318 MANDIIUM.AI'A. COI.EOl'TEUA. 



the sides sVightly rounded and entire, the disc depressed, ivith a central longi- 

 tudinal channel: widest in fronts, and on each side another linear slightly- 

 curved one, and a very obscure fovea towards tlie hinder margin : elytra 

 black or pitcliy;, finely punctured : abdomen obscurely punctured : legspitchy- 

 red, with the tibia- and tarsi pale: antenna short, entirely hluck : palpi 

 pitchy. 



Taken in Suffolk and Norfolk, and I believe near London. 



Sp. 9. nitidus. Niger nitidus, elytris pedibusque testaceis, naso subconvexo 

 nuchdque sparcl punctatis, thoracis luteribus crenulatis. (Long. corp. 1§ — 

 2 lin.) 



Oxyt. nitidus. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 293. No. 3195. 



Black, shining, glabrous : head suborbiculate, not narrower than the thorax, 

 cicatricate-punctate, the crown not impressed, the front obsoletely bisul- 

 cate between the antennae; nasus slightly convex with the punctures 

 sparingly disposed ; nape also sparingly punctured : thorax sublunate, 

 truncate in front, rounded behind, the disc sparhigly punctured, with Jive 

 longitudinal Jb?;effi, divided by slightly elevated lines, forming by their union 

 a figure resembling the letter M, the lateral margin very obsoletely crenu- 

 lated: elytra testaceous, cicaXxicaXe-^Vinciaie, with two obscure foveae ; the 

 anterior discoidal and oblique, the other rounded and placed towards the 

 outer apex : abdomen short, linear, with the apex acute : legs testaceous : 

 antenna; black, with the basal joint ferruginous : palpi red : mandibles pitchy. 



Apparently rather scarce ; found in Suffolk. 



Sp. 10. flavipes. Niger, nitidus, crebre punctulatus, elytris rvfo-piceis, ore anten- 

 nis extrorsiim pedibusque Jlavo-testaceis, thorace trisulcato. (Long. corp. 

 li lin.) 



Oxyt. flavipes. Steph. Catal. 293. N'o. 3196. 



Black, shining, thickly punctured : head triangular ruggedly-punctured, with 

 a narrow smooth depression in front, the clypeus recurved : mouth pale testa- 

 ceous : thorax with the sides entire, disc depressed, with a slender dorsal 

 channel, and 071 each side a distinct impression: elytra depressed, rather finely 

 punctured, pitchy-red ; abdomen finely punctured, its apex reddish, or 

 pitchy ; legs pale testaceous, or yellowrish : antennae dusky at the base, the 

 apex rufescent, or testaceous: palpi testaceous. 



Common near Dover, also found, but more sparingly, within the 

 metropolitan district. 



Sp. 11. depressus. Niger, opacus, subtillssime punctulatus, ore pedibusque rufo- 

 testaceis, elytris piceis, thoraceis lateribus integer rimis, dorso lineis quatuor 

 elevatis. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 



