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red, the apex of the femora slightly dusky: antennce and palpi pale red; the 

 base of ihe former dusky. 



Also horn the Marshamian Cabinet. 



Sp. 9. brunnipes. Ater, imnctatus pedibus piceo-brunneis. (Long. corp. 



li— Iflin.) 

 Ste. brunnipes. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 289. No. 3109. 



Black, somewhat glabrous : head subtriangular^ wider than the thorax, rug- 

 gedly punctured, depressed between the eyes, with a faint elevated ridge on 

 the disc : thorax obsoletely obcordate, with the sides rounded, roughly 

 punctured, with the surface even : elytra roughly punctured, equal through- 

 out : abdomen punctulated, with the sides obscurely margined, the base of 

 the segments a little depressed, with an obsolete transverse slightly elevated 

 line : legs pitchy-hiown : antennas and palpi black. 



Common in the vicinity of London, in the spring; taken also in 

 Devonshire, and near Bristol. 



-fSp. 10. curvipes. Ater, abdomine submarginato, pedibus fusco-rufis tibtis 



posticis curvatis. (Long. corp. 1§ lin.) 

 Ste. curvipes. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 289. No. 3110. 



Black, slightly shining, and thickly punctured : head subtriangular, with a 

 double channel above, the disc longitudinally elevated : thorax globose, 

 obcordate, equal : elytra broader than the thorax : abdomen rounded, very 

 slightly margined : legs pitchy-red, with the posterior tibice curved at the 

 base : antennae pitchy-black, rather longer than the head ; palpi black. 



" Taken in Norfolk by Mr. Wilkin."— ^m-% MSS. 



h. Legs black. 



Sp. 11. nigriclavis. Ater, punctulatissimus, antennis medio palpisque basi rujis. 



(Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 

 St. nigriclavis. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 289. No. 3111. 



Black, thickly punctured, clothed with minute squamous hair: head triangular, 

 with the forehead slightly depressed on each side : thorax cylindric, suboval, 

 with the surface equal, and roughened with closely-set punctures: elytra 

 deeply punctured, with the surface unequal, somewhat pitted : abdomen 

 thickly punctulated, with the base of the segments slightly depressed : legs 

 totally black : antennae as long as the head, rufous, with ihe basal joints and 

 club black: palpi red, with the tip black. 



Found in Suffolk and Norfolk, and occasionally within the metro- 

 politan district ; also in Devonshire, and near Bristol. 



