286 .M.WniRI'I.ATA. lOI.llOl'TF.IlA. 



Sp. 12. tarsalis. Niger, argeiiteo-pilosus, crebrc punctatus,])alpis tarsisque jiaU 



lidis, antennis iestaceis, articuh primo nigro. (Long. corp. 2§ )in.) 

 Ste. tarsalis. Gyllenhall. — Stcph. Catal. 289. No. 3112. 



Black, clothed with a short ^Wxery ^pWe, a.nA thickly punctured ; head trian- 

 gular, much broader tlian the thorax, rather deeply punctured, depressed 

 between the eyes, and obsoletely carinated: thorax with the sides rounded, 

 above convex, black, with two very obsolete transverse foveae behind the 

 middle : elytra convex, rather deeply and thickly punctured : abdomen 

 slightly glossy, punctured, cylindric: legs black; tarsi dilated, pale testa- 

 ceous: palpi testaceous, with the tip dusky; antennoe pale testaceous, with the 

 basal Joint black, and the three apical ones dusky. 



Taken in Devonshire, and also in tlie New Forest. 



fep. 13. rufitarsis. Ater, antennis jmI pis iarsisque rujis. (Long. corp. 2§ lin.) 

 Ste. rufitarsis. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 289. ATo. 3113. 



Black, very thickly punctulated, and in certain lights appearing clothed with 

 a silvery pile: head triangular, rather wider than the thorax, with an 

 obscure elevated longitudinal ridge in the middle : thorax rather broadest 

 anteriorly, with an obsolete longitudinal channel in the middle : elytra with 

 the base obscurely pitted : abdomen with the base of the segments de- 

 pressed and constricted: legs black, with the tarsi broadish, and red: 

 antennce pale rufous, with the club darker, or pitchy-red ; palpi red, with the 

 tip pitchy ; mandibles reddish. 



Found, not commonly, near London ; also in Norfolk, and in 

 Devonshire. " In marshy places near Framlingham, in July 1806, 

 arid subsequently near Barham." — Kirhy MSS. 



Sp. 14. flavitarsis. Ater, punctulatissimus, antennis basitarsisquejlavescentibus. 

 (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 



Ste. flavitarsis. Wilkin ?—Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 104. 



Black, very thickly punctured, and glabrous : head triangular, broader than 

 the thorax, w^ith a slightly elevated longitudinal ridge : thorax longer than 

 the head, rather widest in front, on both sides slightly impressed obliquely 

 at the base : elytra with the base equal : abdomen subulate-conic : legs 

 black; tarsi reddish-y eWow ; antennce pale testaceous, with the club black; 

 palpi the same. 



Probably a variety of the penultimate species. 



Found in Norfolk, and near London. 



Sp. 15. unicolor. Ater, palpis fuscis basi Jlavescentibus, abdomine punciulato. 



(Long. corp. !§ lin.) 

 Ste. unicolor. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 289. No. 3114. 



