262 MANDIB13LATA. COLEOPTEUA. 



found in Devonshire and Suffolk. " Common (near Swansea)/' — 

 L. W. Dilhvyn, Esq. " Cramond."— JRey. W. Little. 



Sp. 12. longiceps. Ater, nitidus, capite, fhuracccjue picco, uirirKpie punciulatis, 



elijtr is pedibusque ferrvgineis. (Long. corp. 2h — 3 liii.) 

 St. longiceps. Grave nhorst. — Gy. longiceps. Steph. Catal.2^5. A^o. 3059. 



Shining, black: Aeac?jDiVc//7/-black, finely punctured throughout: thorax pitchy, 

 thickly punctured, with larger punctures disposed in two rows on the disc, 

 and those on the sides dispersedly scattered : elytra scarcely as long as the 

 thorax, pitchy-red, or testaceous, without any brassy gloss: abdomen 

 beneath pitchy : le^s testaceous : antennge pale pitehy-red. 



Also a very ab ndant species throughout the metropolitan district, 

 and in other j)arts of the country. " Common (near Swansea)." — 

 L. W. DiUicyn, Esq. " Marton, Yorkshire, common." — Rev. G. T. 

 Rudd. " Cramond."— Eeu. W. Little. 



Sp. 13. semistriatus, Ater, nitidus, fronte bisulca, antennis pedibusque riifis, 



elytris piceis exteriils punctato-striatis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Gy. semistriatus. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 285. No. 3060. 



Shining, black, glabrous : head sparingly punctured, with tvjo curved channels 

 on the forehead, and two other very obscure towards the eyes : thorax with 

 two nearly straight rows of punctures on the disc, and with two hooked 

 rows of the same towards the lateral margins: elytra pitchy , with the outer 

 angles paler, sparingly punctured within, but the punctures stronger, and 

 disposed in two stricB towards the sides : legs, antennas, and mouth rufous. 



Not common : found occasionally near London, and in Suffolk. 



Sp. 14. parumpunctatus. Niger, nitidus, fronte ^-sulcata, antennis pedibusque 

 ferrugineis, elytris anoque piceis, thorace seriebus dorsalibus 5-punctatis. 



(Long. corp. 3 lin.) 

 St. parumpunctatus. Gyll. Ins. Suec.iv.4i8l. — Gy. parumpunctatus. Steph. 



Nomen. 2d edit. col. 102. 



Shining black, glabrous: head large, subquadrate, convex, with four short 

 channels in front, and deep remote punctures on the sides, the middle smooth ; 

 thorax very glossy, smooth, with two rows of coarse punctures, five in each, 

 on the disc, and a similar series towards each lateral margin: elytra pitchy-, 

 black, sparingly punctured, the punctures somewhat disposed in striae 

 towards the sides : apes of the abdomen pitchy : legs and antennce ferru-i 

 ginous. 



round near London : not common. 



