292 MANDIRUT.ATA. COLF.OPTERA. 



punctured, and faintly pitted: abdomen subulate-conic, slightly margined, 

 very finely punctured, the basal segments not transversely ridged: legs 

 reddish, with i fie apical half nf the femora black : antennte short; palpi reddish, 

 with the club black. 



Inhabits tlie metropolitan district; also the neighbourhood of 

 Bristol ; Norfolk, Suffolk, Devonshire, &c. " Crwmlyn Bog." — 

 L. W. Dilhcijn, Esq. " Cramond."— Jiey. W. Little. 



Sp. 32. Aceris. JEneo-niger, pinctulaius, palpis, anteniiis pedihusque flavis. 

 (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



Ste. Aceris. Kirhj MSS.—Steph. Catul. 290. No. 3131. 



Brassy-hlack, and slender, punctulated and nearly glabrous : head triangular, 

 wider than the thorax, with a faint dorsal ridge and slightly depressed be- 

 tween the eyes: thorax longer than the head, rather narrowed behind, 

 punctured and obscurely pitted: elytra longer and wider than the thorax, 

 punctured and faintly pitted : abdomen subulate-conic, slightly margined, 

 delicately punctured : legs tawny-yellow, with the apex of the posterior in 

 some instances dusky : antennae longer than the thorax, yellowish, with the 

 club dusky: palpi yellow. 



Common in the neighbourhood of London, and not uncommon also 

 in Devonshire. " Taken in the flowers of the Acer Campestris, fre- 

 quently;" — "also in Scotland by Mr. Hooker." — Kirhy MSS. 



Sp. 33. Juncorum. Niger, nitidus, punctatus, antennarum medio palpis pedi- 

 husque pullidis, genubus posticis nigris. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



Ste. Juncorum. Leach MSS. — Steph. Catal. 290. No. 3132. 



Shining black, with a brassy tinge, punctured : head triangular, with a deep 

 impression on each side, and a faint dorsal ridge behind: thorax short, 

 slightly attenuated behind, and faintly pitted: elytra also faintly pitted: 

 abdomen short, conic, slightly margined : legs pale, the posterior femora with 

 the apex broadly black, and the base of the hinder tibia also black : antennde 

 and palpi ^aZe, the base and club of the former black. 



Found in Battersea-fields ; also not uncommonly in Devonshire, 

 near Bristol, &c. " Crwmlyn Bog, on rushes." — L. W. Dillwyn, 

 Esq. 



Sp. 34. nitidiusculus. Ater, punctulatissimus, nitidus, antennis palpis pedihusque 

 testaceis, genubus nigricantibus. (Long. corp. 2^: lin.) 



Ste. nitidiusculus. Kirhy MSS.—Steph. Catal. 290. No. 3133. 



Black, shining, thickly punctulated, sparingly clothed with extremely short, 

 distant silvery pile : head triangular, wider than the thorax, very delicately 



