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in Suffolk and Norfolk: found likewise near Dover and in Devon- 

 shire, and near Bristol. " Common (near Swansea)."—/,. W. 

 Dillwpi, Esq. 



Sp. 8. cognatus. Ater-subcenens, elytris fusco-ceneis, ihorace nitido seriehus 

 dorsalibus subpunctatis. (Long. corp. 5 lin.) 



Ph. cognatus. Sfeph. Catal. 280. No. 2963. 



Rather broad; deep black, slightly brassy : head and thorax glossy, the latter 

 with a somewhat obsolete double series of impressions on the disc, two on the 

 lateral marghis and one on each side in front : eli/tra dull fuscous-brass : 

 abdomen sublinear, rather obtuse at the apex, black; legs and antennae 

 also black. 



Found within the metropolitan district, but not common. 



Sp. 9. microcephalus. Angustior, niger, nitidus, elytris subabbreviatis viridi- 

 ceneis, thorace seriebus dorsalibus profundi impressis, capite parvo. (Long, 

 corp. 5 lin.) 



Ph. microcephalus. Steph. Catal. 280. No. 2964. 



Slender, black, shining : head small, ovate, glossy : thorax also very glossy, 

 ivith the dorsal impressions very deep, and rather large : elytra bright brassy~ 

 green: abdomen with a viridescent tinge, the extreme edge of the penulti- 

 mate joint white : legs and antennae fuscous-black. 



Also found within the metropolitan district ; more abundant than 

 the last. 



Sp. 10. melanopterus. Niger, nitidus, elytris atro-wneis, antennarum basi, 



ore, pedibusgue piceis. (Long. corp. 4 lin.) 

 St. melanopterus. Wilkin (?) MS S.— Ph. melanopterus. Steph. Catal. 280. 



No. 2965, 



Black, shining : head ovate, glossy : thorax also glossy, with a double row of 

 impressions on the disc, placed obliquely, and a few scattered ones on the 

 sides : elytra deep brassy-hlack, finely punctured : legs and base of the 

 antennce piceous : apex of the latter fuscous : palpi and labrum pitchy-red. 



Taken near London, and also in Norfolk. 



Sp. 11. maculicornis. Niger, capite thoraceque politis, antennis last subtus 

 fulvis, elytris wneo-nigris. (Long. corp. 4 — 4f lin.) 



St. maculicornis. Kirby MSS. — Ph. maculicornis. Steph. Catal. 280. 

 No. 2967. 



Black : head subcordate, much narrower than the thorax, brassy-black, very 

 glossy : thorax also very glossy, smooth, with a row of four faint impres- 

 sions on each side of the disc, placed obliquely, and four or five scattered 



