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antennce rather long; JiUform, attenuated at the base, pubescent^ with the 

 terminal joint somewhat elliptic, and rather obtuse. 

 Antennae sometimes rufescent, or with the two basal joints alone rufous. 



Also found in Norfolk and Suffolk. 



Sp. 16. antennata. Nigra, nitidiuscula, elytris pedihusque sordide riifis, 

 antennis subfiliformibus corpore dimidio brevioribus, thorace subcanaliculaio. 

 (Long. corp. IJ lin.) 



Al. antennata. Kirby MSS.—Stevh. Catal. 261. No. 2611. 



Black, rather shining, smooth, finely pubescent: head somewhat rounded, 

 half as wide as the thorax, the latter a little longer than the head, some- 

 what truncate, and a little narrowed, in front, rounded behind, slightly 

 convex, with an obsolete furrow : elytra scarcely longer than the thorax, but 

 broader, dull testaceous : abdomen twice as long as the elytra, with the apex 

 acute, and piceous; legs dull rufous: antennae blach, nearly filiform, the 

 basal joints as little attenuated, and the terminal one somewhat elongate. 



Found within the metropolitan district, and also in Suffolk and 

 Norfolk. 



Sp. 17. pusUla. Nigra, antennis pedibus anoque rufescentibus, elytris thorace 



longioribus, hoc posticejbveolatl. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 J^l. pusilla. Gravenhorst. — Steph. Catal. 261. No. 2612. 



Black, slightly shining, very short, and finely pubescent : head suborbiculate, 

 rather narrower than the thorax : thorax scarcely longer than the head, as 

 broad as long, rounded anteriorly, truncate at the base, the latter with a 

 transverse Jbveola : elytra rather longer and broader than the thorax, very 

 thickly punctulated; abdomen twice as long as the elytra, with the apex tes- 

 taceous : legs testaceous: antennae pilose, rufous, with the terminal joint 

 subovate, acute. 



Antennae sometimes pitchy, and the apex of the abdomen black. 



Found in Scotland, and also in Suffolk, but not common. 



Sp. 18. angustata. Atra, nitida, angustata, pedibus Jlavescentibus, elytris abdo.- 



mineque basi et apice piceis. (Long. corp. H lin.) 

 Al. angustata. Kirby MSS.— Steph. Catal. 262. No. 2613. 



Very slender, black, shining, smooth : head scarcely narrower than the thorax, 

 suborbiculate : thorax truncate in front, rounded behind, convex, very deli- 

 cately punctulate : elytra rather flat, longer and rather broader than the 

 thorax, very finely punctulate and slightly pubescent, dull pitchy or obscure 

 rvj'ous : abdomen thrice as long as, and more slender than, the elytra, toith 

 the base and apex pitchy : legs yellow: antenna; pitchy at the base. 



Inliabits Suffolk, and also the vicinity of the metropolis. 



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