290 MAXDIIU)I,ATA. COLEOl'TF.llA. 



with the base of the segments rather deprcsseil and punctate : leirs ferrugi- 

 nous : palpi reddish. 



Not common : found within the mctropohtan district and in 

 Suffolk. 



Sp. 26. immunis. Ater, punctulatus, palpis antennis hasi pedibvsgiic ieslnceis. 

 (Long. Corp. 1§ — 2 lin.) 



Sta. immunis. Marsham. Ste. immunis. — Steph. Catal. 289. No. 3125. 



Black, rather glabrous, somewhat roughly punctured: head wider than the 

 thorax, triangular, the disc with a slightly elevated ridge, the sides de- 

 pressed : thorax rather longer than the head and attenuated, roughly punc- 

 tate, and very oZ)5o/f^f/?/ ivipiressed: elytra also roughly punctate, with an 

 obscure impression at the base : abdomen subulate-conic, faintly margined, 

 and very delicately punctured ; legs testaceous: antennw testaceous-yellow, 

 with the club black: palpi testaceous-yellow. 



My specimens are from the Marshamian Collection ; the insect 

 has, however, been taken near London and in Norfolk. 



Sp. 27. subrugosus. ^neo-ater, subrugoso-punctatus, thorace postice tri- 

 puncto, aniennis pedibusque pallidis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



Ste. subrugosus. Steph. Catal. 289. No. 3126. 



Brassy-hlack, shining; somewhat ruggedly-punctured: head triangular, wider 

 than the thorax, with a short longitudinal ridge behind, and obscurely de- 

 pressed on each side : thorax indented a little before the middle, the disc 

 unequal, luith a very faint dorsal channel behind, terminating in a fovea, and 

 two other fovece a little in advance on the disc : elytra finely punctured, and 

 obscurely pitted : abdomen short, rather broad, very finely punctured : legs 

 pale ochreous : antenncB rusty-ochreous : palpi pale. 



Taken in Battersea-fields, and in other places within the metropo- 

 litan district. 



Sp. 58. Ossium. Ater, thorace elytrisque sublacunosis, antennis medio pedibusque 

 testaceis, his genubus nigris. (Long. corp. 1§ lin.) 



Ste. Ossium. Kirby MS S.— Steph. Catal. 289. No. 3127. 



Black, slightly pilose, finely punctured : head triangular, rather wider than 

 the thorax, faintly depressed between the eyes, with a slightly longitudinal 

 ridge: thorax elongate, rather widened towards the base or the sides; the 

 surface pitted, and rather broadly channelled on the back: elytra somewhat 

 elongate, -pitted, and finely punctured: abdomen elongate-conic, the base of 

 the segments punctured, the apex smooth: legs testaceous, with the joints 

 black : antennce pale rufous in the middle, the base and apex black. 



