232 MANUIUUI.ATA. 1 OLliOPTKlf A. 



Van /3. Ph. ulgrofeneus. Steph. Catal.2m. iYo,2972.— AVith the head and 

 thorax also of a bright dark aeneous tinge. 



Tcaken on the coast of Norfolk, and also in Suffolk. 



Sp. 18. atratus. Ater, capite orhiculato, cljjiris ccneis subg/ab/is, [farsis piceis. 

 (Long. corp. 2f lin.) 



St. atratus. Gravenhorst. — Ph. atratus. Steph. Catal. 280. No. 2973. 



Black: head orhiculate, scarcely narrower than the thorax^ with some scat- 

 tered punctures behind the eyes^ and four more conspicuous ones between 

 them : thorax rather oblong, with a double series of four rather distinct 

 impressions on the disc, and many scattered punctures on the sides : ehjtra 

 brassy, moderately punctured, nearly glabrous, a fine hair arising from each 

 puncture: tarsi pitchy : antennae black, with the apex fuscous. 



Not common near London, but more abundant on the coast of 

 Devonshire, and in Suffolk. 



Sp. 19. fimetarius. Ater, nitidus, palpis pedibusque mfo-piceis, elytris piceo- 



aneis. (Long. corp. 2f lin.) 

 St. fimetarius. Gravenhorst — Ph. fiinetarius. Steph. Catal. 280. No. 2974. 



Black: head orbiculate, narrower than the thorax, very glossy, glabrous, 

 punctured behind the eyes : thorax rather longer than the head, very glossy 

 and glabrous, with a double series of four discoidal impressions, two on 

 each side towards the lateral margins, and a few others on the edge itself: 

 elytra slightly pubescent, pitchy-black : abdomen linear : legs pitchy-red, 

 the anterior palest: antennae fuscous: palpi pitchy-red. 



Found abundantly on Hampstead-heath, and in other parts of the 

 metropolitan district : also in Suffolk. " Copgrove, near Knares- 

 borough, by Mr. Dalton."— Am% MSS. " Swansea.^'—L. W. 

 Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 20. lucidus. Ater, nitidus, elytris nigro-ceneis, pedibus piceis. (Long. 



corp. 3§ lin.) 

 St. lucidus. Gravenhorst. — Ph. aeripennis. Steph. Catal. 280. No. 2975. 



Black, shining : head rather narrower than the thorax, subcordate, brassy- 

 black, glossy, smooth, with some punctures behind the eyes, and a very 

 deep one between them : thorax subquadrate, also brassy-black, shining, 

 smooth, with a double series of four moderately impressed punctures, and 

 some others on the margins : elytra slightly pubescent, brassy-hlack : 

 abdomen pubescent, with the edges of the central segments reddish : legs 

 pitchy-red : antennae black : palpi pitchy. 



Less abundant than the last : found near London; and " Faken- 

 ham." — Rev. T. Skrimshire. 



