298 MANDJBULATA. COLEOI-TERA. 



and slightly rugged on the sides : elytra rather thickly but minutely punc- 

 tured: abdomen cylindric slightly margined; legs black; tarsi fuscous; 

 antenne pitchy with the two basal and tln-ee apical joints black, palpi black, 

 pitchy at the base. 



My specimen I obtained from the Marshamian Cabinet. 



Sp. 49. pallitarsis. Ater, argenteo-pubescens, levitcr punciulatissiimis, antcnnis 

 Jerrugineis, clavd nigra, palpis tarsisque rufescentibus. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



Ste. pallitarsis. Kirhy MSS.—Steph. Catal. 290. No. 3148. 



Black, finely punctured, clothed with a very short silvery pile : head much 

 wider than the thorax, slightly channelled on each side between the eyes, 

 with an ovate intermediate impunctate ridge : thorax short, ovate, slightly 

 attenuated behind, the disc convex equal, not pitted nor channelled : elytra 

 obscurely pitted at the base, and very finely punctured : abdomen short, 

 attenuated at the apex, the base of the segments punctured, the apex 

 smooth : legs dusky, with reddish tarsi : antennas ferruginous, with a black 

 club : palpi reddish. 



Found at Darenth and other parts within the metropolitan district ; 

 also in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Devonshire. 



Sp. 50. pilosulus. Ater, argenteo subpubescens, antennis palpisque basirufis,abdo- 

 mine marginato. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



Ste. pilosulus. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 290. No. 3149. 



Slack, punctured, clothed with ajine pile of a silvery gloss: head rather wider 

 than the thorax, with a slight ridge in the middle of the forehead : thorax 

 somewhat cylindric, longer than the head, rather widest in front, with an 

 obscure transverse curved impression behind : elytra rather depressed 

 towards the suture : abdomen conspicuously punctured and margined ; 

 antennas shorter than the thorax, testaceous, with the basal joint and cZm/> 

 dusky : palpi black, with the basal joint palish. 



Taken in Norfolk and Suffolk, and, I believe, also in the New 

 Forest. 



Sp. 51. affinis. Ater, obscuriusculus, thorace obcordato, subcanaliculato, abdomine 



marginato, elytris thorace longioribus. (Long. corp. 1| — 2 lin.) 

 Ste. affinis. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 290. No. 3150. 



Black, somewhat glabrous and obscure, thickly punctulated: head wider than 

 the thorax, subtriangular, rather obscure, with a longitudinal slightly 

 elevated ridge : thorax also obscure, attenuated behind, longer than the head, 

 with an obscure dorsal groove, the surface equal: elytra longer than the 

 thorax, obscurely punctured, towards the suture, especially at the base. 



