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longer than the head, rather widest in front, the back slightly pitted, with an 

 obscure central channel : elytra slightly pitted: abdomen cylindric, linear, 

 slightly punctulated, the base of the segments with an abbreviated longitu- 

 dinal somewhat elevated ridge : legs Wvidi-tedaceous, with the tips of the 

 femora black, and the tibiae and tarsi without dusky: antenna dull ferrugi- 

 nous, with the basal joint black: palpi pale. 

 Female with an excavation beneath the penultimate joint of the abdomen. 



Common within the metropolitan district and in other parts, as 

 Suffolk, Norfolk, Devonshire. " Cline Wood." — L. W. Dillwyn, 

 Esq. 



Sp. 41. submarginatus. Ater, nitidiusculus, ahdomine tereti submarginato, 

 antennis testaceis basi apiceque nigris. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Ste. submarginatus. Kirbi/ MSS.—Steph. Catal. ^90. No. 3140. 



Black, rather shining, punctured : head wider than the thorax, with a shallow 

 impression on each side and a distinct shining longitudinal ridge : thorax 

 very finely punctured, with an obscure dorsal channel : elytra also finely 

 punctured, the disc obscurely pitted : abdomen finely margined, rounded, 

 a little attenuated at the apex : legs dirty fuscous, with the base of the 

 femora fulvescent : antennce testaceous, with the base and apex black : palpi 

 black. 



Also common within the neighbourhood of London ; found also 

 near Bristol and in the New Forest. " Crwmlyn-burrows." — L. W. 

 Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 42. sulcicollis. Ater, thorace canaliculato elytrisque sublacunosis, elytris 

 thorace longioribus, pcdibus rufo-piceis. (Long. corp. I5 lin.) 



Ste. sulcicollis. Kir by MSS.—Steph. Catal. 290. A^o. 3141. 



Black, with a brassy tinge, shining, punctured : head very broad, wider than 

 the thorax, with a deep channel on each side between the eyes, and an acute 

 intermediate ridge : thorax broad, short, dilated anteriorly and attenuated 

 behind, obscurely pitted towards the base and with a distinct dorsal channel, 

 which is abbreviated in front: elytra much longer than the thorax, also 

 obscurely pitted, finely punctured : abdomen broad, very deeply margined 

 and delicately punctured : legs pitchy-red, with the tarsi pale : antenna; 

 dusky. 



Found in Suffolk and near London, but rarely ; taken also in De- 

 vonshire. 



Sp. 43. bifoveolatus. Brevior, ater, subnitidus, paruvi pubescens, antennis medio 

 testaceis, fcmoribus rufo-piccis, thorace oblougu, bifoveoluto. (Long. corp. 

 l^lin.) 



