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b. Elytra black. 



1. Elytra immaculate. 



fSp. 28. punctiventris. Ater, capite thoraceque politis, abdomine segmentis 



uirinque puncto impresso. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 

 St, punctiventris. iT/rii/ MS'^S'.— Ph. punctiventris. Steph. Catal. 281. iVo. 2983. 



Black: head and thorax shining, the latter with a double series of impressions 

 on the disC; placed rather obliquely, and others on the lateral margins : 

 elytra rather longer than the thorax, black, very much punctulated, and 

 clothed with a very obscure pubescence : abdomen, above and beneath, with 

 a distinct impression on each segment on both sides : legs fuscous, with the 

 anterior coxae reddish. 



Taken in Suffolk : apparently rare. 



Sp. 29. intaminatus. Niger, nitidus, immaculatus, capite orbiculato, 'elytris 

 obscuriusculis. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 



St. intaminatus. Kirby MSS. — Ph. intaminatus. Steph. Catal. 281. 

 No. 2984. 



Black, shining, immaculate : head orbiculate, narrower than the thorax, with 

 some punctures behind the eyes, and four placed transversely between 

 them : thorax very smooth, with two rows of five punctures on the disc, a 

 curved series of four impressions on each side, and some scattered ones on 

 the margins themselves : elytra rather obscure, immaculate black, very 

 slightly pubescent: abdomen short: legs entirely black, pilose: antennae 

 black and shining at the base, fuscescent and obscure at the apex. 



Not uncommon in the neighbourhood of London : found also in 

 Suffolk and in Devonshire. 



Sp. 30. aterrimus. Ater, nitidvs, capite thoraceque politis, pedibus anterioribus 



basi testaceis. (Long. corp. 3J lin.) 

 St. aterrimus. Marsham. — Ph. aterrimus. Steph. Catal. 281. No. 2985. 



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

 smooth, with four punctures on the posterior angles, and five between the 

 eyes : thorax with a double series of punctures on the disc, and other scat- 

 tered ones on the lateral margins : elytra pitchy-black, slightly pubescent 

 and punctulated : legs pitchy-black, with the four anterior femora very 

 much compressed and flattened, piceous, with testaceous coxa: antennae 

 pitchy at the base. 



Found near London; and in Suffolk and Norfolk. "On 

 Crwmlyn-bog, and on the sand-hills (near Swansea)."—!.. W. 

 DlUwyn, Esq. 



