234* MANDIBULATA. COLKOPTERA. 



St. conciniius. Gravenhorst. — Ph. couciunus. Ste})h. Catal. 280. No. 2979. 



Black, shining : head suborbiculaie, smooth, with the U8ual impressions, and a 

 rather deep frontal fovea: thorax with five somewhat remote deep punctures 

 formhig the two dorsal rows, and about five others less profound on the 

 margins : elytra very slightly pubescent, brassy-green, shining and punc- 

 tured : legs fusccscent ; tibiae and tarsi paler: antenuiE dusky: palpi piceous. 



Not common; found in the vicinity of London, and in De- 

 vonshire. 



Sp. 25. obscurus. Niger, nitidktscnlus, pedibus obscure fuscescentibus, capite 



suborbiculato. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 

 St. obscurus. Gravenhorst.— Vh. obscurus. Steph. Catal. 280. No. 2980. 

 Black, rather obscure : head suborbiculaie, rather narrower than the thorax, 



polished ; thorax also polished, smooth, with the usual impressions on the 



disc and sides : elytra dull brassy-black, with a few scattered hairs : legs dull 



fuscescent. 



Taken within the metropohtan district, at Darenth-wood, &c.; and 

 in Suffolk. " Swansea." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 26. varians. Niger, nitidus, elytrisjusco-virescentibus, pedibus fusco-piceis, 

 capite suborbiculato. (Long. corp. 2| — 3 lin.) 



St. varians. Kirby MSS.—?h.. varians. Steph. Catal. 280. No. 2981. 



Black, shining: head suborbiculate, scarcely narrower than the thorax, very 

 glossy and smooth, with a few punctures on the hinder angles and between 

 the eyes : thorax also highly polished and smooth, with the usual series of 

 punctures on the disc, rather deep : elytra slightly shining, fuscous, with a 

 slightly greenish tinge, and sparingly pubescent: legs pitchy-hrown, with 

 the anterior coxae sometimes having a testaceous patch. 



Abundant within the metropolitan district ; found also near Dover, 

 the New Forest, Devonshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, &c. " Common in 

 the Penllergare woods." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 27. simplex. Ater subpilosus, capite thoraceque glaberrimis, elytris tomen- 



tosis, pedibus piceis. (Long. corp. 2J lin.) 

 St. simplex. Marsham. — Ph. simplex. Steph. Catal. 281. No. 2982. 



Black, somewhat pilose : head and thorax very smooth and polished, with the 

 ordinary punctures rather deep and distinct : elytra brassy, tomentose, slightly 

 shining, very thickly and finely punctulated throughout : legs pitchy, with 

 the anterior femora and coxae rufescent : antennae totally black. 



Not common : found occasionally "within the metropolitan 

 district. 



