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Sp. 5. angustus. Piceus, nitidus, thorace Itevissimo ferrugiheo, antennis pedi- 



busque ferrugineis, elytris punctulatis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 

 Gy. angustus. Kirby MSS.—Ot. angustus. Steph. Catal. 284. No. 3039. 



Slender, shining, pitchy-hlsLck, slightly pilose : head subovate, scarcely nar- 

 rower than the thorax, smooth: thorax ferruginous, oblong, very smooth, 

 with three minute punctures placed longitudinally on each side: elytra 

 punctured: legs testaceous, or rust-coloured: mouth rufous; antennte 

 ferruginous, pilose. 



Head sometimes black. 



Also rare : found near Bristol and near Edinburgh. 



Sp. 6. ater. Niger, nitidus, thorace Icevissimo, antennis pedibusque ferrugineo- 



piceis, elytris punctulatis ivimaculatis. (Long. corp. 3§ lin.) 

 Ot. ater. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 101. 



£/ac^, shining; head subovate, and, with the thorax, impunctate, the latter 

 oblong and smooth : elytra dull black, finely punctured : abdomen obscure, 

 its apex slightly reddish: legs and antennae rustj-piceous. 



Found in Norfolk. 



Sp. 7. ustulatus. Niger, nitidus, limbo coleoptrorum, ano, pedibus, antennis, 

 palpisque rufis, thorace Icevissimo. (Long. corp. 3 — 3^ lin.) 



St. ustulatus. Gravenhorst.—Oi. ustulatus. Steph. Catal. 284. No. 3040. 



Slender, glossy, black : head very glossy and smooth, with a few lateral im- 

 pressions: thorax with four or six punctures, a little narrowed behind: 

 elytra shining, slightly punctured, black, with the lateral margins and apex 

 rufous : abdomen obscure, with its apex rufous : legs, antennae, and palpi 

 the same. 



Not common : taken within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 8. Iffiviusculus. Niger, elytris piceis, antennis pedibusque ferrugineis, 



capite thoraceque ItEvibus. (Long. corp. 2 — 3 lin.) 

 Gy. Iseviusculus. Kirby MSS. — Ot. laeviusculus. Steph. Catal. 284. 



No. 3041. 



Black : head shining, scarcely punctured, with two very obscure lines in front : 

 thorax also glossy and smooth, with one or more punctures on each side : 

 elytra punctured, pitchy, with the sides and apex paler : abdomen with the 

 extreme edge of the penultimate segment whitish, and that of the ultimate 

 reddish : four anterior legs testaceous, posterior ferruginous : antennte also 

 ferruginous. 



Also scarce : found occasionally near London, and in Suffolk. 

 " Crwmlyn sand-hills." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



