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M.WDIBLLAT.^. COLlLOHTliJlA. 



groove ill the middle : elytra quadrate, slightly impressed at the base : legj 

 and base of the antennw testaceous. 



Taken in Battersea-Helds in April and May. 



Sp. 3. confinis. Nigra, nitida, antcnnis crassiusculis, hasi pedibusque rvjis, 

 ihoracc canalicidato. (Long. corp. 1§ lin.) 



Al. confinis. Kirby MSS. — Fa. confinis. Sieph. Caial. 260. No. 2583. 



Black, xhinhig, nearly glabrous: head suborbiculate, smaller than the thorax, 

 the latter obcordate, with a deep longitudinal central furrow: elytra 

 quadrate, pitchy-black : abdomen slightly attenuated at the base and apex : 

 legs rufous: an ten me rather stout, black, with the three basal joints nfms ; 

 the terminal one ovate-conic. 



Found in Norfolk and Suffolk ; apparently not very common. 



Sp. 4. obscura. Nigro-fusca, subsericea, antennis chjtris pedibusque rufescen- 

 tibus, thorace cordato, subfoveolato. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Al. obscura. Gravenhorst. — Fa. obscura. Steph. Catal. 260 . iVo. 2584. 



Fitchy-black, shining, nearly glabrous, smooth: head suborbicular, rather 

 narrower than the thorax, the latter obcordate, gibbous, with an obscure 

 dorsal fovea: elytra much broader than the thorax, brownish: abdomen 

 above twice as long as the elytra, with the apex piceous : legs ferruginous : 

 aniennce reddish, with the apical joints rather incrassated and brownish. 



Found in Battersea-fields and in other parts near London ; also in 

 SuiFolk and Norfolk. 



Sp. 5. nigra. Nigra, nitida, antennis pedibusque fusco-testaceis, thorace sub- 

 cordato, obsolete unisulcato. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 



Al. nigra. Gravenhorst.— Fa. nigra. Steph. Catal. 260. No. 2585. 



Black, shining, and very finely punctured; head nearly as broad as the thorax, 

 suborbiculate: thorax subcordate, with a single obsolete furrow in the 

 middle, terminating in a fovea behind : elytra pitchy -black ; abdomen with 

 the apex obtuse : legs slender, fusco-testaceous : antennw the same, and rather 

 stout, with the terminal joint ovate-acuminate. 



Found near Bristol, and in Suffolk. 



Sp. 6. picea. Nigro-picea, nitidissima, elytris apice, pedibus antennisque pal- 



lidioribus, thorace obcordato, postice canaliculato. (Long. corp. | lin.) 

 Al. picea. Gravenhorst. — Fa. picea. Steph. Catal. 260. No. 2586. 



Pitchy-black, very glossy, smooth : head suborbiculate, about as wide as the 

 thorax, the last obcordate, with an impression behind, sometimes rather 

 obsolete : elytra piceous, with the apex paler : abdomen broad, black : legs 

 rufescent : antennae pale piceous, with the terminal joint acute. 



Also taken near Bristol, and in Devonshire. 



