284 AIANDIBIM.ATA. COLEOPTEK A. 



gitudinal ridge : thorax slightly elongate, a little dilated in the middle on 

 the sides, the surface equal : elytra convex, equal : abdomen short, cylin- 

 dric, thickly but minutely pimctured throughout: yi-morti i^aie J'ulvous ; 

 tibis and tarsi pitchy : antennae black, pale in the middle ; palpi pale. 

 The tibise and tarsi are sometimes pale fulvous. 



Taken in the spring in Battersea-fields. " Woodland, Devon- 

 shire."" — Dr. Leach. 



Sp. 6. fulvicornis. Aten-imus, pedibus fuscis, antennis pallide fulvis hasi 



apiceque nigris. (Long. corp. If lin.) 

 Ste. fulvicornis. Kirbi/ MSS.—Steph. Cutal. 289. No. 3106. 



Very black, rather obscure, smooth, minutely punctured : head triangular, with 

 an obsolete longitudinal carina on the forehead: thorax cylindric, with the 

 sides rounded: elytra with the base irregular: abdomen cyUndric, with the 

 base of the segments slightly depressed : tegs fuscous, with the tarsi paler : 

 antenncE pale fulvous, with the two basal and the terminal Joints black : palpi 

 pale, with the tip black. 



Not very abundant within the metropolitan district. " Common 

 in damp meadows, near Barham." — Kirhy MSS. " Devonshire.'^ — 

 Dr. Leach. 



Sp. 7. pallipes. Nigro-piceuS} albido-pilosus, profunde punctatus, antennarum 



medio palpis pedibusque pallidis. (Long. corp. 1§ lin. ) 

 Ste. pallipes. Gravenhorst. — Steph. Catal. 289. No. 3107. 



Pitchy-Z>/acfc, clothed with a short whitish down, and deeply punctate : head 

 opaque, rather deeply bicanaliculated between the eyes on the forehead : 

 thorax slightly dilated on the sides before the middle, disc with an obscure 

 curved transverse fovea on each side in the middle, and a smaller one behind : 

 elytra pitchy-brown, less thickly punctured than the head and thorax : 

 abdomen short, slightly shining : legs pale testaceous : palpi the same, with 

 tip dusky : antennve pale, with the basal and three terminal joints black. 



My specimens wei'e obtained from the Marshamian Collection ; I 

 know not their locality. 



Sp. 8. Marshami. Niger, albido-pubescens , minutissime et creberrime punc- 

 tatus, antennis palpis pedibusque pallido-rufis. (Long. cOrp. 1§ lin.) 

 Ste. Marshami. Steph. Catal. 289. No. 3108. 



Black, clothed with a very short whitish pubescence, and very minutely 



punctured: head triangular, depressed between the eyes, with a distinct 



longitudinal ridge : thorax cylindric, slightly dilated hi the middle of the 



sides, the disc equal, and somewhat convex : elytra punctured, tlie punctures 



" as large as on the thorax : abdomen finely punctured throughout: legs pale- 



