STEVUS. EV>ESTHETUS. 415 



deeply punctured ; abdomen slightly margined ; legs pale testaceous; palpi 

 testaceous, tip dusky ; antennas pale, the hasal and 3 apical joints black. 

 (L. \\ 1. ) Damp places : London district : 4-6. 



3314 Marshami Ste. M. v. 284. — Black, minutely and thickly punctured ; 

 with a short whitish pile ; legs, antenna?, and palpi pale red, tips of thighs 

 and base of antenna? dusky. (L. 1^1.) Damp places : London district : 

 4-6. 



3315 brunnipes Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 285. — Black, somewhat glabrous; 

 finely punctured; thorax obcordate ; legs pitchy-brown; antenna? and 

 palpi black. (L. 1|-1| 1. ) Damp places; London district; Bristol; 

 Devon : 2-5. 



3316 curvipes Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 285. — Black ; slightly shining; thickly 

 punctured ; thorax globose; abdomen slightly margined; legs pitchy-red, 

 hinder tibia? bent at the base; antennae pitchy- black ; palpi black. (L. 

 l£ 1.) Damp places : London district ; Norfolk : 4-6. 



b. Legs black. 



3317 nigriclavis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 285. — Black; thickly punctured; 

 densely clothed with whitish pile : thorax cylindric, somewhat ovate, rough- 

 ened with closely set punctures ; legs totally black ; antenna? red ; 2 basal 

 joints and club black ; palpi red, with the apex black. (L. 2\ 1.) Damp 

 places : London district ; Suffolk ; Norfolk ; Bristol ; Devon : 4-6. 



3318 tarsalis Gyll. ii. 472. — Ste. M. v. 286. — Bluish-black; thickly punc- 

 tured ; clothed with a short thick silvery pile ; abdomen rather finely 

 punctured ; legs black ; tarsi dilated, pale testaceous ; palpi testaceous, tip 

 dusky ; antenna? pale testaceous, basal joint black, 3 apical ones dusky. 

 (L. 211.) 



Var. ? St. rufitarsis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 286. — Tarsi, antenna?, and palpi 

 red, tips of the 2 last pitchy or dusky ; mandibles reddish. 



Var.? St. flavitarsis Wilkin. ? — Ste. M. v. 286. — Tarsi reddish-yellow; an- 

 tenna? and palpi pale testaceous, with black tips. Damp places : London 

 district ; Norfolk ; Suffolk ; Darenth ; New Forest : 4-7. 



3319 unicolor Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 286. — Black; slightly shining; punc- 

 tured; glabrous; thorax rounded; abdomen finely punctured, base of the 

 segments flat ; legs, antenna?, and palpi black, basal joint of the last some- 

 times yellowish. (L. 1| L) Damp places: Battersea fields; Norfolk; 

 Suffolk, &c. : 4-6. 



3320 assimilis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 287. — Black ; slightly shining ; glabrous ; 

 punctured ; thorax somewhat glabrous ; elytra convex ; abdomen linear, 

 cylindric, finely punctured; legs fuscous; antenna? and palpi black. (L. 1 1.) 

 Damp places : London district ; Suffolk ; Woodland, Devon : 2-6. 



3321 fornicatus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 287. — Black; rather shining ; scantily 

 clothed with a fine shortish pile ; roughly punctured ; thorax nearly 

 glabrous, convex ; elytra convex, arched ; abdomen conic ; antenna? and 

 palpi black, base of the latter pale. (L. 1± 1.) 



Var. ? St. crassus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 287. — Thorax somewhat obcordate ; 

 abdomen faintly margined; legs fuscous. Damp places: London district; 

 Suffolk : 2-6. 



3322 gracilis Ste. M. v. 288. — Slender; deep black; minutely punctured; 

 with a short whitish pile ; thorax somewhat glabrous ; elytra with a faint 

 ridge at the base ; legs and palpi black ; antenna? pale, basal and 3 apical 

 joints fuscous. (L. lg 1.) Damp places : London district : 4-6. 



653 Evjesthetus Gravenhorst. 



3323 scaber Grav. Mo. 202. — Ahr. F. vii. f. 13. — Ste. M. v. 329. — 

 Black ; obscure ; minutely punctured : head flattish, dull brown, or tes- 



