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MANDIBULAT.X. COLEOl'TEK A. 



Sp. 2. picipes. Afer opaciis, capite ihorace suLui/idis cuiij'ertissime punctiilatis, 



eli/tris uhscuris, pedibus piceis, tursis dilutioribus. (Long. corp. 6 lin.) 

 Oc. picipes. Steph. Catal. 27 G. No. 2912. 



Blade, opaque, rather broad : head and thorax a little glossy, and very thickly 

 and Jiiielij punctulated throughout with a faint smooth dorsal line : elytra 

 deep obscure black : abdomen slightly shining, with the margins of the seg- 

 ments rather piceous: legs pitchy-hlack, with the tarsi somewhat rufescent : 

 antennae piceous, with the apex rufous. 



Found within the metropolitan district, and in Devonshire. 



Sp. 3. angustatus. Ater opacus, corpore ungustato, tarsis rufo-jnceis, antennis 

 2)iceis extrorsiim rufis. (Long. corp. 7 lin.) 



Oc. angustatus. Kirby MSS.— Steph. Catal. 276. Ah. 2913. 



Black, opaque, very slender in proportion to its length : head wider than the 

 thorax, and with the latter very thickly and Jinely pmictured; slightly glossy : 

 elytra dull black, rather pubescent, and finely punctured : abdomen also 

 punctured, with the terminal segment deeply notched beneath : legs pitchy- 

 black, with the tarsi paler : antennce pitchy, ruj'ous at the apex. 



Antennae sometimes entirely deep piceous. 



Taken in Suffolk, Yorkshire, and also in the vicinity of London. 



Sp. 4. compressus. Niger, punctatissimus, capite thoraceque obscuris, antennis 



basi et apice pedibusque rufo-brunneis. (Long. corp. 6 — 7 lin.) 

 St. compressus. Marsham.— Steph. Catal. 275. No. 2908. 



Black, very thickly and finely punctured : head and thorax obscure : elytra 

 slightly pubescent: legs re^-brown : antennce fuscous, with the two basal 

 and the two apical joints rufo-Jerruginous. 



Not uncommon in the spring in the vicinity of the metropolis ; also 

 found in Norfolk, Suffolk, Sussex, &c. 



Sp. 5. phseopus. Ater, punctatissimus, capite thoraceque subnitidis, antennis 



pedibusque rufo-brunneis. (Long. corp. 7 lin.) 

 Oc. phaeopus. Steph. Catal. 276. No. 2915. 



Black, thickly and finely punctured : head and thorax rather glossy, with a 

 very faint longitudinal line : elytra opaque, pubescent : legs dull red-brown : 

 antenncE the same. 



1 possess a pair of this species, captured near London, but I forget 

 the exact locality. 



