210 MAXDIBULATA. COLKOITEltA. 



Sp. 4. pyrrhopus. Aier, capite thoraccgiie jiolitis, a/ifainis, cl^tris, pcdibusgue 

 riijis, capite siihovaio. (Long. corp. 3 — 4^ lin.) 



St. pyrrhopus. Kirbi/ MSS.—Qu. pyrrhopus. Sieph. Cuial. 277. No. 2921. 



Black: head subovate, very glossy, smooth, with three punctures on the 

 hinder angles, and one on eacli side near the eyes : thorax also very glossy, 

 and smooth, with three punctures on each side of the disc, placed obliquely, 

 and two or three others on the sides : elytra of a bright red, very thickly 

 pinictulated : abdomen with the penultimate segment delicately edged with 

 whitish: legs ferruginous : antennae slightly thickened exteriorly, rufous. 



Not common : found within the metropolitan district ; also in 

 Norfolk, Suffolk, and in Yorkshire. 



Sp. 5. picipennis. Ater, obscurus, capite thoraceque nitidissimis, clytris antennis 

 pedibusque piceis. (Long. corp. 4 — 5 lin.) 



St. picipennis. Pai/kulL—Qu. picipennis. Stcph. Catal. 277. A^o. 2922. 



Slack, obscure J head subcordate, very glossy, with about four impressions on 

 the hinder angle, and one deeper near the eyes : thorax also veri/ glossy, and 

 smooth, with six punctures placed in two oblique lines on the disc, and one 

 submarginal on each side : elytra very much punctured, pitchy-castaneous : 

 abdomen with the penultimate segment slightly edged with whitish: legs 

 rufo-piceous, with the femora dusky : antennce piceous, with the base and 

 apex sometimes rufous, or entirely rufous. 



Not uncommon within the metropolitan district ; also found in 

 Norfolk, Suffolk, Devonshire, and near Bristol. " Not uncommon 

 near Swansea." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 6. denudatus. Piceo-niger, nitidus, elytris glabris, punctulatissimis, 



antennis piceis. (Long. corp. 4^ lin.) 

 St. denudatus. Kirhy MSS.—Qu. denudatus. Steph. Catalan. iVo. 2923. 



Pitchy-black : head subcordate, half as wide as the thorax, shining, smooth, 

 with three punctures on the hinder angle, and one on each side near the 

 eyes: thorax very glossy, smooth, with about six scattered punctures: 

 elytra glabrous, punctured, very glossy : abdomen with the penultimate 

 joint edged with whitish : legs pitchy ; tarsi reddish : antennae piceous. 



This may be merely the old state of the foregoing species. 



Found near London, and in Suffolk. 



f Sp. 7. lateralis. Niger, nitidus, antennarum basi, elyh^oruvi margine laterali 

 tarsisque fuscO'ferrugineis, fronte scutdloque impunctatis. (Long. corp. 

 6 lin.) 



St. lateralis. Gi-avenhorst Micr. p. 35. 



