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longer than the thorax ; obscurely punctured towards the suture; abdomen 

 moderately punctured; antennae and palpi black. (L. l|-2 1.) Damp 

 places : London district ; Barham ; Devon : 3-5. 



3276 angustatus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 299. — Slender ; black ; obscure ; 

 finely punctured ; thorax obcordate, with a faint dorsal channel and 2 

 basal foveas ; elytra much longer than the thorax, delicately punctured, 

 flattened ; abdomen much attenuated at the apex 4 ; antenna? dull red, with 

 the club dusky; palpi testaceous. (L. 1^-21.) Damp places: London 



• district ; Suffolk : 6. 



3277 melanopus Marsh, i. 528. — Ste. M. v. 299. — Black ; rather shining and 

 glabrous ; roughly punctured ; thorax short ; with a short faint dorsal 

 line ; elytra longer than the thorax, coarsely punctured ; flattish near the 

 suture; antenna; and palpi black. (L. 1^ h) Damp places: London dis- 

 trict; Norfolk; S. Wales: 4-8. 



3278 melanarius Kirby. — Ste. M.\. 299. — Black ; somewhat sbscure ; roughly 

 punctured ; thorax somewhat cylindric, without dorsal channel or fovea 1 ; 

 elytra wider, but not longer, than the thorax, flattened towards the suture ; 

 abdomen smooth, base of the segments flat ; legs, antennas and palpi 

 black ; (L. 1| 1.) Damp places : London district ; Suffolk ; Norfolk ; New 

 Forest: 3-6. 



3279 carbonarius Gyll. iv. 505. — Ste. M. v. 300. — Black ; opaque; very 

 thickly and deeply punctured ; with a slight whitish pile ; thorax oblong, 

 flattish, with an obsolete dorsal channel and 2 or more faint basal foveas ; 

 elytra as long as the thorax, flattish ; abdomen finely punctured : legs, 

 antenna?, and palpi black. (L. 2\ 1.) Damp places: Battersea fields; 

 Devon : 4-6. 



8280 nitidus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 300. — Deep glossy black, very globose, 

 punctured ; thorax somewhat globose, equal, with a minute impression on 

 each side ; elytra scarcely longer than the thorax ; abdomen smooth, faintly 

 margined ; legs dusky ; antennas testaceous, basal joint and club black ; 

 palpi testaceous, apex dusky. (L. 1^ 1.) Damp places : Battersea fields; 

 Devon : 4-6. 



3281 nitens Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 300. — Cylindric; deep shining black; 

 with a short whitish pile ; head, thorax, and elytra coarsely punctured ; 

 the latter as long as the thorax; abdomen finely punctured, and slightly 

 margined ; antennas pitchy, the 2 basal joints black ; palpi pale, with the 

 apical joint black. (L. 1§1.) Damp places: London district ; Suffolk: 4-6. 



3282 pusillus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 301. — Black; densely punctate; with 

 a slight whitish pile ; forehead deeply excavated ; thorax somewhat glo- 

 bose, roughly punctured, and with 2 basal foveas ; abdomen very finely 

 punctured, slightly margined ; antennas and palpi black, basal joint of the 

 latter testaceous. (L. 1 1.) Damp places: London district; Suffolk; 

 Devon: 4-6. 



3283 nanus Ste. M. v. 301. — Black, rather finely punctured; with a slight 

 palish pile; thorax elongate, the disc convex, not foveolated; elytra longer 

 than the thorax, foveolated ; abdomen robust, short ; legs dusky ; antennas 

 and palpi pitchy at the base. (L. 1 1.) Damp places: London district; 

 Woodland, Devon : 2-6. 



2. Legs pale, or pitchy. 



3284 phasopus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 288. — Black, finely punctured, with a 

 scanty, short, silvery pile; thorax rounded, globose, equal; elytra with an 

 oblong fovea in the middle of the base, flat near the suture ; legs pitchy ; 

 antennas testaceous, basal joint and club dusky ; palpi with base testaceous. 

 (L. I5 1.) Damp places: London district ; Suffolk; Norfolk; Devon : 4-8. 



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