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Black: head very large and wide, of a slight hrassy hue awdi shining, verj 

 minutely and thxc^Aj punctured : thorax also s\\g\\i\j brassy , glossy , th\ck\Y 

 and minutely punctured, with a faint dorsal carina, and two or four larger 

 impressions on the disc : elytra dull opaque pitchy-black : abdomen dilated in 

 the middle, rather obscure: legs pitchy-black; tarsi rufescent: antennae 

 dusky, with the three or four terminal joints reddish: on the head between 

 the antennae is a pale testaceous streak. 



In the collection at the British Museum ; taken in Devonshire by 

 Dr. Leach in the winter of I8I7. 



Sp. 3. cyaneus. Ater, opacus, capite, thorace elytrisque cyaneis. (Long. corp. 



5§— 9 lin.) 

 St. cyaneus. Fabriciiis.—Kirhy and Sp. Int. pi. 1. /. 2.— Go. cyaneus. Steph. 



Catal. 276. No. 2904. 



Black, opaque : head orbiculate, cyaneous above, and Very thickly but finely 

 punctured, with an intermediate obsolete slightly elevated line : thorax also 

 cyaneous, and thickly punctulated, with a larger puncture on each side of the 

 hinder margin, and a faint longitudinal line : scutellura velvety-black : 

 elytra cyaneous : abdomen and legs black ; anterior tarsi piceous beneath : 

 antennae with the terminal joints tomentose, pitchy-black. 



Not common : found occasionally within the metropolitan district, 

 beneath stones at Coombe-wood ; also found in Devonshire, Suffolk, 

 Norfolk, Yorkshire, &c. 



Sp. 4. punctulatus. Niger, capite thoraceque nitidis punctulatissimis, antenms 



apice ferrugineis. (Long. corp. 6 J — 8 lin.) 

 St. punctulatus. Marsham ? — Martyn Col. pi. 42. /. 27. — Go. punctulatus. 



Steph. Catal. 276. No. 2905. 



Black, slightly pubescent : head suborbiculate, shining, rather coarsely punc- 

 tured: thorax also glossy and coarsely punctured, with a smooth longitudinal 

 line : elytra opaque, rather pubescent, very finely and thickly punctured, 

 with a faint bluish tinge, the suture slightly piceous : abdomen opaque : 

 legs with piceous tarsi : antenna with the terminal joints dull ferruginous. 



Rather rare : found occasionally at Coombe-wood, beneath dead 

 leaves, in the spring ; also in Suffolk, Norfolk, and Devonshire. 

 " Swansea, not very common." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 5. Morio. Niger, capite thoraceque glabris nitidis, parcius subtilissime 



punctulatis, antennis extrorsum.Jusco-piceis. (Long. corp. 6 — 8 lin.) 

 St. Morio. Gravenhorst.— Go. Morio. Steph. Catal. 276. A^o. 2906. 



Slender, black, slightly pubescent : head and thorax glabrous, moderately and 

 laiher coarsely pjunctured, the former ovate, and the latter with an obscurely 

 elevated smooth dorsal line : elytra obscure black, very thickly punctured, 



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