222 MAXDIBULATA. COLEOPTF.UA. 



fSp. 24. fuscipennis. A/cr, nitidus, suhjAlosus, tlytris pedibusquc castaneis. 



(Long-, corp. 3 I'm.) 

 St. fuscipennis. Kirby MSS.—Qu. fiiscipt>nnis. S/eph. Catnl. 278. No. 29U. 



Black, shining, subpilo!>c : head suboibiculate, with several punctures behind 

 the eyes, and two on each side between them, placed transversely, one on 

 the margin itself: thorax polished, smooth, with a double row of four im- 

 pressions on the disc, one intermediate of three, and a lateral one of two ; 

 elytra punctulate, chest nut-hrown : abdomen of a dark-bluish tint : legs 

 chesinut-hrown : antennw black. 



Also found in Suffolk, and I believe likewise in Devonshire. 



Sp. 25. rufipes. Nigro-piceus, capite thoraceque nitidis, elytris abdomineque 

 obscuris, subpubescent'ibus, pedibus rufo-fidvis, antennis piceis basi rufis. 

 (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 



Qu. fulvipes. Steph. Catal. 278. No. 2942. 



Pz7c%-black : head and thorax glabrous, smooth, and shining ; the former with 

 a few punctures on the hinder angle, and two on each side between the 

 eyes; the latter with a double row of four rather large impressions on the 

 disc, and four or five on each side : elytra very much punctulated, and slightly 

 pubescent: abdomen also pubescent, with the margins of the segments 

 obscurely piceous : legs rufo-Julvous ; tibiae and tarsi obscure : antennas 

 pitchy, with the base rufous. 



Taken by myself within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 26. nigricornis. Ater, nitidissimus, elytris punctulatis, pedibus piceis, 

 antennis crassioribus nigris. (Long. corp. SJ lin.) 



Qu. nigricornis. Steph. Catal. 278. No. 2944. 



Bnght deep shining black : head and thorax very much polished ; the former 

 with several large punctures behind the eyes, and one on each side between 

 them ; the latter with a faint double row of impressions on the disc, and a 

 few more deeply impressed points on the margin : elytra slightly glossy, and 

 very thickly punctulated: abdomen rather acuminated, glabrous, with a 

 faint purplish tinge, and the extreme edge of the penultimate segment 

 whitish : legs pitchy, with the anterior femora fuscescent : antenncB rather 

 short and thick, entirely black. 

 Inhabits the vicinity of London : apparently uncommon. 



Sp. 27. nitescens. Nigro-piceus, subnitidus, capite atro, elytrorum apice, 

 abdominisque segmentorum marginibus, antennis pedibusque-piceis. (Long', 

 corp. 2 lin.) 



Qu. nitescens. Steph. Catal. 278. No. 2945 — Qu. picicornis. Steph. Catal. 

 278. ^'"0.2947. 



Pitchy 'black, rather glossy: head small, black, with some faint punctures 



