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with black coxse : antennae longer than the thorax, subfilifornij black, with 

 ; the basal joint pitchy. 



Taken near London, not uncommonly ; also in Suffolk, Norfolk, 

 and Devonshire. "Not uncommon (near Swansea)." — L. W. 

 Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 35. longicornis. Niger, nitidus, elytris pedibusque piceis, coxis anticisjlavis, 



antennis longioribus, hasi rufis. (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 

 St. longicornis. Kirby MSS. — Ph. longicornis. Steph. Catal. 281. No. 2990. 



Black, shining: head suborbiculate, shining, with the ordinary punctures 

 behind and between the eyes : thorax with the punctures disposed in two 

 rows on the disc, three on each side, and two on the margin itself: elytra 

 slightly pubescent, pitchy: legs also pitchy, with the anterior coxa dull yellow: 

 antennoB long, dusky, with the base rufous. 



Not common : found occasionally near London. " Copgrove." — 

 Kirhy MSS. 



Sp. 36. agilis. Niger, nitidus, elytris fuscis, apice subferrugineis, coxis anticis 



testaceis, capite angusto ovato. (Long. corp. 2§ lin.) 

 St. agilis. Gravenhorst — Ph. agilis. Steph. Catal. 281. No. 2991. 



Shining black ; head oblong-ovate, narrower than the thorax, smooth, with 

 the ordinary punctures on the angles and between the eyes : thorax very 

 smooth and glossy, also punctured as usual : elytra fuscous, slightly shining, 

 with the apex more or less indeterminately dusky -ferruginous, the disc 

 throughout thickly rugose-punctate: legs fuscous, with the anterior coxes 

 testaceous, sometimes edged with black. 



Not common : found within the metropolitan district, but very 

 rarely. 



Sp. 37. ventralis. Nigro-piceus nitidus, antennarum basi, pedibus seg7nento~ 

 rumque ventralium marginibus rufo-testaceis, capite orbiculato. (Long. corp. 

 2i lin.) 



Sta. ventralis. Gravenhorst, Mic. p. 174. 



Pitchy-black, shining : head orbiculate, as wide as the thorax, punctured as 

 usual behind and between the eyes : thorax with the ordinary dorsal punc- 

 tures, of which the three intermediate impressions are approximating: 

 elytra pitchy-black, thickly punctulated, and slightly pubescent : abdomen 

 with the edges of the segments beneath and the extreme apex broadly rufo- 

 testaceous : legs entirely and base of the antenna; also rufo-testaceous. 



Found near London ; apparently uncommon. 



