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lines between the antennae : thorax smooth^ with a short, curved, stria on 

 each side, composed of confluent punctures, and a larger puncture at the 

 base and apex: elytra bright blood-red, smooth, with a single punctured 

 stria : abdomen slightly pilose : legs black, with red tarsi : antennse with the 

 three basal joints pitchy, the remainder reddish. 



Not very abundant : found occasionally in the vicinity of London; 

 and also in Suffolk, and in Devonshire. 



Sp. 2. rotundicollis. Niger, nitidus, nucha ghlosa, elytris, ano, tarsisque 



rujis. (Long. corp. 3J lin.) 

 Gy. rotundicollis. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal.2S5. No. 3049. 



Shining black, a little pubescent: head rather smooth, with two impressed 

 lines in front ; nape somewhat globose : thorax rather oblong, smooth, wiih 

 four largish impressions on each side of the disc, and some smaller ones on 

 each lateral margin : elytra testaceous-red, rather dusky at the base towards 

 the suture, with a few scattered punctulations, of which the outer ones are 

 disposed in a line : abdomen with the extreme margin of all the segments and 

 the terminal joint above and below reddish : legs pitchy ; tarsi paler : 

 antennse with the basal joint pitchy, the remainder reddish. 



Rare : taken near Bristol, and in Suffolk. 



Sp. 3. longicollis. Ater, nitidissimus, fronte 4>-sulcata, antennis pedibusque 



ferrugineis, elytris angulo exteriori postico pallido. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 

 Gy. longicollis. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 285. No. 3050. 



Very black and glossy : head subcordate, with a punctate excavation on each 

 side, and four channels in front : nape elongate-globose : thorax a little 

 attenuated behind, with about twenty punctures, forming two rows on the 

 disc of five each, and two others near the lateral margin of four, besides a 

 single one between the last and the margin itself: eZ^/^ra slightly punctulate; 

 pitchy-black, ivith the outer angles pale : abdomen a little reddish towards 

 the apex beneath : legs rusty-pitchy, with the coxae and trochanter black : 

 antennas rusty-hlack. 



Also rare : found in Suffolk. 



Sp. 4. diaphanus. Ater, nitidus, fronte 4f-sulcatd, elytris pallidis, diaphanis, 



antennis pedibusque rvjis. (Long. corp. 2§ lin.) 

 St. diaphanus. Marsham. — Gy. diaphanus. Staph. Catal. 285. No. 3051. 



Shining, Mack : head rather wider than the thorax, ovate, punctured, with 

 four channels in front: thorax slightly narrowed behind, with a few dis- 

 persed punctures on the sides, and two distinct rows of the same on the 

 disc : elytra faintly punctured, pale testaceous : legs pitchj-ferruginous, th^ 

 intermediate palest : antenna reddish, with the apex obscure. 



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