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abdomen with the margins of the antepenultimate segment whitish ; beneath 

 pitchy : legs rufo-tedaceous ; anterior femora and tibiae with a small tooth : 

 antennae and palpi rufous. 

 Body sometimes entirely pitchy. 



Not uncommon within the metropolitan district ; also found near 

 Dover and Bristol, and in Devonshire and Suffolk. 



Sp. 9. punctulatum. ISigrum, suhnitidum, ore, antennis, elytris postice pedi- 

 busque rufo-testaceis, capite thoraceque elongato crebrius punctatis. (Long. 

 Corp. 3§ lin.) 



Lat. punctulatum. Mannerheim, Free, des Brae. p. 37. ^Steph. Nomen. 

 '2d edit. col. 103. 



Black, slightly shining : head subcordate, very thickly punctate : thorax oblong, 

 also thickly and irregularly punctured, with a faint smooth dorsal line : 

 elytra rather obscurely punctured, the punctures not disposed in striae, the 

 apical ^a/f bright testaceous-red: abdomen with the apex pitchy: legs, 

 antennce, and mouth red. 



Found, but uncommonly, near London. 



Sp. 10. multipunctatum. Rufo-piceum, nitidum, pectore abdomineque nigris, 

 ore antennis, pedibus anoque testaceis, elytris profundi striato-punctatis. 

 (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 



Lat. multipunctatum. Gravenhorsi. — Steph. Catal. 287. No. 3076. 



Pitchy-red above, shining : head subquadrate, darker, rather deeply punctured 

 on the sides, faintly so on the forehead : thorax oblong-quadrangular, pale 

 brownish-red, moderately punctured, with a smooth dorsal line : elytra 

 slightly convex, pitchy-red or brown, with large punctures somewhat dis- 

 posed in striae towards the suture, but scattered on the sides : abdomen 

 black, with the apex pitchy-red : head and thorax beneath testaceous, 

 breast and abdomen beneath black : legs pale testaceous ; anterior femora 

 and tibiae with a small tooth : antennae testaceous. 



Also somewhat rare within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 11. lineare. Lineari-elongatum, nigrum suhnitidum, thorace oblongo, 

 antennis ferrugineis, pedibus rufo-piceis, capite subovato, elytris substriatis. 

 (Long. corp. 2'- lin.) 



Lat. lineare. Gravenhorst. — Steph. Catal. 287. No. 3077. 



izKear-elongate, black, slightly shining and pilose : head subovate, very thickly, 

 but finely punctured: thorax oblong, thickly, and more deeply punctured 

 than the head : elytra pitchy, punctulated, the punctures faintly disposed in 

 stria towards the suture: abdomen somewhat opaque, very finely punctured, 

 the apex beneath pale pitchy: legs pitchy j anterior femora with an obscure 

 tooth beneath ; tarsi testaceous : antennce ferruginous. 



