STENID.E. STKNUS. 301 



long- as the thorax, and wider, also coarsely punctured : abdomen cylindric, 

 finely punctured, slightly margined, with the base of the segments depressed, 

 the apical joint with two short setse: antenna pitchy , with the two basal joints 

 h tack J palpi pale with the apical joints black. 



Found in the vicinity of London and in Suffolk. 



Sp. 58. pusillus. Ater, punctulatus, immaculatus, thorace suhglohoso, utrinque 

 impresso. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 



Ste. pusillus. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 991. iVb. 3157. 



Black, nearly glabrous ; head triangidar, wider than the thorax, roughly ptmc~ 

 iured, depressed between the eyes, the disc longitudinally elevated: thorax 

 scarcely longer than the head, subglobose, slightly pitted and rather roughly 

 punctured, with an impressed fovea on each side behind: abdomen subconic, 

 very delicately punctured, slightly margined, wdth the segments depressed 

 at the base : antennae and palpi black. 



Abundant in some places within the metropolitan district, especially 

 in Battersea-fields and near Ripley : found also in Suffolk and in 

 Devonshire. 



Sp. 59. nanus. Ater, punctulatus, immaculatus, thorace elongate, haudfoveolato, 

 antennarum basi palpisquepiceis. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 



Ste. nanus. Steph. Catal. 291. No. 3158. 



jB/acA;, punctured, slightly pubescent: head scarcely wider than the thorax, 

 finely punctured, depressed between the eyes, the disc longitudinally ele- 

 vated : thorax elongate, punctured, the disc convex, not foieolated : elytra 

 considerably longer than the thorax, slightly pitted and finely punctured : 

 abdomen short, robust, punctured : legs dusky: antennoe and palpi pitchy at 

 the base. 



Less common than the foregoing within the metropolitan district ; 

 found also in the west of England. " Woodland, Devon."'"' — Dr. 

 Leach. 



b. With the elytra spotted. 



Sp. 60. bimaculatus. Punctulatus, ater; elytris puncto fulvo, pedibus fidvescen- 

 tibus, geniculis iarsisque nigris, thorace unisulcaio. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 



Ste. bimaculatus. Gyllenhall— Steph. Catal. 291. No. 3159. 



iJ/oc/c, obscure, above glabrous, beneath slightly pubescent: head triangular, 

 roughened above with minute thickly placed punctures, depressed on each 

 side with a longitudinal foveola, and the disc slightly elevated: thorax 

 rounded, attenuated behind, with a central dorsal channel, and on each side 

 ob.scurcly impressed, the disc roughly punctured: tlytra also roughly and 



