STENID-K. STENUS. 297 



Other places within the metropolitan district, also near Bristol, and in 

 Devonshire. 



Sp. 46. pubescens. Ater, puhescens, leviter pundulatissimus, antennis basi testa- 

 ceis, elytris inwqualibus thorace longioribus, abdomine Icevinsculo. (Long. corp. 

 3 lin.) 



Ste. pubescens. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal 290. No. 3145. 



Very black, clothed with very fine short pubescence, not scabrous, but thickly 

 covered with minute punctures : head somewhat triangular, rather wider 

 than the thorax, unequal : thorax somewhat cylindric, but narrowed behind^ 

 the disc faintly pitted: elytra longer than the thorax, the surface pitted: 

 abdomen smooth, slightly margined, most obscurely punctured, beneath 

 clothed with a whitish pile: posterior tibiae slightly flexuous: antennas 

 shorter than the thorax, pale testaceous, with the club black : palpi black : 

 eyes moderately prominent. 



■ Taken near London and in Norfolk and Suffolk : also found near 

 Bristol and in Devonshire. " Taken by Mr. Spence, near Bayford, 

 Lines." — Kirhy MSS. 



Sp. 47. Isevior. Ater, cinereo pubescens, leviter punctulatissimus, antennis basi 

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



Ste. laevior. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 290. No. 3146. 



.Black, clothed with a fine ashy pubescence, and very delicately punctured : 

 head scarcely wider than the thorax, slightly channelled on each side between 

 the eyes, with an acute narrow intermediate ridge : thorax elongate, with 

 the sides regularly and equally rounded, the disc slightly convex, with two 

 very obscure foveae towards the base, the back not channelled, elytra very 

 smooth, obscurely elevated towards the shoulders, with a depression on the 

 suture : abdomen elongate, attenuated towards the apex : legs slender black, 

 antennce pitchy at the base. 



Found not only within the metropolitan district, but also in Sviffolk 

 and Norfolk. 



Sp. 48. laevis. Ater, obscurus, paritm pubescens, leviter punctulatissimus, antennis 

 medio jAceis, basi apiceque nigris,palpisnigris, basi piceis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



Sta. laevis. Marsham. — Ste. Isevis. Steph. Catal. 290. No. 3117. — Ste. opticus. 

 Gravenhorst Mo. 231 ? 



Black, obscure, very slightly punctulated, and a little pubescent : head much 

 wider than the thorax, the space between the eyes nearly flat and very 

 obsolctoly impressed on each side, with a very slight ridge between : thorax 

 with the sides nearly equally rounded, thickly and moderately punctured. 



