120 MAXDIBIJLATA. COl.KOPTEnA. 



and lounclcd behind, //•///( a faint j'uvca hcfure the scidcllum : ehitra longei', 

 but scarcely broader than the thorax, jufcfiif hhtrk: Icf^s icxtaccuiix-j/i'llow : 

 (infciuia: longer than the thorax, scarcely thickened towards tlie apex, picvoux, 

 ■with the base rtij'ous, the terminal joint oblong-ovate. 



Also found in Suffolk, and occasionally near the metropolis. 



Sp. 32. nigricornis. Atrri, ohscvriuscula, pedihvs lividis, ihorace suhcunaliculato, 

 antennis hasi riifcscentibns. (Long. corp. l.'f lin.) 



Al. nigricornis. Kirhy MSS.—Steph. Catal. 262. A'o. 2627. 



Black, clothed with a slight dingy pubescence : head rather narrower than the 

 thorax, suborbiculate : thorax as broad as lonr, truncate in front, rounded 

 behind, very obscurely punctulated, with a faint dorm! Jm-ruw behind: 

 elytra longer and broader than the thorax, very much punctulated, and 

 rather flat: abdomen above twice as long as the thorax, linear, glossy ; 

 legs livid, testaceous : antenncB black,' nearly as long as the thorax, and slightly 

 thickened at the apex, the terminal joint subconic-acute, the base ruj'escevt. 



Not uncommon within the metropohtan district. " In the boletus 

 of the ashr— Kirhy MSS. 



Sp. 33. nigripalpis. Atra, nitidiuscula, ehjtris piceis, pedibus lividis, thoi^ace 



havd canaliculato. (Long. corp. 1^^ lin.) 

 Al. nigripalpis. Kirhy MSS.—Steph. Catal. 262. No. 2628. 



Black, slightly shining : head scarcely narrower than the thorax, suborbicu- 

 late : thorax truncate in front, rounded behind, very minutely punctulate : 

 elytra slightly longer and broader than the thorax, shining, pitchy : abdomen 

 above twice as long as the elytra, shining : legs pale : antennae and palpi 

 black. 



Allied to the preceding; from which it, however, differs in wanting the chan- 

 nel on the thorax. 



Taken in Norfolk, and " near Barham." — Kirby MSS. 



tSp. 34. Brassicse. Atra, nitidiuscula, elytris, antennis basi pedibusque flavidis, 



thorace canaliculato. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Al. Brassicffi. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 262. JVo. 2629. 



Black, slightly shining, with a dusky somewhat silken pubescence, smooth : 

 head rather narrower than the thorax, triangular-orbiculate : thorax rather 

 broader than long, truncate in front, rounded behind, the back very obso- 

 letely punctulated, with a faint channel behind: elytra rather broader and 

 longer than the thorax, subquadrate, dullfulvous-jeWow : abdomen shining 

 linear, above twice the length of the elytra : legs fulvescent : antennae black, 

 with the two first joints rufous, the terminal one subconic : palpi rufescent. 



The only examples I have seen of this species were taken " under 

 putrid cabbage at Barham." — Kirhy MSS. 



