352 MAXDIBULATA. roi.EOrTEUA. 



Inhabits the vicinity of London, and other parts of the country : 

 not common. 



Sp. 17. ruficorne. Nigro-piceum, thorace po.itici bi-impresso, antennis pedi- 



busque rufo-testaceis , elytris substriatis. (Long. corp. If lin.) 

 Om. ruficorne. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 297. No. 3269. 



Pitchy-black, slightly shining, glabrous : head luiequal, punctulated, with four 

 obscure larger impressions: eyes prominent: thorax somewhat quadrate, 

 with the sides margined, the margins pitchy-red, the disc punctulated, with 

 two slightly imp?-eised Joveolce : elytra about twice as long as the thorax, 

 pitchy, punctured, the punctures, beneath a lens, appearing a little disposed 

 in stria, the apex straight : abdomen very faintly punctured, its apex 

 pitchy-testaceous : legs pale testaceous : antennce testaceous, pilose : palpi 

 red. 



Taken in Suffolk, Norfolk, and near Bristol. 



•Sp. 18. Salicinum. Subdepr essum, nigrum, glahrum,^co7ifer€im profunde punc- 

 tatum, antennis basi, thoracis limbo pedibusque rufo-testaceis, elytris interne 

 punctato-striatis. (Long. corp. 1 ^ lin.) 



Om. Salicinum. Gyllenhall, iv. 467. — Steph. JVomen. 2d edit. col. 108. 



■Somewhat depressed, black, glabrous, thickly and deeply punctured : head with 

 the usual foveae (as in Om. Salicis), but very finely punctured: thorax trans- 

 verse, the sides equally rounded, the disc convex, with two oblong, very ob- 

 solete foveae, shining, black, with the lateral and posterior margins, and some- 

 times the anterior one, Jerruginous : elytra slightly convex, punctured, with 

 the punctures disposed in stria, espscially towards the suture : abdomen finely 

 punctured, the margins strongly elevated, and the apex sometimes reddish : 

 legs deep testaceous-red: antenna dusky , with the base testaceous. 



Not common ; found within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 19. laeve. Depressum, nigrum, nitidum, antennarum basi, thoracis margi- 

 nibus pedibusque testaceis, thorace bifoveolato, elytris longioribus punctulatis. 

 (Long. corp. 1| lin.) 



Om. laeve. Gravenhorst. — Steph. Catal. 297. No. 3271. 



Depressed, black, shining : head large, ohsoletely punctate, with two deep fovese 

 on the crown and two shallow oblong ones on the front : mouth testaceous : 

 thorax with the sides a little dilated before the middle, the disc rather con- 

 vex, with two oblong obsolete fovece , and with the margins very obsoletely 

 punctured, shining black, with the sides posteriorly testaceous, or entirely 

 testaceous : elytra rather long, punctured : abdomen smooth, shining, occa- 

 sionally testaceous, with elevated margins, the apex rounded : legs testa- 

 ceous : antennae black, with the two or three basal joints testaceous. 



