180 MAXDIBUI.ATA. COI-EOITEltA. 



Sp. 13. thoracicus. Ri/Jb-pkcus, cajiite ahdombu-quc ohscurioribus, ano pallidr 



iestdcco, anteiinis pedibusquc riifis, thorace latissimo. (Long. corp. I3 lin.) 

 Ta. thoracicus. Steph. Catal. 270. No. 2818. 



Jiu^o-piccous, rather broad, slightly shining, and very smooth : liead dusky or 

 blackish : thorax dull rufo-piceous, immaculate, the lateral margins consi- 

 derably dilated, concolorous with the disc : elytra rather long, piceous, with 

 the apex somewhat paler : abdomen dushy-ii'iceous, with the apex pale testa- 

 ceous : legs rufous : antennae the same, nearly filiform. 



Taken near London : apparently uncommon. 



Sp. 14. pyrrhoceras. JVigricans, thorace piceo, aniennis elytris pcdilmsque 

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



Ta. pyrrhoceras. Kirhy MSS. — Steph. Catal. 270. No. 2819. 



Dusky-Z>/ac/i-, very shining, smooth^ and glabrous : head subtriangular : thorax 

 pitchy, with the lateral margins, especially behind, paler : elytra rufous: legs 

 also rufous : antennee as long as the ihoxayi, ferruginous , with the base pale. 



Very common within the metropolitan district ; also found in 

 Norfolk, Suffolk, and Devonshire. 



Sp. 15. ruficollis. Niger, elytris piceis, apice pallescentibus, thorace pedihusque 



rifescentibus. (Long. corp. 1| lin.) 

 Ta. ruficollis. Gravenhorst, Micr. 128. Steph. Catal. 270. No. 2820. 



Black, very glossy and smooth, glabrous : head large, subtriangular : thorax 

 fulvous; breast the same : elytra piceous, with the apex pale : legs flaves- 

 cent : abdomen scarcely longer than the elytra, with the apex attenuated : 

 antenna nearly as long as thorax, subfiliform, black, with the base rufous. 



Not uncommon in the neighbourhood of the metropolis. " Rae- 

 hills."— iJev. W. Little. 



Sp. 16. nigripennis. Niger nitidus, elytris nigro piceis, imrnaculatis, thorace 



fulvo, pedibus pallidis. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Ta. nigripennis. Steph. Catal. 271. No. 2821. 



Rather Z>road, black, shining, and smooth: head broad, rufous: thorax imma- ■ 

 culate, fulvous : elytra pitchy-AZac/c, with the apex concolorous : abdomen 

 pitchy-black, with the extreme edges of the segments rufescent: legs pale 

 flavescent : antennee pale 7'ufous, with the apex rather dusky. 6 



Taken near London : apparently rare. 



Sp. 17. pusillus. Niger, nitidus, elytris fuscis, antennarum basi, thoracis late- 



ribus pedihusque testaceis. (Long, corp. 1§ lin.) 

 Ta. pusillus. Gravenhorst.Steph. Catal. 271. No. 2822. 



Shining black, smooth : mouth fuscous : thorax with the lateral margins, espe- 



