TACHYPORID.E. ALEOCHAllA. Il9 



Sp. 28. sericoptera. JVigra, pubescens, thorace anticc latiori, elytris fuscis, 



pedihus flavis, palpis nigricantibus. (Long. corp. li lin.) 

 Al. sericoptera. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 262. No. 2623. 



Black, slightly shining^ smooth, glossed with a short dusky pubescence : head 

 rather narrower than the thorax, orbiculate-ovate ; thorax rather widest 

 and truncate anteriorly, rounded behind : elytra rather longer and broader 

 than the thorax, quadrate, flat, fuscous, and more pubescent than the rest 

 of the body : abdomen shining, thrice as long as the elytra : legs yellow : 

 antennae longer than the thorax, with the apex slightly thickened, pitchy- 

 red, the first joint rufous, the last ovate-acute: palpi dusky, or black. 



Taken in Suffolk and Norfolk, and also in the vicinity of the 

 metropolis. 



Sp. 29. linearis. Nigro-picea, elytris dilutioribus, thorace prqfunde canalicu- 



lato, antennis basi pedibusque rufis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Al. linearis. Gravenhorst ? — Al. striola. Stejih. Catal. 262. No. 262^. 



Pitchy-black, rather obscure, glabrous, smooth : head rather narrower than the 

 thorax, suborbiculate, with a central longitudinal channel : mouth and palpi 

 rufous : thorax as broad as long, subtruncate in front, rounded behind, the 

 back with a deep furrow : elytra rather longer and broader than the thorax, 

 very much, punctulate, ^nelj pubescent, fuscous, or livid- fuscous: legs rufous: 

 antennae pilose, slightly thickening to the apex, with the base rufous, the ter- 

 minal joint ovate-acute. 



Found in the winter " in Norfolk."" — Kirby MSS. 



Sp. 30. angustula .'' Afra, nitidiuscula, pilosula, antennis basi pedibusque ferru- 



gineis,fronte impressa, thorace postice subcanaliculato. (Long. corp. If lin.) 

 Al. angustula. Gravenhorst?— Al.pWosella.. Steph. Catal. 262. No. 2625. 



Rather broad, black, a little glossy, finely punctured, pilose, but not pubescent, 

 head narrower than the thorax, triangular-suborbiculate, with a deep and 



- large impression on the forehead: mouth porrect: thorax subquadrate, 

 broadest before the middle, with an obsolete, but broad, furrow at the base : 

 elytra broader and longer than the thorax, convex, more punctulate than the 

 rest of the body: abdomen above twice the length of, and narrower than, 

 the elytra, smooth: legs ferruginous, with the tibiae and tarsi paler: antenna; 

 thickened exteriorly, pubescent, pitchy-black, with the base rufous, the inter- 

 mediate joints companulate, the apical one longer, acute. 



Taken in Suffolk and Norfolk, and occasionally near London. 



Sp. 31. foveolaris. Nig7-a, subpubescens, antennis basi pedilmsque rufl«, thorace 



postice foveold impressa. (Long. corp. 1|^ lin.) 

 Al. foveolaris. Kirby MSS. — Sieph. Catal. 2G2. No. 2626. 



Black, shining, smooth, clothed with a very short, obscure, pubescence: head 

 suborbiculate, rather narrower than the thorax ; the latter truncate in front 



