350 WANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



widened in front, the disc thickly punctured, with a very obsolete dorsal 

 channel : elytra twice as long as the thorax, pitchy-black, thickly punctured, 

 the punctures disposed in somewhat regular stricc : abdomen shorter than 

 the elytra, smooth, dilated, with the sides acutely margined: legs ferrugi- 

 nous : antennoE pubescent, dusky-black, with the base reddish. 



Inhabits the metropolitan district, the New Forest, and Norfolk. 

 " Found near Barham, but amongst the rarest." — Klrhy MSS. 

 " At Penllergare."— L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp- 12. subpubescens. Nigrum, nitidum, subpubescens, antennis basi pedibusquc 

 testaceis. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 



Om. subpubescens. Kirby MSS. — Steph. Catal. 297. No. 3266. 



Linear, shining black, clothed with a short pale silken pubescence, especially on 

 the thorax and elytra : head rhomboidal, thickly punctured : thorax of a 

 rounded obcordate form, strongly punctured, but not pitted, rather longer 

 than the head : elytra scarcely twice as long as the thorax, very thickly 

 .punctured : abdomen dilated, one-third shorter than the elytra : legs pale 

 testaceous ; femora darker, posterior dusky: antennae nearly as long as the 

 thorax, black, with the base pale. 



Male with the body narrower, and the thorax with two obscure impressions 

 behind. 



Found within the metropolitan district, not common; also in 

 Yorkshire and Suffolk. " Taken on the oak, May 1804, by Mr. 

 Sheppard ; also by Mr. Simpson." — Kirby MSS. 



Sp. 13. exiguum. Nigrum, obscurum, confertissime punctulatum, untennis 

 concoloribus, pedibus testaceis. (Long. corp. f lin.) 



Om. exiguum. Gyllenhall, Ins. Suec. ii. 218. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 108. 



Black, obscure, thickly punctured : head obtuse in front, with two deep foveolae 

 between the eyes and two oblong ones between the antennae, the forehead 

 longitudinally convex in the middle : mouth pitchy : thorax subquadrate, 

 slightly narrowed behind, with two oblong fovese on the disc opposite to the 

 suture: elytra a little depressed, pitchy-black, thickly and rather deeply 

 ruggedly-punctured: abdomen slightly glossy, smooth, the margins strongly 

 elevated: legs testaceous : antennae dusky-black, Tpuhescent. 



Found within the metropolitan district. 



C. "With the thorax transverse. 



a. With the thorax obsoletely, or not foveolated. 



Sp- 14. florale. Atrum, nitidum, punctatum, ore, pedibusque rufescentibus, 

 tarsis subdilatatis. (Long. corp. IJ — J| lin.) 



