31(3 :^iANmnt:i.AT.\. — -'oi koi'Tkha. 



Sp. 3. nigosus. Niger, tlwracc hdcribus scr-rulatis clytrisquc rugosis, iursin 

 ri/fis. (Long. corp. 2^: lin.) 



Sta. rugosus. Fabricius. — Oxyt. rugosus. S/cji/i. Cdfal. 293. A"'). 3189. 



ritchy-/;/ac/i-, glabrous: head siibtriangular, rather narrower than the thorax, 

 very delicately punctured, the front smooth and obscure, unequal, with an 

 acute tubercle on each side before the eyes and another obtuse larger some- 

 what vertical one : eyes small ; thorax truncate and dilated in front, rounded 

 behind, very thickly punctured, the sides ohsoletely serrulate, the disc with four 

 longitudinal grooves, of which the lateral ones are widest, divided by slightly 

 elevated ridges, united in front like the letter M : elytra somewhat rugose, 

 very much punctulated: abdomen linear, smooth, with the apex acuminated: 

 legs pitchy-black ; tarsi red: mouth pitchy: antennae dusky-black. 



By far the commonest species of this genus ; occurring any where 

 within the metropolitan district in profusion, especially in the spring: 

 — found likewise in Devonshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, &c. '• Not un- 

 common (near Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn^ Esq. 



Sp. 4. picipennis. Nigro-piceus nitidus, thorace trisulcato, lateribus integris, 

 elytris pcdibusque testaceis, antennis piceis, basi testaceis. (Long. corp. If lin.) 



Oxyt. picipennis. Steph. Nomen. 2d. edit. col. 106. — Oxyt. laqueatus. Steph. 

 Catal. 293. No. 3190. 



Broad, pitchy -hXack, shining, nearly glabrous : head wide triangular, roughly- 

 punctured, with a depression on the forehead : thorax deep black, u/ith the 

 lateral margins rounded and entire, the disc punctulate, with three obscure 

 longitudinal channels : elytra finely punctured, pale testaceous : abdomen 

 broad, the terminal segment pitchy at the apex : legs pale : antennoe pitchy, 

 the base testaceous. 



Much less abundant than the last, and apparently local. My speci- 

 mens were obtained from " South Creak, Norfolk."" — Rev. T. Skrim- 

 shire. 



Sp. 5. nitens. Niger, thorace trisulco, antennis basi, elytris, pedibusque testaceis, 

 tibiis p)osticis dentatis, naso suhexcavato, apice reflexo. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



Sta. nitens. Marsham.— Oxyt. nitens. Steph. Catal. 293. JVo. 3191. 



Black, rather glabrous : head subtriangular, scarcely narrower than the thorax, 

 unequal, with two short longitudinal impressed lines, nasus considerably 

 depressed, rather glossy, and reflexed at the apex ; on each side before the 

 antennae a minute tubercle : thorax nearly as long as the head, truncate and 

 dilated in front, rounded behind, slightly glossy, delicately punctured, with 

 three longitudinal excavated lines and the lateral margins foveated : elytra 

 rather flattened, punctured, testaceous, the base internally dusky : abdomen 

 linear, acute, glabrous, the sides with diverging hairs : legs testaceous- 



