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3393 sulculum Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 336. — Black ; rather shining; glabrous; 

 punctulated ; head smoothish ; thorax with a distinct dorsal channel ; 

 elytra pitchy, punctate -striate, outer angles rounded ; abdomen broad, 

 smooth, tip pitchy-red; legs red; antennas dusky, base pale. (L.|l.) 

 Hedges : London district ; Bristol ; Norfolk : 4-6. 



3394 nitidum Ste. M. v. 337. — Deep shining black; glabrous; thorax 

 slightly convex, impunctate, widest behind, hinder angles rounded and 

 somewhat pitchy ; elytra deep pitchy-black, obscurely punctured ; ab- 

 domen with the tip rather obtuse; legs and antennae pitchy. (L. 1. 1.) 

 Hedges: London district : 4-6. 



3395 ophthalmicum Pk. F. iii. 409. — Ste. M. v. 339. — Testaceous ; 

 finely punctured ; head smooth ; eyes prominent, black ; thorax without a 

 dorsal channel ; elytra thrice the length of the thorax, yellowish, glossy ; 

 abdomen deep black ; tip of antennae black. (L. ^-1 1.) Flowers: London 

 district ; Suffolk ; Raehills : 4-6. 



3396 torquatum Marsh, i. 127. — Ste. M. v. 339. — Si. semicoleoptrata 

 Pz. F. xxiv. f. 6. ? — Dull red ; glabrous ; back of the head and eyes 

 black ; thorax truncate in front, the disc with an obscure furrow ; elytra 

 twice as long as the thorax, finely and thickly punctured, yellowish ; ab- 

 domen, breast, and antennae black, base of the latter, legs, and palpi testa- 

 ceous. (L. 1 1.) 



$ ? Om. mucronatum Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 339. — Elytra with a spine at 

 the apex, which is obliquely truncate. Flowers : London and Edinburgh 

 districts ; Norfolk ; Suffolk ; S. Wales : 4-6. 



3397 brunneum Ste. M. v. 340. — Red-brown ; shining glabrous ; head 

 dusky or black, with 2 distinct basal foveae ; thorax glossy-red, finely punc- 

 tured, and with 2 basal foveae ; elytra rather long, punctured, the punctures 

 disposed in striae ; abdomen with the edges of the segments reddish ; legs 

 and antennae dull red, tip of latter dusky. (L. 1^ 1.) Flowers: London 

 district : 4-6. 



3398 minutum Fab. E. i. 342. — An. Ranunculi Ste. M. v. 337. — Black, 

 rather shining and glabrous ; head slightly punctured ; mouth reddish ; 

 thorax with the sides expanded and flat, minutely punctured ; elytra 

 pitchy, or fuscous, distinctly punctured, the apex in the S truncate, in the 



$> with a spine ; abdomen acute ; legs and base of antennae testaceous. 

 (L. i-Hl.) 

 Var. ? An. picipenne Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 337. — More slender, flattish ; 

 elytra livid-black, or pitchy ; legs tawny. Flowers : London district ; 

 Yorkshire; Suffolk; Norfolk; Devon; S. Wales; 4-7. 



3399 ruficorne Marsham. — Ste. M. v. 338. — Broad ; pitchy-red ; rather 

 glossy ; glabrous ; thorax punctured, with a faint dorsal channel, the 

 margins pitchy-red ; elytra roughly punctured, the punctures somewhat 

 disposed in striae, outer angles curved, inner acute ; abdomen short, black, 

 acute ; legs and antennae red, tips of the latter dusky. (L. li 1.) Hedges : 

 London district : 6 



34 DO Sorbi Gyll ii. 206. — Ste. M. v. 338. — Testaceous; sparingly and 

 finely punctured ; eyes black ; thorax deeply notched in front, with an 

 obscure channel ; elytra twice the length of the thorax, testaceous-yellow ; 

 abdomen black ; 4 terminal joints of antennae dusky. (L. 2-1 1.) 



Var. Si. lutea Marsh, i. 128. — Ste. M. v. 33S. _ Reddish testaceous, 

 elytra pale yellow ; tip of antennae black ; abdomen testaceous. Flowers : 

 London district ; Devon ; Suffolk ; Raehills ; S. Wales : 4-6. 



3401 ruficolle Pz. F. xxv. f. 5 Ste. M. v. 340. — Rusty-red ; glabrous ; 



head black ; thorax yellowish-red, with a distinct dorsal channel, and 2 

 basal impressions ; elytra yellowish, twice as long as the thorax, thickly 



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