236 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



Sp. 31. opacus. Afer, suhnifidiis, ch/tris nigro-piceis,fcmo?-il>us quatuo?' anticis 



fulvescentibus. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 

 St. opacus. Gravcnhorst. — Ph. opacus. Steph. Caial. 281. No. 2986. 



Black, slightly shining : head oblong-ovate, glossy : thorax also very glossy 

 and smooth, with the ordinary punctures : elytra pitchy-black, with a faint 

 tinge of reddish near the shoulder : legs pitchy-/)/ac/i, with the four anterior 

 femora sovae\\\i3ii fulvous. 



Rare apparently, and possibly only a variety of the preceding : 1 

 obtained my specimens from the Marshamian Collection. " Swan- 

 sea." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 32. phaeopus. Niger, capite thoraceque politis, elytris pedibusque piceis, 



j)alpi rufis. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 

 St. phaeopus. Kirbij MSS.—V\i. phaeopus. Steph. Catal. 281. No. 2987. 



Black : head suborbiculate, rather narrower than the thorax, shining, smooth, 

 with several punctures behind, and two on each side between the eyes : 

 thorax very glossy and smooth, with the discoidal impressions disposed in a 

 double series, other scattered ones on the sides, and also on the posterior 

 margin : elytra pitchy, with a brassy tint, very much punctulated, pubescent, 

 and slightly shining : abdomen with the extreme apex beneath pitchy : legs 

 pitchy-red, with black coxae : antennae pitchy-black, with the basal joints 

 glossy : palpi 7'jfous. 



Found, but not commonly, within the metropolitan district ; also 

 in Suffolk. 



tSp. 33. nitens. Ater, nitidus, antennis pedibusque fuscis, elytris subgriseom 



fuscescentibus, capite subovato. (Long. corp. 2§ lin.) 

 St. nitens. Gravenhorsi ? — Ph. nitens. Steph. Catal. 281. No. 2988. 



Black, shining : head subovate, glossy, smooth : thorax also smooth, punctured 

 as usual, and highly polished: elytra of a somewhat griseou's-hrown, slightly 

 pubescent, punctured : legs pale fuscous. 



Apparently rare : taken in Essex by Mr. Sheppard. 



Sp. 34. obscuripennis. Niger nitidius cuius, elytris tomeiitoso-obscuris, pedihus 



ferrvgineis, antennis thorace longioribus. (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 

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

 No. 2989. 



Black, slightly shining ; head subcordate, narrower than the thorax, smooth, 

 wath the ordinary punctures : thorax glabrous, shining, smooth, with the 

 usual discoidal impressions rather obsolete : elytra clothed with a rather 

 dense, obscure, silken pubescence, scarcely punctulated : legs ferruginous, 



