302 MAXDIBUI.ATA. COLEOl'TERA. 



very thickly punctured, depressed towards the suture with the shoulders 

 gibbous, the disc of each it'ith a round J'ulvovs dot: abdomen subulate- 

 conic, slightly margined and finely punctured : legs fulvous, with the Joints 

 and tarsi black : antennae black : palpi luteous, with the apex black. 



Common on the banks of rivers, and in damp places : " Marlon, 

 Yorks." — Rev. G. T. Rudd. " Under moss and sometimes on the 

 sand hills (near Swansea.)"" — L W. Dlllwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 61. biguttatus. Afer, punctulatissimus, thorace postice canaliculato, elytris 

 punctojlavo. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



Ste. biguttatus. Gravenhorst. — Samouelle, 174. pi. 4. f. 13. — Steph. Catal. 

 291. No. 3160. 



Black, very finely punctulated, slightly glossy, beneath with a delicate silvery 

 pubescence : head triangular, wider than the thorax, depressed between the 

 eyes, with a slightly elevated longitudinal ridge behind: thorax rather 

 widest in front, with a short impressed longitudinal line on the disc behind : 

 elytra marked with a rovmdi yellow spothehmA the middle: abdomen subulate 

 conic, margined, finely punctured, the sides with a silvery pile : legs slender, 

 bla^k : antennae pitchy ; palpi dirty ochreous, with the tip black : mouth 

 clothed with a silvery pile. 



Not common — ^found about London : at Ripley, near Hertford ; 

 and in Suffolk, and Norfolk. 



Sp. 62. Kirbii. Punctulatus ater, elytris puncto ochraceo,Jemoribus tarsisqne hasi 

 tibiisque ?nedio luteis, palpis pallidis. (Long. corp. 1^ — If lin.) 



Ste. Kirbii. Leach MSS.— Curtis, \w.pl. IGi.—Stcph. Catal. 291. No. 3163. 



Black, punctured, slightly shining ; clothed with a short delicate golden pu- 

 bescence : head large, depressed on each side, with a distinct longitudinal 

 ridge : thorax considerably attenuated behind, the disc uneven : elytra rather 

 coarsely punctured, with a round ochraceous spot on each behind the middle : 

 abdomen subulate-conic, finely punctured, and slightly margined: legs ochra- 

 ceous, with the tips of the femora, base and apex of the tibiw and apex of the 

 tarsi dusky -h\a.ck: antennse black; palpi pale with the apex dusky. 



On the banks of the Croydon Canal and in Devonshire. 

 " Marton, Yorks."— i^ey. G. T. Rudd. 



Sp. 63. bipunctatus. Punctulatus, ater, elytris puncto fulvo, femoribus basi 

 tibiisque luteis, coleoptris postice impressis. (Long. corp. If lin.) 



Ste. bipunctatus. Kirby MSS.— Steph. Catal. 291. No. 3161. 



Black, rather glabrous,^ obscure : head wider than the thorax, triangular, 

 roughly punctured above, somewhat depressed between the eyes : thorax 



