220 MAXDIBULATA. C'OLEOPTEllA. 



pubescence: abdomen rather acute, with a bluish gloss: legs red-brown; 

 antenntE the same, but paler, and slender. 



Taken within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 17. rufitarsis. A/cr, cajnte, ihoraceque nitidis, elytris iarsis(pie j'crrugincis. 



(Long. corp. 3 lin.) 

 St. rufitarsis. 3Iarsham.—Qu. rufitarsis. Steph. Cutal. 278. No. 293S. 



Black : head rather narrower than the thorax, rounded, shining, smooth, with 

 three impressions on the hinder angle, and one near each eye : thorax smooth, 

 glossy, with a double row of three punctures placed obliquely, and a few 

 scattered ones on the margin: elytra pubescent, iesfaceovs, punctulated: 

 abdomen with the penultimate segment delicately edged with white: legs 

 pitchy-black; tarsi rufous : antennae piceous. 



Found near London ; but not common. 



f Sp. 18. seminitidus. Ater, obscurus, capite thoraceque politis, elytris jjedi- 



busque piceis, palpis subclavatis. (Long. corp. If lin.) 

 St. seminitidus. Kirhy MSS.—(^u. sexmmi\di\xs. Steph. Catal. "278. iVo. 2934. 



Black : head somewhat rounded, polished with several very obscure punc- 

 tures behind the eyes : thorax very smooth, polished, with a puncture on 

 each side, and another in the margin : elytra punctulated, obscure piceous, 

 pubescent : abdomen with the penultimate segment narrowly edged with 

 whitish : legs pitchy-hlack : antennae and palpi black, the latter subclavate. 



This singular species, I believe, has only been taken in Suffolk. 



Sp. 19. humeralis. Ater, nitidissimus, palpis, elytris, pedibus anoque rufescen- 



'tibus. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 

 St. humeralis. Kirby MSS.—Qu. humeralis. Steph. Catal. 278. No. 2935. 



Black : head orbiculate, very glossy, glabrous, smooth, with several punctures 

 behind the eyes, and one larger one on each side between them : eyes rather 

 large : thorax glabrous, smooth, with a double series of three punctures, and 

 three or four others on the lateral margin : elytra dull reddish, very much 

 punctulated, slightly pubescent and obscure : abdomen with a. purplish gloss 

 in certain lights, with the edges of the segments and the extreme tip red- 

 dish : legs rufous : antennae subclavate, glabrous, black, with the base 

 rufous. 



Not common : I have once captured a specimen within the metro- 

 politan district. " Taken near Barham in June." — Kirhy MSS. 



b. With the dorsal scries of thoracic impressions quadri punctate. 

 Sp. 20. picatus. Ater, capite thoraceque nitidis, elytris piceis, thorace jiosticc 



foveoll impress 1. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 

 St. picatus. Kirby MSS.—Qu. picatus. Steph. Catal. 278. No. 2936, 



