342 MAXDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Pitchy-red, glabrous, slightly shining: head dusky, with an obscure impressed 

 line behind : thorax yellowish, truncate anteriorly and posteriorly, with an 

 obsolete abbreviated dorsal line, the disc punctured ; elytra also yellowish, 

 riiinutely, and ^vm^^X^ imnctured ; nearly covering two-thirds of the abdomen, 

 the latter reddish : legs pale yellowish : antennae the same. 



Taken occasionally near London, and in Suffolk and Devonshire. 



Sp. 19. assimile. Ferrugineum, capite, ihorace, elytrisque punctulatissimis, ah- 

 domine brevi. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Sta. assirailis. Paykull. — An. assimile. Steph. Catal. 296. No. 3248. 



Ferruginous, glabrous, rather shining: head unequal, punctured, with two 

 impressions in front, and an obscure transverse line behind : eyes black : 

 thorax truncate in front and behind, the sides rounded and margined, the 

 disc rather convex, with a somewhat obsolete dorsal line in front : elytra 

 covering about two-thirds of the abdomen, very much punctured, not striated : 

 abdomen short, smooth : legs testaceous : antennse as long as the thorax, 

 ferruginous, pilose. 



Found within the metropolitan district and in Suffolk. 



Sp. 20. atrocephalum. Rufo-testaceum, nitidum, profundi punctatum, capite 

 nigro, thorace transverso obsolete canaliculato, foveolatoque, elytris amplis ab- 

 domineferl tegentibus. (Long. corp. \^ lin.) 



Om. atrocephalum. Gyllenhall. — An. atrocephalum. Steph. Catal. 296. 

 No. 3249. 



Testaceous-redi, shming, deeply punctured : head black, unequal ; mouth reddish : 

 eyes black : thorax transverse, slightly emarginate in front, the sides 

 rounded, with the angles nearly straight, the disc convex, with a faint dorsal 

 channel, and two obscurefuvea at the base : elytra ample, dilated behind, cover- 

 ing the greater portion of the abdomen, slightly convex, the apex truncate, 

 disc deeply punctured, the punctures somewhat disposed in strice towards the 

 suture: abdomen very short, obscure: legs testaceous, antennee reddish 

 withhi ; dusky towards the apex. 



Not very common ; found sometimes at Coombe Wood, and in 

 other places within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 21. longipenne. Griseum, punctulatissimum, capite antennis abdomineque 

 nigris, thorace utrinque puncto impresso. (Long. corp. If — l^hn.) 



On. longipenne. Kirby MSS. — An. longipenne. Steph. Catal. 296. N'o. 3250. 



Griseous, very glabrous, rather shining : head subtriangular, very much punc- 

 tured, pitchy, or black, with an impression on each side : eyes black, pro- 

 minent : thorax transverse, quadrangular, with the sides rounded and mar- 



