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extreme apex reddish ; abdomen very finely punctulated^ black, with its 

 apex pitchy : legs slender, ferruginous : antennce dusky, the two basal Joints 

 ferruginous : palpi fuscous. 



Far from uncommon within the metropolitan district ; found also 

 in Devonshire, Salop, Norfolk, the New Forest, &c. " Sketty Bog." 

 — L. IF. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 7. pusillus. Niger, subtilissime punctulatus, anteiinis elyiris pedibusque 

 piceis, thorace obsolete canaliculato. (Long. corp. f lin.) 



Me. pusillus. Stepk. Catal 295. No. 3225. 



Black, slightly shining and pubescent, and vety finely punctured : head nar- 

 rower than the front of the thorax, with a faint impression on each side : 

 thorax with a distinct dorsal channel, extending from base to apex : hinder 

 angles acute : elytra pitchy, more distinctly punctured than the thorax, about 

 half the length of the abdomen, the apex of which is very acute and pitchy- 

 red: legs dull pitchy : antennce the same. 



Found in the New Forest, Hants. 



Sp. 8. marginatus. Nigro-piceus, elytris dilutioribus confertissime punctatus, 

 thorace canaliculato, lateribus latisferrugineo-hyalinis, antennis basi pedibusque 

 pallide riifis. (Long. corp. f lin.) 



Me. marginatus. Steph. Catal. 295. No. 3226". 



Fitchy -h\a.ck, thickly and rather coarsely punctured : head broad, triangular, 

 with a distinct longitudinal ridge : eyes deep black : thorax short, with a 

 distinct dorsal channel, the lateral margins rounded, elevated, broad, and of 

 a somewhat transparent rust colour, the hinder angles entire : elytra reddish- 

 pitchy, coarsely punctured, depressed at the base of the suture : abdomen 

 short, acute, rather finely punctured: legs pale rufous : antennce black, with 

 the basal joints rufous. 



Taken in Essex near " Southend." — Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 9. affinis. Piceus, thorace rufescenti, lateribus dilutioribus, elytris crebri 

 punctatis, pedibus antennisque rufis. (Long. corp. f lin.) 



Me. affinis. Steph. Catal. 295. No. 3227. 



Pitchy, rather coarsely and thickly punctured : head wide, with a distinct 

 dorsal ridge : eyes black : thorax reddish, with the lateral margins expanded, 

 flat, pale, the hinder angles entire ; disc with a faint dorsal channel ; elytra 

 rather depressed, more than half the length of the abdomen, thickly punc- 

 tured, the outer apical angle somewhat acute : abdomen acute, its apex pale 

 pitchy-red: legs and antennce pale red. 



Found in Devonshire. 



