STEXID.E. STKXUS. 287 



Black, slig-htly shining, punctured, glabrous: head wider than the thoraS;, with 



a slightly elevated longitudinal ridge: thorax rounded, somewhat globose, 



surface equal: elytra also equal: aMoTTzen rounded, distinctly punctulated, 



the base of the segments depressed : legs black : antennae black : palpi 



fuscous, with the first joint yellowish, or sometimes entirely black. 



Not uncommon in Battersea-fields, and in other places within the 

 metropolitan district ; also found in Suffolk, Norfolk, &c. 



Sp. 16. assimilis. Ater, nitidus, immaculatus, ihorace latiusculo, abdomine 



Uneari, pedibus fuscis. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 St. assimilis. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 289. N'o. 3115, 



Black, slightly shining, glabrous, punctured ; head triangular, wider than the 

 thorax, with the forehead flattish : thorax somewhat globose, with the surface 

 equal : elytra convex, equal : abdomen linear, cylindric, punctured, with the 

 base of the segments rather depressed : legs fuscous; antennce and palpi 

 black, immaculate. 



Very similar to St. fornicatus ; but the palpi black, thorax less globose and 

 longer, &c. 



Not common : found in the neighbourhood of the metropolis 'i 

 also in Suffolk. " Woodland."— i>r. Leach. 



Sp. 17. fornicatus. Ater, pilosulus,punctatus, thorace globoso,elytrisfornicatis,' 



abdomine conico. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Ste. fornicatus. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 289. No. 3116. 



Black, rather shining, sparingly clothed with a very minute whitish pile,- 

 visible only in certain lights : head triangular, roughly punctate, with a short 

 slightly elevated line behind, flattish between the eyes : thorax subglobose, 

 roughly punctured, the surface equal and convex: elytra convex, arched, 

 roughened with excavated punctures : abdomen conic, punctured : antennd 

 black : palpi also black, with the base pale. 



Apparently rare : my specimen was captured in Suffolk. 



Sp. 18. crassus. Ater, crassiusculus, ihorace obcordato, abdomine subemarginatoi. 



(Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Ste. crassus. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 289. No. 3117. 



Very black, glabrous, roughly punctured, and rather stouter than usual in this 

 genus: head triangular, rather wider than the thorax, flattish: thorax 

 ohcordate : elytra with the base obsoletely pitted : abdomen rounded, very 

 obsoletely margined, with the base of the segments depressed, the tip nearly 

 smooth : legs fuscous : antennae and palpi black. 

 Also rare, and probably a variety of the preceding, with which it 



has occurred in Suffolk. 



