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MAXDIBULATA. COLF.OPTEllA. 



fSp. 19. contigua. N'tjira, olisnirinsculti, cli/ti Is jicdihusquc ruf'rsrcntihiis, cajiHc 

 thoraceqtie cajKiIiciihiiis. (Long. corp. 1^ liii.) 



Al. contigua. Kirhi/ MSS.—Sfcp/i. Cuial. 262. Xo. 261 4. 



Black, rather obscure, and finely pubescent: head a little narrower than the 

 thorax, the latter subcordate, being narrowed behind ; both head and fhorux 

 with a longitudinalj'nrruw : elytra scarcely longer than the thorax, entirely • 

 dull rufous; legs also rufous: antennce entirely black, with the articulations 

 very distinct and conspicuously perfoliated. 



In Mr. Kirby's collection : taken in Suffolk. 



Sp. 20. xanthoptera. Nigra, niiidiuscula, elytris pedihiisqve testaceis, uvtennis 

 articulo iiltimo eloiigato. (Long. corp. 1| — If lin.) 



AL xanthoptera. Kirhy MSS.—Steph. Catal. 262. Ah. 2615. 



Black, slightly shining: head a little narrower than the thorax, rounded, with 

 a very delicate piceous-black pubescence : thorax scarcely longer than the 

 head, subtruncate in front and narrowed, rounded behind, with a delicate 

 brown-black pile: elytra a little longer and broader than the thorax, dull 

 testaceous, or pale fuscescent, with the base towards the suture dusky, and 

 the outer posterior angles with a dusky cloud : abdomen shining, rather 

 above twice as long as the elytra, with the apex piceous : legs testa-ceous- 

 yeilow : anteniKE dusky, with the base rufous ; the outer joints incrassated, 

 the extreme joint elongate. 



The antennae, elytra, and apex of the abdomen, are sometimes black. 



Less rare than some of the foregoing species, but apparently not 

 very common. " In the sap of oak, and in boleti, &c." — Kirhy 

 MSS. " On the sand-hills (near Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 21. vicina. Nigra, nitida, elytris disco tibiis tarsisque rifescentihus, 



antennis articulo ultimo elongato. (Long. corp. 1§ lin.) 

 Al. vicina. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 262. A'o. 2616. 



Black, shining, smooth: head narrov/er than the thorax, subcordate, with a 

 delicate pile : thorax scarcely longer than the head, narrowed and subtrun- 

 cate in front, rounded behind, somewhat depressed, finely pubescent, with a 

 fovea at the base: elytra slightiy pubescent, longer and broader than the, 

 thorax, black, with the disc dull rufous : abdomen twice as long as the 

 elytra, slightly pubescent : legs rufous, with the femora black : antennce 

 longer than the thorax, with the apex thickened, the tc7-minal joint elongated, 

 entirely black. 



Also found in boleti, &c. in Suffolk and Norfolk, and I believe 

 near London. 



Sp. 22. consimilis. Atra, nitida, punctulata, elyti-is planiusculis obscurofuscis, 



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

 Al. consimilis. Kirhy MSS.— Steph. Catal. 262. No. 2617. 



