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MAXDIUULATA. COI.KOl'TEUA. 



Shining, l)lack : Iwiul lur<>-e, deeply and rather tliickly punctuied, with two 

 short striiE m front : thorax very long and glossy, broadly smooth ui the 

 centre, ivith two rotes f)/" dorsal impressions, composed of pom twelve to six- 

 teen small punctures, and two others also many-punctured at the anterior 

 angles: elytra pitchy, finely punctured, the exterior punctures disposed in 

 stria;: abdomen beneath pitchy, ferruginous in the middle: le^s and antenna: 

 duskif-ferruginous, the base of the latter pitchy. 



Taken near London : not common. 



Sp. 19. quadrisuIcLis. Atcr, nitidus, /route ^-sulcatCi, elytris punctatis,antennis 



pedibusque piceis. (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 

 Gy. quadrisulcus. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 286. No. 3064, 

 Shining, black : head punctured, with four sulci in front, the outer ones rather 

 faint: thorax also punctured, with six rows of larger impressions, of which 

 the two inner consist of about twelve, the intermediate of nine, and the outer 

 (a hooked one) of seven punctures: elytra Tpitchy-hiack, obscurely punctate- 

 striate ; legs pitchy-red ; mouth and antennm pitchy. 



Hare : found in Suffolk, and near Bristol. 



Sp. 20. procerulus. Niger, nitidus, pedibus elytrisque picescentibus, thorace 



multipunctato. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 St. procerulus. Gravenhorst Mo. 95.— Gy. procerulus. Steph. Nomen. 



2d edit. col. 102. 



Shining, black : head subquadrate, thickly punctured, with the middle smooth, 

 the forehead with obscure channels: thorax with the sides much punctured, 

 the punctures somewhat remote: elytra slightly pilose, punctured, joiifc/t?/, 

 with the apex slightly paler : abdomen with the margins of the two last 

 segments pitchy : legs T^itchy -testaceous : antenna; and palpi Jm^com*. 



Inhabits the neighbourhood of London. 



Sp. 21. pusillus. Niger, nitidus, antennis, palpis pedibusque pallidis, thorace 



se7'iebus dorsalibus 5-punctatis. (Long. corp. If lin.) 

 Gy. pusillus. Steph. Catal. 286. N'o. 3065. 



Shining, black : head with the margins thickly punctured, with four obscure 

 channels on the forehead, the disc very smooth and glossy: thorax oblong, 

 the dorsal and lateral series of impressions, each consisting of five punctures, 

 the disc otherwise smooth : elytra dull pitchy-black, punctured and slightly- 

 pubescent: abdomen with the margins of the segments reddish: legs, palpi, 

 and antcnnce pale. 



Found within the metropolitan district : not common. 



