256 MAXDIBULATA. COLEOl'TERA. 



Sp. 9. obscurus. Niger, suhobscurus, antennis palpis, tibiis, tarsis anoquc ritfo- 



piccis, chjtris punctulatis suhstriatis. (Long. corp. S\ lin.) 

 Ot. obscurus. Leach ?—Sieph. Catal. 28t. No. 3042. 



Dull-black, very slightly shining: head subovate : elytra somewhat pitchy, 

 punctulated, the punctures slightly disposed in strite : abdomen with its 

 apex, especially beneath, pitchy-red : legs pitchy ; tibice and tarsi paler, or 

 reddish : antenncc and palpi pitchy-red. 



Found on the banks of the Plym, and near Ashburton, by 

 Dr. Leach. 



B. With the head orbiculate. 



Sp. 10. subuliformis. Rufo-piceus, capite nigricanti tlwraceque nitidissimis, 



antennis brevihus. (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 

 St. subuliformis. Gravenhorst ? — Ot. subuliformis. Steph. Catal. 284. 



No. 3043. 



VitchY-red : head dusky, very glossy, smooth, with two distinct punctures on 

 each side of the forehead : thorax as long as the head, very shining, smooth, 

 with two rows of minute punctures on the disc, each row composed of three 

 obscure impressions placed obliquely, and another towards the lateral 

 margin : elytra very much punctured, slightly pubescent, and glossy : abdo- 

 men palest at the tip : legs dull pitchy : antennae short, ferruginous, with the 

 base rufous, thickened at the tip : palpi rufous. 



Rare : I possess a smgle specimen, found near London. " Taken, 

 in May 1 804, in Suffolk r—Kirhy MSS. 



fSp. 11. Scoticus. Ater, capite thoraceque nitidissimis, antennis, elytris tibiis 



tarsisque piceis. (Long. corp. 4 lin.) 

 St. Scoticus. Kirby MSS.— Ot. Scoticus. Steph. Catal. 284. No. 3044. 



Deep black: head glossy, smooth, with two punctures on each side in front, 

 and four others placed transversely behind, of which the two intermediate 

 are largest: thorax also glossy, rather smooth, dilated behind, subcom- 

 pressed in front, with four dorsal impressions : elytra thickly punctured, 

 slightly pubescent, pitchy, rounded at the apex : abdomen linear, pilose : 

 femora dusky ; tibi{S and tarsi pitchy, the anterior rufescent : antennae and 

 palpi also pitchy. 



*' Found in Scotland by Mr. MacLeaj.'"— Kirby MSS. 



Genus DXVI. — Heterothops, Kirby MSS. 



Antennae rather short, not geniculated, the basal joint elongate-clavate, the 

 two following shorter, also clavate, the remainder campanulate, with the 

 terminal one oblong, and obliquely truncate. Palpi short, stout, the third 

 joint of the maxillary thickened and ovate, the terminal one very minute. 



