224 MAKDICULAT A. — coi.eoptkua. 



Sp. 31. picicollis. Nigvr, ihorace vlj/trisijue piceis, J'cmoribtis riifescentihus. 



(Long. corp. 2 liii.) 

 St. picicollis. Kirby 3ISS.—Qu. picicollis. S(cj)h. Catal. 270. No. 2950. 



Black: head scarcely narrower thiin the thorax, orbiculate, shining, glabrous, 

 smooth, with five punctures towards the hinder angle, and two on each side 

 between the eyes : thoi-ux subquadrate, pitchy-hrown, shining, with a 

 double row of five impressions, of which the first and last are most distant; 

 in the middle of the lateral margins are four other punctures, placed 

 obliquely : elytra pitchy, rather glossy, pubescent : abdomen with the apex 

 of the segments beneath reddish : legsfuscovs, with X^Q femora fulvescent : 

 antennae fuscous,, with the basal joint paler. 



Taken but rarely near London : it has occurred in the county of 

 Norfolk and Suffolk ; also, I believe, in Devonshire. 



Sp. 32. suturalis. Nigro-piceus, antennis, pedibus, elytrorum margine suturuque 



ferrugineis. (Long. corp. 2§ lin.) 

 St. suturalis. Marsham. — Qu. suturalis. Steph. Catal. 278. No. 2943. 



Pitchy-Z>/acAr : head subcordate, rather narrower than the thorax, smooth, 

 shining, with several punctures on the hinder angle, and two on each side 

 between the eyes : thorax smooth, polished, with a double row of five 

 punctures, and two others on each side : elytra slightly pubescent, very 

 thickly punctured, piceous, with the suture and lateral margin ferruginous : 

 abdomen with the margins of the segments reddish: legs ferruginous; 

 antennae subfiliform, ferruginous. 



Rather scarce within the metropolitan district, but more abundant 

 in Norfolk and Suffolk. " Not uncommon near Swansea." — L. W. 

 Dillwyn, Esq. " Cramond." — Rev. W. Little. 



Sp. 33. unicolor. Ater, nitidus, capite, thoraceque politis, thorace punctis 



duplici serie. (Long. corp. 2§ lin.) 

 St. unicolor. Kirby MSS.—i^u. unicolor. Steph. Catal. 278. No. 2928. 



Black, rather shining: head subcordate, about half as wide as the thorax, 

 extremely glossy, smooth, with about three impressions on the posterior 

 angle, and two on each side between the eyes : thorax smooth, also very 

 glossy, with ten discoidal impressions, disposed in two lines, and some 

 others scattered on the lateral margin : elytra rather obscure, pubescent : 

 abdomen with the extreme edge of the penultimate segment whitish : legs 

 black : antennae the same. 



Rather scarce : found near London, and in Norfolk, Suffolk, and 

 Devonshire. 



