44 GEODEPHAGA. HAltPALID^E. 



finely striate ; legs and labrum pitchy ; antennae and palpi red. ( L. 4 £-5 1. ) 

 Near London and Windsor : 4-5. 



322 obscuricornis Megerle. — Stu. D. F. iv. 67. pi. 87. f. B. — Ste. M. i. 

 J 51. — Short, broad; black, slightly shining; thorax faintly wrinkled 

 transversely, with an obscure slightly punctulate fovea on each side, on the 

 hinder margin ; elytra faintly striated, 3d marginal interstice impunctate ; 

 thighs black ; tibia? and tarsi reddish ; the former dusky at the tip ; an- 

 tenna? blackish at the base, the apex tawny; palpi rust-colour. (L. 4 1.) 

 Near Dover : 6. 



323 nigripalpis Waterhouse. — Ste. M. v. 381. — Black; rather glossy: 

 thorax with a simple impressed stria on each side behind ; palpi jet black ; 

 tarsi pitchy ; antenna? pitchy-black, with the base of a few of the joints 

 darker. (L. 4 1.) Near Windsor and London: 4-6. 



324 nigricornis Ste. M. v. 381. — Black, rather glossy: thorax with a 

 broad punctured fovea on each side at the base ; elytra rather deeply 

 striated, the stria? obscurely punctured ; legs and antenna? pitchy-black ; 

 palpi pitchy, with the tip red. (L. 4^ 1.) Near London : 3-4. 



325 rufipalpis Stu. D. F. iv. 70. pi. 89. f. a. A. — Black, somewhat shining: 

 thorax with a simple impressed line at the base on each side ; elytra 

 faintly striated, the 3d interstice from the margin with 2 impressions ; 

 tarsi pitchy ; antenna? tawny, the 2d, 3d, and 4th joints blackish at the 

 base; palpi tawny, the base dusky. (L. 41 1.) Near London : 3-4. 



326 attenuatus Ste. M. i. 152. — Narrow; elongate; shining black : thorax 

 very narrow behind, with a deep punctate fovea on eac'a side; elytra 

 faintly punctate-striated ; thighs pitchy ; tibia?, tarsi, antenna? and palpi 

 bright rusty-red. (L. 4 1.) On banks of Thames; at Southend and near 

 Dorking : 3-5. 



327 cuniculinus Duft. ii. 87 Stu. D. F. iv. pi. 87. f. B. b. — Ste. M. i. 



152. — Shining black : sides of the thorax rourde 1, base rather waved, 

 impunctate, with a faint stria on each side, touching the edge ; elytra 

 bluish, finely striated, the 3d interstice from the margin with 1 or 2 

 impressions; legs pitchy; tarsi red; antenna? and palpi bright rust-colour; 

 the base of the 2d, 3d and 4th joints of the former black. (L. 3i 1.) Near 

 London : 5. 



328 servus Creutzer.? — Stu. D. F. iv. 73. pi. 89. f. c. — Ste. M. i. 152. — 

 Narrow ; pitchy-black, glossy : thorax with a short, faintly punctate stria 

 on each side at the base, touching the hinder margin : elytra finely 

 striated, the 3d marginal interstice not punctured ; legs pitchy ; tarsi, 

 palpi and antenna? rust-colour. (L. 3 1.) In Devonshire: 4. 



329 luteicornis Duft. ii. 86. ?— Stu. D. F. iv. pi. 87. f. A. — Ste. M. i. 153. 



— Shining black : thorax transversely punctate behind, with an oblong 

 thickly punctured fovea on each side ; the lateral margins, and sometimes 

 the posterior, reddish ; elytra with the lateral margins and tip rusty-red ; 

 finely striated; legs, palpi and antenna? pale- red. ( L. 3^ 1.) N. coast of 

 Devon, and near Swansea : 3-5. 



330 nitidus Stu. D. F. iv. 40. pi. 83. f. B. — Ste. M. i. 153. — Black; above 

 glossy-green : thorax with a punctured fovea on each side at the base ; 

 elytra faintly striated, the 3d interstice with 1 or 3 impressions ; legs pitchy ; 

 base of tibiae and the tarsi pitchy-red ; antenna? and palpi red. (L. 4^ 1. ) 

 In Devonshire : 4. 



331 ignavus Creutzer. — Stu. D. F. iv. 44. pi. 83. f. D. — Ste. M. i. 153. 



— Black ; above glossy-blue : thorax with a smooth stria on each side at 

 the base ; elytra finely striated ; the 3d marginal interstice impunctate ; 

 legs pitchy-black ; tarsi red; antenna? and palpi tawny. (L. 4il.) On the 

 Devonshire coast : 4. 



