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head, truncate anteriorly, with the angles deflexed, rounded, and broader 

 behind, with an obsolete dorsal line: abdomen rather glossy, linear, recurved, 

 with the apex somewhat acute: legs piceous, with the femora blackish: 

 antennae geniculated, with the terminal joint ovate, and rather obtuse. 



Not common : found in Suffolk, " on the banks of the Orwell." 

 —Kirhy MSS. "Mount Edgecombe." — Dr. Leach. 



Sp. 10. micans. Nigra, se7'iceo-mican$, antennis pedibusque piceis, abdomine 

 nitido. (Long. corp. 1| lin.) 



Al. micans. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 261. No. 2605. 



Black, smooth, clothed with a somewhat dense golden glossy s\\\ien pubescence : 

 head subtriangular, narrower than the thorax, very delicately punctured 

 with a smooth longitudinal line: thorax transverse, with the posterior 

 angles rounded, and an obscure longitudinal dorsal line: elytra nearly as 

 long as the thorax, and as broad, quadrate : abdomen more glossy than the 

 rest of the body : legs piceous ; tarsi rufous : antennae piceous, with the 

 terminal joint turbinate-obtuse. 



Also found in Suffolk, and occasionally in Norfolk. " Taken on 

 Crwmlyn-burrows." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 11. Kirbii. Nigra, aureo'sericeo micans, elytris apice piceis, pedihus piceis, 

 geniculis tarsisque rufescentibus. (Long. corp. 2 — 2f lin.) 



Al. Kirbii. Steph. Catal. 261. iVo. 2606. 



Black, clothed with a rather dense golden-siWij pubescence : head suborbiculate, 

 nearly as wide as the thorax, slightly convex : thorax transverse, subtrun- 

 cate in front, rounded behind : elytra scarcely as long as, but broader than, 

 the thorax, dusky, with the apex pitchy : abdomen broad linear, shining 

 black : legs pitchy-black, with the Joints and the tarsi reddish : antennce 

 short, stout, deep black, much incrassated at the apex, the terminal joint 

 ovate, acute. 



I have great satisfaction in naming this large and conspicuous species after my 



• friend the Rev. W. Kirby. 

 Apparently very rare: it has been captured near London. I 



have specimens from Devonshire, captured near "Mount Edge- 

 combe." — Leach MSS. 



Sp. 12. crassicornis. Nigra, nitidiuscula, subpubescens, thorace antice latiori, 

 antennis crassis tarsisque ferrugineis. (Long. corp. If lin.) 



Al. crassicornis. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 261. No. 2607. 



Rather broad and stout, black, slightly glossy, with a short silken pubescence : 

 head' narrower than the thorax, subtriangular, smooth, inflexed : thorax 

 subquadrate, broadest in front, very minutely and finely punctured, with the 



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