STENID.E. STEXUS. 291 



Differs from St. gonymelas in being destitute of a brassy tinge^ the sculpture 

 of the thorax, &c.; longer elytra, paler legs, &c. 



Taken in the vicinity of London ; also in Norfolk and in Devon- 

 shire. " Found beneath some old horse bones in Nov. 1808." 

 Kirby MSS. 



Sp. 29. tenuicornis. Ater, obscuriusculus, antennis gracililms basi airis, apice 

 pedihusque paUidis, his geniculisfuscis. (Long. corp. 1| lin.) 



Ste. tenuicornis. Steph. Catal 289. No. 3128. 



Black, rather obscure, very finely but thickly punctured : head triangular, 

 with a depression on each side, and an abbreviated dorsal ridge between on 

 the hinder margin : thorax with a very faint dorsal channel, and a little 

 attenuated behind, the disc punctured, but not pitted : elytra more coarsely 

 punctured and pitted: abdomen short, cylindric, with the sides slightly 

 margined, the base of the segments punctured : legs pale, with the exterior 

 apex of the fe?jio?-a and of the tihiw dusky : antenna long and slender, with the 

 two basal Joints blade, the rest pale. 



Found in Battersea-fields, and in the vicinity of Bristol, and in 

 Devonshire. 



Sp. 30. geniculatus. Niger, crebre punctatus, thcrace elytrisque impressis, 

 femoribus basi tibiisque medio fulvis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



Ste. geniculatus.* Steph. Catal. 289. No. 3129. 



Rather Z>?'oa(/, black, slightly glossy, thickly and somewhat coarsely punctured: 

 head triangular, wider than the thorax, deeply impressed on each side, with 

 a very faint dorsal line : thorax with a channel on the back and an impres- 

 sion on each side towards the base, which last is attenuated : elytra impressed 

 and finely punctured : abdomen sub-cylindric, deeply margined, with the 

 base of the segments punctured : femora at the base and middle of the tibice 

 fulvous, the rest of the legs black : antennas ferruginous , with the base black: 

 palpi pale. 



Found, but not commonly, within the metropolitan district ; also 

 in Devonshire. 



Sp. 31. gonymelas. JEneo-niger, pitnctatus, thorace elytrisque obsolete impressis, 

 pedibus rnfescentibus femoribus apice nigris. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



Ste. gonymelas. Kirby MSS.— Steph. Catal. 290. No. 3130. 



Brassy-black, nearly glabrous, punctured: head rather wide, triangular, 

 roughly punctured, somewhat depressed between the eyes, with a very ob- 

 solete ridge: thorax longer than the head, narrowed behind, roughly pvmc- 

 tured, slightly pitted: elytra longer and. wider than the thorax, roughly 



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