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margins of the segments and the apex dull 7'eddish : legs pale testaceous : 

 palpi and base of antennce rufous. 



Found in Norfolk and Suffolk. 



Sp. 6. basalis. Ater, nitidus, antennarum basi femoribusque pallide-testaceis, 

 thorace seriebus dorsalibus 6-punciatis. (Long. corp. IJ lin.) 



Ga. basalis. Sttph. Catal. 283. No. 3027. 



Black, shining: head oblong, faintly punctured: thorax oblongs with two rows 

 of deep punctures on the disc, six in each : elytra nearly glabrous, distinctly 

 punctured : abdomen deep black, with the extreme margins of the segments 

 pitchy : femora pale testaceous ; tibiae and tarsi dusky : antennce pitchy, with 

 the base testaceous. 



Found in the neighbourhood of London. 



-f-Sp. 7. villosulus. Niger, subpubescens, antennis pedibusque rufis, elytris 



piceis. (Long. corp. 1§ lin.) 

 St. villosulus. Kirby MSS.—Ga. villosulus. Steph. Catal. 284. A'b. 3034. 



.Black, slightly pubescent: head rather wider than the thorax, subcordate, 

 somewhat glabrous and shining, with the sides and behind punctured, the 

 disc smooth: thorax glabrous, shining, and smooth, with the sides punctu- 

 late : elytra rufo-piceous, finely punctured : abdomen with the apex and the 

 margins of the segments rufo-piceous : legs testaceous : antennce testaceous : 

 mouth and palpi rufescent. 



Found in Suffolk : apparently rare. 



Sp. 8. nanus. Niger, nitidus, antennarum basi pedibusque rufo-testaceis, elytris 



piceis, thorace seriebus dorsalibus 5-punctatis. (Long. corp. 1§ lin.) 

 St. nanus. Gravenhorst. — Ga. nanus. Steph. Catal. 283. No. 3028. 



Shining, black: head large, with four transversely placed punctures on the 

 forehead, and some smaller ones behind the eyes : thorax slightly narrowed 

 behind, the disc with ten small punctures, forming two approximating rows, 

 and towards the anterior angle five or six minute scattered impressions : 

 elytra duskj-pitchy, with the margins rather paler, moderately punctured : 

 body beneath pitchy-black, with the margins of the segments broadly pale 

 testaceous : legs and antennas testaceous, the latter dusky at the apex. 



Not common : found within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 9. attenuatus. Gracilis, nigro-piceus, capite oblongo, thorace elongate 

 seriebus dorsalibus 6-punctatis, antennis pedihus anoque testaceo-pallidis. 

 (Long. corp. 1^: lin-) 



Ga. attenuatus. Leach MSS— Steph. Catal. 283. No. 3029. 



Slender, Tp'itchy-black, shining : head oblong, faintly punctured : thorax also 

 oblong, with two rather obscure rows of dorsal punctures, six in each : elytra 



