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depressed, the surface equal : abdomen subulate-csonic, finely punctured, 

 the sides margmed, the segments depressed at the base, each marked with 

 an obscure longitudhial ridge : antennae and palpi black : eyes moderately 

 prominent. 



Not common ; found near London and in Devonshire. — " Taken 

 in an inundation of the Gipping in March." — Kirhy MSS. 



Sp. 52. angustatus. Aier, obscurus, thorace obcordato subcanaliculato, elytris 

 thoracis longitudine. (Long. corp. 1^ — 2 lin.) 



Ste. angustatus. KirbT/ MSS. — Steph. Catal. 290. No. 3151. 



Black, slender, rather obscure, finely punctured : head wider than the thorax, 

 wuth a shallow channel on each side between the eyes : thorax slender, ob- 

 cordate, faintly channelled down the middle with a very obsolete fovea on 

 each side at the base : elytra much longer than the thorax, very delicately 

 punctured, and rather flattened : abdomen considerably attenuated at the 

 apex, finely punctured: legs dusky: antennw ferruginous with the club 

 dusky : palpi testaceous. 



Similar to Ste. affinis, but the elytra with respect to the thorax, longer. 

 Taken within the metropolitan district, and also in Suffolk. 



Sp. 53. melanopus. Ater, nitidiusculus, immaculatus, thorace brevi, unisulcato. 



(Long. corp. IJlin.) 



Sta. melanopus. Marsham. — Ste. melanopus. — Steph. Catal. 290. No. 3152. 



Black, rather shining, and glabrous : head wider than the thorax, triangular, 

 roughly punctured, depressed between the eyes, with an elevated longitu- 

 dinal ridge: thorax short, rather narrowed behind, roughly punctured, with 

 a slightly impressed abbreviated dorsal line; elytra longer and wider than the 

 thorax, also roughly punctured, rather depressed near the suture, with the 

 shoulders gibbous : abdomen subulate-conic, slightly margined, punctulate : 

 antennae and palpi black, immaculate. 



Also found, not uncommonly, within the metropolitan district and 

 in Norfolk. " Not uncommon, among moss on Crwmlyn and Sketty- 

 burrows."" — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 54. melanarius. Ater, immaculatus, thorace cylindrico, abdomine marginato, 

 laviusculo. (Long. corp. 1§ lin.) 



Ste. melanarius. Kirhy MSS.Ste. melanarius.— ^^e^i. Catal. 290. No. 3153. 



Black, roughly punctured, somewhat obscure: head wider than the thorax, 

 triangular, with the middle of the face slightly elevated : thorax nearly 

 cylindric, scarcely widened in front, and neither grooved nor pitted: elytra 

 hardly longer, but much wider, than the thorax, depressed towards the 

 suture : abdomen smooth, with the base of the segments dc^jrcssed. 



