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dusky, pubescent, each luitli a red streak in (he middle at the base, and the 

 suture broadly red behind: legs black, the anterior coxae I'ufous. 



Not uncommon in sandy districts, particularly in the vicinity of 

 Hampstead, and at Ripley and Hertford. " Not uncommon (near 

 Swansea), and on the sand-hills." — L. W. Dilhvyn, Esq. 



Sp. 49. bhriaculatus. Ater, nitidissimus, elytris macula magna rufo-testacea. 

 (Long. corp. 3 — 3f lin.) 



St. bimaculatus. Gravenhorst. — Ph. bimaculatus. Stej^h.Catal. 2S1. JVo.2966. 



Black, very shining : head and thorax very glossy and smooth, with the ordi- 

 nary punctures : elytra dark pitchy, with a large somewhat obscure testa- 

 ceovs-red patch on the disc towards the apex of the suture: legs entirely 

 black. 



Not common : found occasionally within the metropolitan district ; 

 ^ also in Devonshire and Suffolk. 



c. Elytra rufous. 



Sp. 43. corruscus. Niger, nitidus, elytris rvfis, capite subovato. (Long. corp. 



3 lin.) 

 St. corruscus. Gravenhorst ? — Ph. corruscus. Steph. Catal. 282. No. 2998. 



Black, shining : head and thorax very glossy, smooth, the former subovate, 

 narrower than the thorax, both with the ordinary punctures : elytra bright 

 rufous, slightly pilose : legs black : antennae rather long and black. 



Rare : I possess a single example only, which was captured near 

 London. 



E. Thorax with the dorsal series of impressions each composed of 

 six punctures. 



a. Elytra rufous. 



Sp. 44. rubripennis. Ater, nitidus, elytris savguineis, pedihus fvscis, capite 



ovato. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 

 St. rubripennis. Kirby MSS.—Fh. rubripennis. Steph. Catal. 281. No. 2997. 



Black, shining: head ovate, extremely glossy, with the ordinary punctures 

 behind and between the eyes : thorax broader than the head, also very 

 glossy, with a double series of six punctures on the back, the anterior pair 

 diverging, four between these and the sides, and others on the margin itself: 

 elytra bright sanguineous-reef, slightly pubescent, and very thickly punctu- 

 lated : legs fuscous, with the tarsi paler : antennae filiform, pitchy-black. 



Very rare : found near Norwich, and " on the coast of Norfolk, 

 by the Rev. T. Skrimshire, in company with Oxytelus (Bledius) 

 tricornis." — Kirby MSS. 



