294 MANDIBUI.ATA. COLEOrTKRA. 



Ste. Boops. Gravenhorsi. — StcjA. Catal. 290. No. 3136. 



Black, shilling with a slight silveri/ jiile, thickly pTiiicturetl: head with a deep 

 impression on each side and a distinct dorsal ridge behind : i?/iorfl.r rather 

 long, widest towards the middle and narrowed at the base, the back with a 

 distinct channel: elytra as long as the thorax, slightly pitted; abdomen 

 ratlier attenuated behind, the surface punctured : lei^s dushy-hlack, with the 

 base of the femora tcdaccous : palpi dusky with the base testaceous : antennae 

 short, fuscous, with the basal joint obscure. 



Also common in the vicinity of London and in Norfolk and near 

 Bristol. " Oakhampton, Somersetshire." — Dr. Leach. " Crwmlyn- 

 burrows, not common."''' — L. W. Dillivyti, Esq.- 



Sp. 38. clavicornis. Niger, nitidus,]mnctulatus, thorace elliptico obsolete unica- 

 naliculato, pedihits fulvis geniculis tarsisque nigris, antennisfuscis articulo primo 

 atro. (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 



Sta. clavicornis. Fabricius? — Ste. clavicornis. — iS'^c/^/t. Catal. 290. N'o. 3137. 



Black, shining, finely and thickly punctured : head wide, with a deep impression 

 on each side, and a short longitudinal ridge behind : thorax elongate, some- 

 what elliptic, with a faint longitudinal channel: elytra long, rather evenly 

 punctured, and depressed at the base of the suture ; the shoulders prominent : 

 abdomen distinctly margined, acute at the apex, the tips of the segments 

 rather smooth: legs fulvous, with the tips of the femora broadly/ black; tarsi 

 also black: antennas fuscous, with the basal joint black: palpi fulvous. 



Apparently not uncommon in Norfolk and near Bristol. 



Sp. 39. atricornis. Niger, nitidus,punctiilatus, thorace inaquali posticefoveolato, 

 antennis atris, pedibus fulvis geniculis tar sisque nigricantihus. (Long. corp. 

 2i— 3 lin.) 



Ste. atricornis. Steph. Catal. 290. No. 3138. 



Black, shining, thickly punctured : head wider, distinctly impressed on each 

 side, and with a central dorsal ridge : thorax short, unequal, the disc with an 

 impression behind: elytra rather finely punctured throughout, with the sur- 

 face even : abdomen distinctly margined, and very finely punctured : legs 

 fulvous, with the apex of the femora and base of the tibice dusky ; tarsi also 

 dusky : antennae deep black : palpi black. 



Found near London and in Suffolk, Norfolk, and Devonshire. 



Sp. 40. canaliculatus. Ater, ohscuriusculus, antennis ferrugineis, pedibus livido- 

 testaceis, genuhus nigris, segmentis basi lineold elevatd. (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 



Ste. canaliculatus. Kirhy MSS.— Steph. Catal. 290. No. 3139. 

 Black, roughly punctured and obscure : head triangular, wider than the thorax^ 

 slightly elevated in the middle, mouth clothed with silvery pile : thorax 



