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the sides. Underside of thorax and antennx black. Ab- 
domen and legs brown. 
Length 2 lines. 
In moss, and occasionally by sweeping. 
2. strichnocera, Fieb. Fig. Fieb. Ent. Mon. pl. vii. 
fig. 4—7. 
Narrower than the preceding; sides of the thora 
scarcely dilated at all in front, oath only two rows of 
meshes; longitudinal crests each with one row. E lytra 
with the discal cell much shorter than in crassicornis. 
Sides with two rows of clear meshes. Beneath entirely 
black. Thighs black, brown at the apex; tibi and tarsi 
pale. Antenne with the second joint very long and thick; 
very rugose, with adpressed hairs. 
Length 2 lines. 
Moss, &c. 
3. fuliginosa, Cost. = Fiebert, Dougl. & Scott. Fig. Ent. 
Month. Mag. iv. pl. 1. fic, Ze 
A larger insect than either of the preceding, with much 
thinner antennae, and of a generally browner colour. Head 
black. Thorax pale, darker in front; sides conside- 
rably expanded and angulated anteriorly, with two rows 
of meshes near the base, three near the front angles; longi- 
tudinal crests, each with one row. Elytra_ “with larg ee 
meshes; discal cell very short. Sides with two rows of 
meshes, slightly sinuate behind the middle. Legs and 
antennz pale brown; apex of latter black. 
Length 23 lines. 
Weybridge, &c. 
ACALYPTA. 
I. Disk of thorax with only one keel se «. brunneda. 
If. Disk of thorax with three keels. 
A. Lateral crests touching the hood in front parvula. 
AA. Lateral crests abbreviated, not touching the 
hood. 
B. Sides of thorax with three rows of meshes 
in front; elytra with two rows o. Cervind. 
BB. Sides of thorax with two rows of meshes in 
front; elytra with one row— 
a. Sutural area with three rows of meshes nigrina. 
b. Sutural area with two rows of meshes macrophthalma. 
1. brunnea, Germ. =concinna, Dougl. & Scott. Fig. 
(concinna) Ent. Ann. 1863, fig. 5. 
Ochreous, largely punctured. Head brown... Thorax 
