OMASEUS. STEROPUS. S3 



lines ; elytra deeply striated, stria? obsoletely punctured, the 3d with 3 

 impressions; antenna 1 , palpi, and legs pitchy rust-colour. (L. 3 \ 1.) Near 

 London : 3-5. 



224 rufifemoratus Ste. M. i. 115. — Black, shining: thorax with hinder 

 angles acute ; elytra faintly punctate striated; thighs red. (L. 4-5 1.) Bel- 

 fast in Ireland. 



225f tetricus Hali. — Curtis, 2d edit, folio 15. — " Black, shining : thorax'a 

 little narrowed behind, the basal angles right angled, with a large fovea on 

 each side as in O. Nigrita ; elytra deeply striate-punctate, the 2d with 2, 

 the 3d with 1 puncture, inclining to castaneous at the apex ; wings 

 ample. (L. 4$ 1.) Near Belfast." 



226 rotundicollis Ste. M. v. 376. — Shining black : thorax with its sides 

 rounded, hinder angles very obtuse, the base with 2 stria? on each side ; 

 elytra deeply sulcate-striate, the stria? smooth, the 3d with 3 deeply im- 

 pressed dots. (L. 5 1. ) Near London : 3-4. 



227 sulcatus Ste. M. v. 376. — Winged ; black : thorax somewhat 4-drate, 

 narrowed behind, and punctate on both sides, hinder angles obtuse, with 2 

 short stria? and a fovea ; elytra rather obscure, somewhat parallel, deeply 

 striated, with 2 dorsal impressions on the 3d interstice. (L. 6-8 1.) On 

 the Welsh mountains : 4-5. 



228 melanarius III. K. i. 163. -De J. Ic. iii. pi. 133. f. 3. — Ste. M. 

 i. 115. — Wings rudimentary; oblong, black, slightly shining : thorax 

 slightly narrowed behind, its base obsoletely punctured, with a rugged fovea 

 at each angle and 2 striae, the disc more or less obscurely wrinkled ; 

 hinder angles obtuse ; elytra deeply striated, the stria? equidistant ; inter- 

 stices slightly convex, the 3 with 2 impressions. (L. 6^-9^ 1.) Abundant 

 throughout England, and in Scotland: , *. 



229 affinis Ste. M. i. 116. — Wings rudimentary; shining black: thorax 

 very smooth, rounded at the sides, with 2 deep stria? at each of the hinder 

 angles in a rugged fovea; angles obtuse; elytra striated, the stria? placed 

 in alternate pairs, interstices flattish, the 3d with 3 impressions. (L. 71.) 

 Near London : 3-4. 



48 Steropus Megerle. 



230 madidus Fab. E. i. 181. — Stu. D. F. iv. 175. pi. 104. f. c. ? — Ste. 

 M. i. 117. — Black, shining: thorax somewhat rounded, convex, with a 

 deep rugged fovea, having a longitudinal stria at each angle; elytra ovate, 

 somewhat convex, striated, the stria? impunctate, the disc with an impres- 

 sion behind the middle ; legs glossy black, or with red thighs. (L. 6-8^ 1.) 

 Common beneath stones, &c. in England and in Scotland : ©, %. 



231 arrogans Duft. ii. 60. — Ste. M. v. 376. — Shining black, convex : 

 thorax somewhat globose, transversely wrinkled, with a stria on each side 

 at the base ; elytra elliptic, convex, very finely striated, with a puncture 

 on the 3d insterstice near the apex ; legs black ; tarsi reddish. (L. 8-9 1.) 

 On the Welsh mountains and in Cumberland : 4-7. 



232 ^Ethiops Pz. F. xxxvii. f. 22. — Ste. M. i. 117 Black, slightly 



shining : thorax somewhat rounded, with a round punctate fovea on each 

 side ; elytra ovate, deeply striated, the 2d stria with 2 or 3 remote punc- 

 tures. £ with the penult, segment of the abdomen dentate. (L. 5i-6 1.) 

 Mountainous districts of North of England and of Scotland : 3-7. 



33 cognatus Ste. M. v. 377. — Shining black : thorax orbicular, with a 

 deep fovea on each hinder angle ; elytra somewhat ovate, deeply striate, 

 the striae faintly punctured, the disc with 3 remote impressions ; legs 

 black ; tarsi pitchy. (L. 6 1.) Taken on Snowden : 3-5. 



