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3. C. RUBicuNDA, Erich. 



Rufo-picea, subtilissime punctulata, subtiliter cinereo-pubes- 

 cens, capite abdomineque segmentis 4: et 5 fuscis; thorace 

 subovato, basi leviter foveolato, abdomine supra subtilissime 

 punctata. Long. 1^ lin. 

 Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Steph., QQ. 

 Rather less than small individuals of G. nigricollis, much more 

 finely punctulate throughout. Body piceo-testaceous, rather 

 shining, with a slight fine pubescence. Antennse straight, a little 

 longer than the head and thorax, slender at the base, and gradually 

 increasing to a moderate thickness outwardly, about that of those 

 of A. longitarsis, the joints compact, 2nd and 3rd joints equal, 

 the last large, oblong-ovate equal to the two preceding, its apex 

 blunt; rufous, towards the base testaceous. Palpi and mouth 

 dilute testaceous. Head a little narrower than the thorax, shortly 

 ovate, the base rather strongly constricted, thickly and finely 

 punctate, convex, piceous, shining, Thorax narrower than the 

 elytra, rather long, the sides before the middle and the anterior 

 angles rounded, rather narrowed from before the middle to the 

 base, rather convex, thickly and very finely punctulate, with a 

 very minute foveola before the scutellum, not so shining, dull 

 ferrugineo-piceous. Elytra scarcely longer than the thorax, sub- 

 depressed, thickly and finely punctate, coloured like the thorax. 

 Abdomen punctured equally finely with the rest of the body, first 

 three segments above strongly depressed across the base, 4th and 

 5th nigro-fuscous. Legs pale testaceous. 



One specimen from the Ravensworth woods. — J. H. April. 



171. OcALEA, Erichson. 

 1. 0. PICATA, Kirby. 



Steph. Manual, No. 2757. — Aleochara picata, Steph. Illust., 

 Mand., v., 125. — Ocalea castanea, Erichson, Gen. et Spec. 

 Staph., 60. 

 Under herbage, and withered leaves, in damp woods. Ravens- 

 worth woods, and the woods above Swalwell. — J. H. March — 

 November. 



It sometimes causes its antennae to vibrate like those of Myr- 



