370 MaNDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Abundant in marshy places throughout the metropohtan district, 

 as in Battcrsea-fields, near Plaistow, &c. ; and also near Rochester, 

 in Somersetshire, Devonshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, &c. 



Sp. 12. longulum. Linear i-elongatum, nigropiceum nitidum, ihorace ohlongo, 

 antennis pedibusque ferrugineis, capite ohlongo, elytris obsolete vage punctatis. 

 (Long-. Corp. 1| lin.) 



Lat. longulum. Gravenhorst — Steph. Catal. 287. No. 3078. 



Linear-elongate, very narrow^ shining pitchy-black : head oblong, thickly 

 punctulated : thorax oblong, punctulated, with a smooth dorsal line, the 

 punctures towards the disc somewhat disposed in lines : elytra depressed, 

 irregularly and finely punctured : abdomen slightly pubescent, with the 

 extreme tip pitchy -red: legs testaceous-red: the anterior femora with an 

 obscure tooth below : antennae, mouth, and palpi ferruginous. 



Immature examples have the body entirely testaceous. 



Rather scarce apparently : found near London, and in Suffolk. 



Sp. 13. fovulum. Piceo -nigrum, subnitidum, antennis pedibusque piceo-testaceisj 



thorace subelongato-quadrato, postice subfoveolato. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 

 Lat. fovulum. Steph. Catal. 287. No. 3079. 



P itchy -h\a.c]s. ; head subcordate, finely punctured : thorax somewhat elongate- 

 quadrate, also finely punctured, with a rather deep fovea towards the hinder 

 margin : elytra very delicately punctured, with the extreme apex finely 

 edged with chestnut : legs and antennae pitchy-red. 



Taken near London, but rare. 



Sp. 14. nanum. Angustum, piceo-atrum, antennis pedibuS anoque piceo-rujis, 



capite thoraceque parcius punctatis. (Long. corp. l^: lin.) 

 Lat. nanum. Steph. Catal. 287. No. 3080. 



Narrow, pi7cA?/-black, slightly shining: head elongate, very finely punctu- 

 lated : thorax also elongate, and delicately punctured : elytra slightly 

 pubescent, with a few scattered punctures, and the apex reddish : abdomen 

 with a few divergent hairs, its tip pitchy-rei : legs and antennas pitchy-re J. 



Found occasionally near London, in the spring. 



Sp. 15. erythrocephalum. Atrum, nitidum, capite rufo, antennis pedibusque 



testaceis. (Long. corp. IJ lin.) 

 Lat. erythrocephalum. Steph. Catal. 287. No. 3081. 



Deep black, shining : head elongate, dXxtj-red, finely punctured : thorax also 

 finely punctured: elytra slightly pubescent, with a few remote punctures : 

 abdomen pitchy : legs and antennae testaceous. 



Once captured near London, by myself. 



