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rest of the legs black; antenna? rusty, base black, palpi pale. (L. 2 1.) 

 Damp places : London district ; Devon : 4-6. 



3295 gonymelas Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 291. — Brassy-black, punctured, nearly 

 glabrous ; thorax longish, roughly punctured, and obscurely foveolated ; 

 elytra longer than the thorax, coarsely punctured, and impressed at the 

 base ; legs reddish, apical half of the thighs black ; antennas short ; palpi 

 reddish, tip black. (L. 2 1.) Damp places: London district; and gene- 

 rally distributed : 0. 



3296 Aceris Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 292. — Slender ; brassy-black ; punctu- 

 lated ; nearly glabrous ; forehead slightly 2-canaliculated ; thorax obscurely 

 foveolated ; elytra faintly impressed ; abdomen slightly margined ; legs 

 tawny-yellow ; apex of the hinder thighs sometimes dusky ; antennae yel- 

 lowish, club dusky; palpi yellow. (L. 2 1.) Damp places: London dis- 

 trict ; Suffolk ; Devon ; Scotland : 4-6. 



3297 Juncorum Leach. — Ste. M. v. 292. — Shining black, with a brassy 

 tinge; punctured; thorax short, slightly foveolated at the base; elytra 

 faintly impressed; abdomen a little margined; legs pale, hinder thighs 

 with the apex broadly black, base of hinder tibia? black ; palpi and middle 

 of antennae pale, base and apex of the latter black. (L. 2 1.) Damp 

 places : London district ; in Battersea fields ; Devon ; Bristol ; Crwrnlyn 

 Bog, &c. : 3-5. 



3298 nitidiusculus Kirby. — Ste M. v. 292, — Black ; shining, very thickly 

 punctured, and clothed with a scanty silvery pile ; thorax rather long, with 

 2 smooth basal impressions, elytra finely punctured and foveolated towards 

 the base ; abdomen slightly margined ; legs testaceous ; apex of thighs and 

 base of tibiae dull black ; antennae and palpi testaceous, tipped with black. 

 (L. 2jl.) Damp places : London district ; Suffolk: 3-5. 



3299 punctatissimus Ste. M. v. 293. — Black, shining, very thickly and finely 

 punctured ; thorax with a faint dorsal channel ; abdomen strongly margined ; 

 legs pale, with the extreme tip of the thighs and the base of the tibiae and 

 tarsi black ; antennae fuscous, with the 2 basal joints black ; palpi pale. 

 (L. 2£ 1.) Damp places: London district ; Suffolk; Norfolk; Bristol; 

 Spitehweek, Devon. : 4-6. 



3300 nigricornis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 293. — Black, opaque, very thickly 

 punctured ; thorax attenuated at both ends the disc with an obsolete 

 channel ; elytra roughly punctured ; legs livid testaceous, knees and tarsi 

 blackish; palpi livid. (L. 2^ 1.) Damp places : London district ; Ban- 

 tham, Devon ; and generally distributed : . 



3301 Boops Grav. Mo. 227. — Ste. M. v. 293. — Black ; opaque ; thickly 

 punctured ; front with 2 deep grooves ; thorax widest in the middle, 

 with a distinct dorsal channel ; legs dusky black, with the base of the 

 thighs and tip of the tibiae testaceous ; antennae fuscous, with the basal 

 joint obscure; palpi testaceous with the tip dusky. (L. 2\ 1.) 



Var. St. clavicornis Fab. E. S. ii. 527.? — Ste. M.x. 294. — Legs tawny, 

 with the tips of the thighs and the tarsi black ; palpi tawny. Damp 

 places : London district ; Norfolk ; Bristol ; S. Wales, &c. : 4-6. 



3302 atricornis Ste. M. v. 294. — Black ; shining, thickly punctured ; thorax 

 unequal, with a basal impression ; elytra finely punctured, with the sur- 

 face even ; legs tawny ; apex of thighs, base of tibiae, and the tarsi dusky ; 

 antennae and palpi black. (L. 2^-3 1.) Damp places: London district; 

 Suffolk; Norfolk; Devonshire: 4-6. 



3303 canaliculars Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 294. — Black ; rather obscure ; 

 roughly punctured ; forehead with 2 slight channels ; thorax with an 

 obscure central fovea, and slightly foveolated on the disc : abdomen with 

 a short longitudinal ridge at the base of its segments ; legs livid testaceous ; 



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