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and obscurely punctured^ depressed on each side between the eyes with the 

 disc longitudinally elevated : thorax longer than the head, widest in front, 

 also very delicately punctured, with two smooth impressions behhid : elytra 

 scarcely longer, but wider than the thorax, finely punctulated, and pitted 

 towards the base : abdomen subulate-conic, slightly margined, the segments 

 slightly dilated at the base and very faintly, and finely punctured : legsfer- 

 i^uginous, with the apex of the femora and base of the tibiae dusky-\i\a.c\i : 

 antennas and palpi testaceous, with the tips black. 



Common in Suffolk and within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 35. punctatissimus. Ater, punctatissimvs, thorace obsoletissime unisulcato, 

 pedibus pallidis genicuUs tarsisque infascatis, antennis fuscis basi atris. (Long, 

 corp. 2J lin.) 



Ste. punctatissimus. Steph. Catal. 290. No. 3134^. 



Black, shining and very thickly but finely punctured : head deeply impressed 

 on each side, with the crown elevated; thorax wide, scarcely narrower than 

 the head, the back with a very faint channel: elytra finely punctured : abdo- 

 men broad, deeply margined, the surface thickly punctured : legs pale with 

 the extreme apex of the femora rather dusky and the base of the tibiae and the 

 tarsi black: antennce fuscous, with the two basal joints black: palpi pale. 



Found in Suffolk and Norfolk, also near Bristol and other parts of 

 the West. " Spitchwick." — Dr. Leach. 



Sp. 36. nigricornis. Ater, punctulatus, obscuriusculus, thorace obsolete unisulcato, 

 pedibus lividis geniculis tarsisque nigricantibus . (Long. corp. 2J lin.) 



Ste. nigricornis. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 290. No. 3135. 



Black, somewhat glabrous, and obscure: head wider than the thorax, roughly 

 punctured, triangular, the disc longitudinally elevated and the sides de- 

 pressed : thorax longer than the head, attenuated at both ends, especially 

 behind, roughly punctured, with an abbreviated impressed line, on each side 

 of the disc behind : elytra longer and wider than the thorax, equal, roughly 

 punctured: abdomen subulate-conic, slightly margined, punctured, the base 

 of the anterior segments with alongiiudinal slightly elevated line, the apical 

 segments entirely smooth ; legs livid testaceous, with the joints and tarsi 

 blackish: antennte shorter than the thorax, black: palpi livid testaceous. 



Abundant everywhere within the metropolitan district, and I believe 

 not uncommon in other parts of the country. " Eantham, Devon." 

 — Dr. Leach. 



Sp. 37. Boops. Niger, subcinerascens, punctulatus, pedibus nigro-fuscis, femo- 

 ribus basi testaceis, palpis fuscis, basi testaceis, thorace canaliculato. (Long, 

 corp. 2^ lin.) 



