190 MANDIBULATA. COLKOPTERA. 



Sp. 4. bipustiilatus. Nigro-fuscvs, subscriceo-niicns, antennis pedibusqxie 

 fusco-testaceis, eli/ifis macula baseos transversa aiioquc testaceis. (Long, 

 corp. 1;', I'm.) 

 Oxy. bipustiilatus. Fabricius. — Co. bipustiilatus. Stcpli. Caial. 272. No. 2853. 



Dusky-black, slightly jmbescetif, the pubescence of a silken gloss, faintly 

 punctulated: head short, transverse; mouth and palpi rufo-testaceous : 

 Mora.r ample, wifh ike posterior margin slightly testaceous: elytra with a 

 large transverse testaceous spot at the base, not touching the margins : 

 abdo7nen with the m,argins of the segments and the two apical ones entirely 

 pale testaceous : legs deep ferruginous : antennae nearly as long as the 

 thorax, slender, pitchy-brown. 



Taken, but rarely, near London ; and I believe in Suffolk. 



Sp. 5. immaculatus. Fusco-niger, puhescens, pedibus rufis, antennis rujis medio 



nigricantihus articulo extimo brevissimo. (Long. corp. 1§ lin.) 

 Ta. immaculatus. Kirby MSS. — Steph. Catal. 272. No. 2854. 



Fuscous-i/acA;, smooth, with a rather glossy, very short obscure, pubescence : 

 head subtriangular : thorax truncate anteriorly and posteriorly: elytra 

 rather longer and narrower than the thorax, a little attenuated at the apex, 

 immaculate : abdomen subulate, twice as long as the elytra ; legs ferrugi- 

 nous : antennae shorter than the thorax, glabrous, with the intermediate 

 joints dusky-ferruginous, the terminal one very short, obliquely truncate. 



Also rare : found in Suffoll^;, and within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 6. pusillus. Fusco-niger, pubescens, thorace postice elytrorumque apicibus 



rufo-testaceis, pedibus Jej'rugineis. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Ta. pusillus. Kirby MSS.— Steph. Catal. 272. No. 2855. 



'Euscows-black, pubescent, slightly shining : head subtriangular : thorax 

 ample, with the hinder margin rather broadly rM^o-testaceous : elytra longer 

 than the thorax, with the apex, especially towards the suture, vnio-testa- 

 ceous : abdomen black, pilose : legs ferruginous : antennae pale, with the 

 intermediate joints dusky-black, the apex slightly incrassated. 



Taken in Norfolk, and near London. 



Sp. 7. obscuratus. Fusco-niger, pubescens, antennis capite, thorace pedibusque 



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

 Ta. obscuratus. Kirby MSS.— Steph. Catal. 272. No. 2856. 



Rather slender, fuscous-black, rather shining, with a very short obscure ashy 

 pUe : head subtriangular, ferruginous : eyes black : thorax entirely ferrugi- 

 nous : elytra nearly as long as the thorax, somewhat narrower, with the 

 apex dull rufous : abdomen above twice the length of the elytra, with the 

 margins of the segments and the apex dull rufous : legs ferruginous : antennas 



