19^ MAXUIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



abdomen longer than the elytra, entirely black : legs dull fesfaceous : antennee 

 rather slender, fuscescent, with the base rufous: palpi black. 



The margins of the abdominal segments are occasionally rufescent. 



Apparently rare : I possess a single example captured within the 

 metropolitan district, and others which were found in Devonshire. 



Sp. 21. bipustiilatus. Piceus, nitidus, elytris viacula hnscos ohlonga pedibusque 

 testaceis. (Long. corp. 2^: lin.) 



Ta. bipustulatus. Gravenhorst. — Steph. Catal. 274-. No. 2882. — St. bipustii- 

 latus. Donovan, xv. fl. 532. f. 3. 



ritchy-h\a.ck, shining, smooth, glabrous: he<id black: thorax piceous, with 

 the lateral margins rather paler : elytra with an ohlovgjlavescent spot at the 

 base, the disc finely but thickly punctulated : abdomen also finely punctu- 

 lated, with a few diverging hairs : legs ferruginous : antennae thickened 

 exteriorly, black. 



Elytra sometimes almost entirely flavescent. 



Somewhat rare, at least near London : it has occurred in other 

 parts. " Raehills." — Rev. W. Little. 



Sp. 22. subterraneus. Ater, nitidus, elytris macula haseos ohlonga testaced- 



(Long. corp. 2§ lin.) 

 St. subterraneus. Linne. — Ta. subterraneus. Steph. Catal. 274. No. 2883. 



Black, shining, smooth, and glabrous : head subrhomboidal : thorax emargi- 

 nate in front, truncate, and dilated behind : elytra punctulated, with an 

 oblong testaceous spot exteriorly at the base, the apex slightly serrated : 

 abdomen very delicately punctured, with a few black divergent hairs at the 

 apex : legs pitchy-black : antennae slightly thickened exteriorly, black. 



Not very common ; but found occasionally in tolerable plenty 

 within the metropolitan district, near Fulham, and in Battersea 

 fields. " In the Penllergare woods." — L.W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Rae- 

 hiUs."— jRey. W. Little. 



Sp. 23. pallens. Rufo-testaceus, nitidus, glaher, capite thoracisque disco fvsco- 



piceis, antennis extrorsum fuscis, pedibus pallidis. (Long. corp. 2§ lin.) 

 Ta. pallens. GyllenhalL— Steph. Catal. 274. No. 2884. 



Hufo-testaceous, shining, glabrous : head rounded, pitchy-hlack : thoj-ax with 

 the disc pitchy-\Aac\ii'. elytra very finely punctulated, with a fuscescent 

 cloud, sometimes, on the disc behind: abdomen punctulated: legs pale 

 testaceous: antennas testaceous at the base, the apex slightly thickened, 

 and fuscescent. 



Scarce ; found occasionally within the metropolitan district, and 

 idso in Devonshire. 



