248 MANBIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



Not common: found in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Devonshire. 

 " Livingston, Suffolk, and Snetisham, Norfolk." — Kirhy MSS. 



Sp. 2. rotundiceps. IViger nitidiuscubis, capite rotundctto, elytris piceis, inar- 

 gine laterali pallido, antemiis hasi pcdihuscjue riifis. (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 



St. rotundiceps. Kirby MSS. — Bi. rotundiceps. Steph. Catal. 283. 

 No. 3018. 



Black, slightly shining : head rorinded, smooth, with some punctures on the 

 hinder angles, and two on each side between the eyes : thorax rather wider 

 and longer than the head, with ten deeply impressed punctures, forming two 

 rows, and other scattered ones on the lateral margins : elytra slightly 

 pubescent and glossy, pitchy-hXsicV, with the lateral margin pale : abdomen 

 with the segments beneath broadly rufous : legs rufo-ferruginous : antennae 

 black, with the basal joint rufous : palpi black. 



Apparently very rare : taken on the coasts of Norfolk and 

 Suffolk. 



Sp. 3. simplex. Niger nitidus, thorace subpiceo seriebus dorsalibus o-punctis, 

 antennis piceis basifulvo, pedibus piceo-testaceis, tibiis tarsisque saturatioribus. 

 (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



Bi. simplex. Leach ? MSS.—Steph. Catal. 283. No. 3019. 



Shining black: head orbiculate, with two large impressions on each side before 

 the eyes, and four others behind : thorax pitchy, smooth, with ten punctures 

 disposed in two longitudinal rows on the disc, and another on each side 

 towards the anterior angle: elytra thickly punctured, pitchy, with the 

 extreme apex slightly reddish, and the extreme outer edge a little pale : 

 legs iiitchj-testaceous, with the tibice and tarsi darker : antennce pitchy, with 

 the base fulvous. 



Found on the coast of Devonshire : not common. 



Sp. 4. fuscicomis. Ater nitidus, thorace subquadrato seriebus dorsalibus 



5-punctis, antennis tibiisquefuscis. (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 

 St. fuscicomis. Kirby MSS.—Bi. fuscicornis. Steph. Catal. 283. JVo. 3020. 



Black, shining: head orbiculate, narrower than the thorax, smooth, with about 

 eight occipital punctures, placed four quadrangularly behind the eyes, and 

 four transversely ; there are also four others between the eyes anteriorly : 

 thorax subquadrate, with a double dorsal series of five punctures, then 

 another towards the margin of three, and two deep ones on the margins : 

 elytra black, with the lateral margins pale at the base : abdomen linear, with 

 the segments beneath fuscous at the apex : legs fuscous, with the femora 

 fulvescent : antennce fuscous, with the basal Joint rufous. 



Taken in Suffolk, but rarely. 



