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Sp. 15. punctulatus. Aier, nitidus, capite utrinque punctulato, elytris sub- 

 striaio-punctatis ceneo-piceis, palpis tarsisque rufis. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 



St. punctulatus. Pa7//L-w//.—Gy. punctulatus. Stepk. Catal. 285. iVo. 3061. 



Shining-, black : head icith the inargins throughout thickly and rather deeply 

 punctured, the disc almost smooth ; forehead with two rather deep grooves : 

 thorax very glossy, with about four large punctures on each side, forming 

 two lines, and a row on each lateral margm, forming a line bent anteriorly : 

 elytra pitchy-brass, punctulated, the punctures towards the sides forming 

 irregular rfr/ff.- abdomen pitchy at the apex beneath : legs black, with red 

 tarsi; palpi also red. 

 Abundant in the vicinity of London ; also found in Norfolk, Suffolk, 



and in Devonshire. " Crwmlyn sand-hills, and at the sea-lock near 



Cardiff."— Z. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 16. angustatus. Ater, nitidus, capite toto punctulato, antennis elytris pedi- 



busque piceis. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 

 Gy. angustatus. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 283. No. 3062. 



Black, shining : head punctured throughout, the punctures deepest on the mar- 

 gins ; forehead with two not very deep sulci: thorax with six larger 

 punctures on each side of the disc, forming two lines, and one other line of 

 punctures near each lateral margin, as usual : elytra pitchy, punctured, the 

 punctures somewhat disposed in striae outwardly : legs and antennae also 

 pitchy. 



Less abundant than the la?t : found within the metropolitan dis- 

 trict, and in Suffolk. 



Sp. 17. ochraceus. Ater, nitidus, capite toto punctata, seriebus thoracis 8 — 10 



punctatis, antennis elytris pedibusque hrunneis. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 

 St. ochraceus. Gravenhorst. — Gy. ochraceus. Steph. Catal. 286. jVo. 3063. 



Shining, black: head throughout thickly punctured, with two curved sulci in 

 front : thorax punctulated, with four rows of larger punctures, the two inner 

 straight, and consisting oi from eight to ten impressions, and the outer rows 

 curved towards the head : elytra punctured, brown or somewhat testaceous, 

 rather glossy: abdomen with the tip beneath pitchy : legs brown or reddish : 

 antennae and palpi the same. 



Found near London, and in Norfolk and Suffolk: not very 

 common. 



Sp. 18. Batychrus. Ater, nitidus, capite magno punctata, thoracis seriebus 

 dorsalibus 12 — 16 punctatis, elytris piceis substriato-punctatis, antennis pedi^ 

 busque obscure ferrugineis. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 



Xantholinus Batychrus. Knoch {teste Gyll-) — Gy. Batychrus. Steph. Nomen. 

 2d edit. col. 102. 



