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than the head, slightly dilated in front, truncate behind, the disc ivith two 

 minute impressions, and towards the hinder margin a transverse curved one, 

 on each side : elytra much longer and wider than the thorax, finely and very 

 thickly punctured: abdomen nearly twice as long as the elytra: legs pitchy: 

 antennae as long as the thorax, black. 



Not common ; found occasionally within the metropolitan district. 

 " May, 1804?, and again beneath rejectamenta during an inundation 

 of the Gipping in March, 1809."— Alr6y MSS. 



Sp. 3. bicolon. Ater, thorace punctis quatuor impresso, antennis suhclavatis. 

 (Long. corp. § lin.) 



Ca. bicolon. KirbyMSS.—Steph. Catal. 294>. No. 3209. 



Black, shining, rather smooth, glabrous ; head very large, as wide as the thorax, 

 transverse, mouth produced : thorax obcordate, scarcely as long as the head, 

 with four discoidal punctures placed tetragonally : elytra much longer and 

 wider than the thorax, thickly and delicately punctulated : abdomen nearly 



^ twice as long as the elytra: antennce longer than the head, subclavate, mo- 

 niliform, the base slender, the ii^ slightly thickened, the joints very short : 

 tarsi two-jointed.'' 



Not common ; found in Yorkshire and in Norfolk : also I believe 

 in SuiFolk. 



Sp. 4. fuliginosus. Niger, nitidiusculus, elytris obscurioribus, pedihus antennisque 

 bast firrugineis . (Long. corp. Ig lin.) 



Oxyt. fuliginosus. Gravenhorst ? — Ca. fuliginosus. Steph. CataL 294. 

 No. 3210. 



Black, rather shining, smooth: head a little narrower than the thorax, some- 

 what triangular : thorax truncate in front and behind, with two obsolete 

 impressions behind, and a very short, slightly elevated ridge between: elytra 

 longer and wider than the thorax, with a very short, obscure, slightly seri- 

 ceous pubescence: legsforruginous: antenna as long as the thorax, thickened 

 fS-tmorlY, ferruginous, with the extreme joints black, or dusky : palpi ferru- 

 ginous. 



Found within the metropolitan district ; also in Suffolk, Norfolk, 

 Devonshire, and near Bristol. 



Sp. .5. picipennis. Niger, obscuriusculus, pedibus testaceis, elytris piceis, thorace 

 obsolete impresso. (Long. corp. | lin.) 



Ca. picipennis. Kirby MSS. — Stcph. Catal. 294. No. 3211, 



Black, smooth, somewhat obscure : head scarcely as wide as the thorax, sub- 



