210 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTLlt A. 



piihesceiit : abdomen ui)a(|iiL' black : lci;s black ; tarsi dull I'erruginous 

 antenna- black, with the terminal juints jiitrliii-hvown. 



Also rather uncommon : found at Darenth-wood, and at Hamp- 

 stead, in the spring ; likewise in Devonshire and Norfolk. 



Sp. 6. Kirbii. Niger, nitidissimus, capite thoracetpie vage profundeque 

 jmnctatis, clijtris fusco-piceis, antennis piccis, extrorslim pallidioribus. (Long, 

 corp. 7 lin.) 



Go. Kirbii. Leach MSS.—Steph. Catal. 276. No. 2907. 



Black, very glossy : head ovate, very deeply a7id thickly punctured : thorax 

 also deeply and closely punctured, with a smooth longitudinal line: elytra 

 slightly pubescent, finely punctured throughout, of a bright pitchy-brown, 

 the suture a little elevated: abdomen shining black, punctured : legs black : 

 tarsi rufescent: antennii? pitchy, with the tip paler. 



Found in Devonshire, and, but very rarely, within the metropo- 

 litan district. 



Sp. 7. fuscatus. A^iger, capite breviore quadrangulo thoraceque nitidis, fortiiis 

 disperse punctatis, antennis extrorsiim Jerrugineis, pedibus piceis. (Long, 

 corp. 7 — 8 lin.) 



St. fuscatus. Gravenhorst?— Go, iuscatus. Steph. Catal. 276. JS^o. 2908. 



Black, slightly convex : head short, rather wider than the thorax, transversely 

 quadrangular, shining, rather distantly, but deeply punctured: thorax also 

 shining, and deeply but distantly punctured : elytra opaque, pubescent, 

 thickly punctured : abdomen also opaque, with the sides deeply margined: 

 legs piceous ; tibiae and tarsi dull reddish : antennae with the three or four 

 basal joints black, the remainder rvxio-Jerrvginous. 



Not common : found within the metropolitan district, and in 

 Suffolk. 



•j-Sp. 8. erythropus. Niger, capite thorace elytrisque punctulatissimis nigro- 



virescentibus, pedibus rufis. (Long. corp. 6 — 8 lin.) 

 St. erythropus. Paykull. — Go. erythropus. Steph. Catal. 276. iVb.2909. 



Black : head as wide as the thorax, very much punctured, of a h\a.ck-brassy- 

 green : thorax the same: elytra rather pubescent, finely punctured, of a 

 somewhat obscure dusky brassy-green : abdomen black, with the penulti- 

 mate joint faintly edged with white, and fringed with fulvous : legs rufous: 

 coxae black, the two anterior beneath and the posterior rufous : antennae 

 with the base rufo-ferruginous, the apex dusky-black. 



Very rare : taken occasionally in June beneath dead leaves in 

 Coombe-wood, where I once took a specimen, which is now detained 

 in the collection at the British Museum : it has also been found, I 

 believe, near Dartford, by the late Mr. Lewin. 



