvj, M. jjI. 2. /. 2.—Steph. Catal. 259. No. 2571. 



Black, shining, finely punctured and pubescent: head nearly triangular, with 

 two oblong depressions, forming an angle, between the eyes : thorax pitchy- 

 black, rounded, a little depressed, with three foveola behind, united by a 

 semicircular line : elytra with a stria on each side of the suture, and a 

 small depression on the shoulder : abdomen somewhat white at the tip : 

 legs dull liver colour : antennce bright chestnut, very slender, the apical joint 

 somewhat acuminated. 



Apparently not uncommon in the neighbourhood of Bristol : I 

 have taken it within the metropolitan district. '' Pretty plentiful at 

 Horning and Woodbastwick, in Norfolk, from October to December." 

 — Denny, I. c. 



Sp. 7. bicolor. Piceo-niger, nitidus,'thorace magna, rotundato leviter punctu- 



lato, postice foveolis tribus, intermedia majori. (Long. corp. ^ lin.) 

 Eu. bicolor. Kirby.— Denny, M. pi. 2. / S.—Siejjh. Catal. 259. No. 2572. 



Pitchy-black, shining: head cordate, with two deeply impressed punctures 

 between the eyes : thorax large, rounded, emarginate behind, ivith three 

 j'oveolcE, the central one the largest: elytra with a few faint punctures, a stria 

 on each side of the suture, and another abbreviated, deeply impressed one 

 arising at the shoulder : abdomen with its apex obtuse ; legs dull chestnut : 

 antennw the same, with the apex acute : palpi pale ferruginous. 



This species appears to be scarce : I have once met with it within 

 the metropolitan district, and it has been captured in Suffolk by the 

 Rev. W. Kurby. 



Sp. 8. brevicornis. Levitlr pubescens, nitidus, castaneus, antennis thoracis 

 longitudine, articulo ultimo m,aximo, thorace elongato, postice foveolis tribus 



. lined transversa arcuatd unit is. (Long. corp. f lin.) 



Ps. brevicornis. Reichenbach. — Eu. brevicornis. Denny, M. pi. 2. f. 4. — 

 Steph. Catal. 259. No. 2573. 



Chestnut, shining, slightly pubescent: head rounded, with two converging 



