250 MANDIBULATA. COLKOPTEIIA. 



Sp. 2. pygmteus. Ater, nitidiusculus, thorace seriehua duabus 6-punctorum 



impressoruvi. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 St. pygmteus. Kirby MSS.—Ga. pygmaBus. Steph. Catal. 283. No. 3023. 



Black, rather shining : head oblong, rather wider than the thorax, smooth, 

 with a puncture on each side near the eyes : thorax also oblong, glossy, 

 smooth, with two distinct rows o/'discoidal impressions, five in each, and some 

 very minute, scarcely visible ones, towards the lateral margins : elytra 

 punctulate, shining, nearly glabrous : legs pitchy : antennw black, with the 

 basal joints pitchy. 



Found in Suffolk and Norfolk ; also in Devonshire. 



Sp. 3. phaeopus. Ater, nitidus, antennis pedibusque fuscis, thorace seriebus 



dorsalibus 5-punctatis. (Long. corp. 1§ lin.) 

 Ga. phfeopus. Steph. Catal. 283. No. 3024. 



Shining black : head oblong-ovate, smooth, with a small puncture on each 

 side between the eyes, and a few smaller ones behind them : thorax also 

 smooth, with two approximating rows of punctures on the disc, each consist- 

 ing of five rather small impressions, and on the lateral margins a few others ; 

 elytra nearly glabrous, finely punctured : abdomen with the extreme mar- 

 gins of the penultimate joint whitish: legs and antenna: fuscous. 



Allied to the last, but larger, and rather differently punctured and coloured. 

 Found near London, and in the New Forest, Hants. 



Sp. 4. aterrimus. Niger, nitidiusculus, antennis basi pedibusque piceis, thorace 



seriebus duabus 12-punctorum impressorum. (Long. corp. 1| lin.) 

 St. aterrimus. Gravenhorst. — Ga. aterrimus. Steph. Catal. 283. No. 3025. 



Black, rather shining : head oblong-ovate, shining, smooth, with a puncture 

 on each side between the eyes, and others on the sides behind them : thorax 

 smooth, with twelve punctures, forming two rows on the disc, and a few other 

 scattered impressions on each side : elytra black, nearly glabrous, punctu- 

 lated : abdomen somewhat obscure : legs pitchy : antennce pitchy-black, with 

 the basal 2omt pitchy. 



Apparently not uncommon in Suffolk, and on the shores of the 

 Severn, near Bristol ; also taken occasionally near London, in 

 Battersea-flelds. 



Sp. 5. pallipes. Niger, nitidiusculus, ore elytrisque piceis, antennis basi pedi- 

 busque testaceis ano rufescenti,fronte canaliculatd. (Long. corp. 2|: lin.) 

 St. pallipes. Kirby MSS.—Ga.. pallipes. Steph. Catal. 283. No. 3026. 



Black, rather shining : head somewhat oblong, with the ordinary punctures, 

 and a channel in front ; mouth pitchy : thorax as in the preceding : elytra 

 pitchy, nearly glabrous, and punctulated: abdo?nen pitchy-black, with the 



