178 MANUIBUT.ATA. COI.IlOPTKRA. 



Rufo-testaceous, very shining, glabrous : licad rufo-piceous ; eyes black: thorax 

 pale, immaculate, rufo-testaceous: elytra of a deeper hue, also immaculate: 

 abdomen pitchy-Ziroiiv? ; legs pale testaceous : autennic pale testaceous, with 

 the apex rather darker. 



Also found in Suffolk. 



Sp. 5. livens. Niger, nitidus, aiitcnnis basi elytris pedihus tho7-acisque margine 



lividis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Ta. livens. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 270. N'o. 2810. 



Black, shining, smooth, glabrous : head subtriangular : tliorax piceous, with 

 the lateral and posterior maj-gins livid: elytra longer than the thorax, and 

 rather wider, livid: abdomen black, with the apex pilose: legs livid: 

 nntennoc black, with the base pale, longer than the thorax, '.with the apex 

 incrassate. 



Taken in Suffolk and Norfolk : not common. 



Sp. 6. flavescens. Testaceus, niiidissimns, ano extremo oculisque nigris. 



(Long. corp. Iflin.) 

 Ta. flavescens. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 270. No. 2811. 



Testaceous, very shining, smooth, and glabrous : head subtriangular ; eyes 

 black: thorax, and elytra immaculate: abdomen rufous or fuscescent, with 

 the extreme apex black: legs pale; antennae subfiliform, longer than the 

 thorax, pale, with the apex dusky or testaceous. 



Head sometimes dusky or piceous. 



Taken in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Yorkshire. 



Sp. 7. aiigustatus. Angustus, ater, Icevis, nitidissimus, thorace elytrisque nigro- 



rufis, antennis fuscescentibus basi pedibusque rufis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Ta. angustatus. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 270. No. 2812. 



Slender, black, glabrous, extremely glossy, and smooth : head subtriangular : 

 palpi fuscescent : thorax fuscescent, with the sides and base livid : elytra 

 convex, dusky-red: abdomen very black: legs rufous: antennae nearly as 

 long as the thorax, rather slender, fuscescent, with the base testaceous. 



Not uncommon within the metropolitan district; found also in 

 Norfolk. " Raehills."— i^ey. W. Little. 



Sp. 8. nrinimus. Nigro-piceus, thorace rvfo-piceo, lateribus, elytris pedibvsque 



rufis, abdomine atro, ano rufescenii, antennis piceis. (Long. corp. f lin.) 

 Ta. minimus. Leach MSS.—Steph. Catal. 270. No. 2813. 



Pitchy-hlack, very glossy, and smooth : head rather broad, black : thorax nifo~ 

 piceous, with, the latercd margins rufous; elytra rufous, immaculate: 

 abdomen deep black, with the apex reddish : legs rufous : antennae pitchy. 



Found in Devonshire, and also within the metropolitan district. 



