260 MAXDIBLLATA. COLEOl'TKRA. 



Found near London, and in SuflTolk : not very common. " Mar- 

 ton, Yorksliirc, common."''' — Rcr. G. T. Rudd. 



Sp. 5. sulcifrons. Atei-, nitidim, fronie 4-.mIcafa, jicdilnis femi^-ineis, elyfris 



IcEviiisculis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 

 Gy. sulcifrons. Kirhy MSS.—Sleph. Catal. 285, No. 3052. 



Glabrous, shining, black : head oblong, as wide as the thorax, punctured, with 

 Jour deep grooves on the forehead: thorax rather narrowed behind, with four 

 rows of punctures on the disc, the outer ones forming a hook-like line: 



elytra rather smooth : /c^-.v pitchy-re</ : antcnva; pitchy. 



Not uncommon in Suffolk, Devonshire, and within the metropolitan 

 district ; also found in Norfolk. 



Sp. 6. apicalis. Niger, nitidus, fronte A^-sulcafa, elytris apice riifo-piceis, 



pedihiis pallidis. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 

 Gy. apicalis. Steph. Catal. 285. N'o. 3053. 



Glabrous, shining, black : head oblong, with four deep channels on the front : 

 thorax with some scattered punctures on the sides, and larger ones on the 

 disc : elytra nearly smooth, with the apex pitchy-red : legs juile : antennse 

 pitchy, with the base paler. 



Taken in Norfolk. 



B. Elytra distinctly punctate. 



Sp. 7. cruentatus. Ater, nitidus, elytris sanguineis, cnpite thoraceque punctatis. 



(Long. corp. 5§ — 6 lin.) 

 St. cruentatus. Marsham. — Gy. cruentatus. Steph. Catal. 285. No. 3054. 



Glabrous, black, shining : head ovate, rather wider than the thorax, sparingly 

 punctate on each side, with four impressed lines on the forehead : thorax 

 subquadrate, with the angles rounded, rather narrowed behind, the extreme 

 lateral margins sYighX\j punctured, and the disc with four rows of punctures, 

 of which the two outer tend towards the sides, and are deflexed at the base: 

 elytra blood-red, rather soft, with scattered punctures : tarsi rufous: antennse 

 pitchy ; palpi rufescent. 



Found, not uncommonly, in various places within the metropolitan 

 district ; also in Suffolk, Devonshire, near Bristol, &c. " Marton, 

 Yorkshire, common." — Rev. G. T. Rudd. " Common about 

 Swansea-ferry, and sometimes at Penllergare." — L.W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



jSp. 8. quadratus. Niger, capite cicatricato, antennis pedibusque piceis. 



(Long. corp. 3 lin.) 

 Gy. quadratus. Kirhy MSS.— Steph. Catal. 285. No. 3055. 



Shining, black: head ohlong, as wide as the thorax, with covjluent excavated 



