puncture at the top : elytra scarcely broader than the thorax, depressed, with a 
puncture on the middle of the 2nd stria, one towards the base of the 3rd and 
another between them towards the apex: tarsi castaneous, tibiae darker: 
5 lines long. 
July, Cumberland and near Belfast. 
5. Nigrita Fab. — Panz. 11. 11. — aterrimus Mars. — confluens Panz. 30. 22. var. 
Duller black : thorax convex, ovate, truncated before and behind, posterior 
angles a little pointed (fig. T), with a large punctured fovea on each side and 
foveolae on the elytra as in O. Anthracinus : 5, 5-i- lines long. 
Everywhere, all the year round, under stones and moss, at the 
roots of trees in damp places, on reeds, &c. 
6. rufifemoratus Ste. 
Similar to O. Nigrita, but the thighs are ferruginous and the elytra in my spe- 
cimen have the same tinge towards the apex, of which the antennae also par- 
take at their extremity : 5 lines long. 
I am indebted to Mr. Haliday for my specimen, which he took 
with a few others near Belfast. 
7. rotundicollis Ste. 
“ Deep glossy black : thorax with the sides regularly rounded from the base 
to the apex, the posterior angles very obtuse ; the base on each side with two 
short but deep channels : elytra deeply sulcate-striate, the striae smooth; on 
the disc three deeply impressed dots : 5 lines. 
Found near London.” Ste. August and September, Isle of Bute 
and New Lanark. 
8. sulcatus Ste. — Pennata D<?/\ Spec. Col. 3. 270. 63. 
“ Winged ; black : thorax subquadrate, somewhat narrowed behind, and punc- 
tate on both sides ; at the base, near each angle, are two short striae and a 
fovea ; elytra oblong, nearly parallel, deeply striated, rather obscure, and with 
two dorsal impressions on each : 6 — 8 lines. 
cc Taken on the Welsh Mountains.” Step . 
9. tetricus Hal. 
Black, shining, thorax a little narrowed behind, the basal angles right-angled, 
with a large fovea on each side as in O. Nigrita : elytra deeply striate-punc- 
tate, the 2nd with two, the 3rd with one puncture, inclining to castaneous at 
the apex : wings ample : 4-*- lines. 
Discovered by Mr. Haliday, I believe near Belfast. 
10. laevigatus Ste. — laevicollis Duft. 
“ Very glossy black : head very smooth, impunctate, with an impression on 
each side of the forehead: thorax very glossy, smooth, subcordate, impunctate 
behind, with two longitudinal striae, the inner longest : elytra rather deeply 
striated, the striae obsoletely punctate, with three impressed dots on the disc, 
and a marginal series : body beneath black : antennae, legs, and palpi pitchy 
rust-colour: 3^- lines.” Step. 
Battersea Fields, Mr. Waterhouse. 
11. minor Dej. Icon. Col. Eur.pl. 135./. 2. — Anthracinus Gyll.2.p. 89. No. 9. 
“ Winged, black ; thorax subcordate, punctured, subfoveolated and bistriated 
on both sides: elytra oblong, subparallel, striated, the striae obscurely punctate, 
with three impressed punctures ; antennae and legs piceous, apex of the male 
with an obscure elevated line : 3, 3-J- lines.” Dej. 
Like O. Anthracinus, but much smaller: the first joint of the an- 
tennae is rufous and the base of the three following of the same co- 
lour. I have several specimens, taken I believe in the North. 
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