TACHYrOllID.E. ALEOCHAEA. 1 21 



-Sp. 35. siilcifrons. JVigra, tramosericea, antennis longissimis pedibusqne rvfes- 



centibus, capite thoraceque canaliculatis. (Long. corp. IJlin.) 

 Al. sulci ''rons. Eirhy MSS.—Steph. Catal.2Q'i. iN'o. 2630. 



Moderately broad, hluck, shining, with a slight obscure pubescence: head 

 scarcely narrower than the thorax, orbiculate, very minutely punctulated, 

 with an obsolete furrow in the middle : thorax subquadrate, a little broadest 

 before the middle, truncate in front, rounded behind, very minutely 

 punctulated, and with a faint dorsal channel : elytra broader and rather 

 longer than the thorax, dull piceous, rather densely pubescent, depressed, 

 and pimctulated : abdomen rather glossy, nearly twice as long as the 

 elytra: legs reddish: antennce long, A\A\ ferruginous , slightly increasing in 

 stoutness to the apex : the basal joint thickened and rounded, the apical 

 one oblong-ovate. 



Taken near London ; in Devonshire, Norfolk, &c. " Barham in 

 M2ijr—Kirhy MSS. " On the Crwmlyn sand-hills."— Z. W, 

 Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 36. terminalis. Nigra, obscvriuscula, antennis crassiusculis brunneis, arti- 



ctdo extimo elongato, elytris pedibusque testaceis. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Al. terminalis. Gravenhorst. — Steph. Catal. 262. No. 2631. 



Rather broad, black, obscure, slightly pubescent : head scarcely narrower than 

 the thorax, suborbiculate : thorax orbiculate-quadrate, slightly convex, 

 scarcely punctulated, and with a very obsolete dorsal furrow : elytra longer 

 and rather broader than the thorax, rufous-brown : abdomen linear, as broad 

 as the elytra, and nearly twice as long, shining: legs slightly testaceous: 

 antennae rather stout, distinctly thickened at the apex, glabrous, brown, the 

 penultimate joznf longer than the preceding, the terminal very long, equal in 

 length to the three preceding, oblong. 



Taken near Hertford, and in Suffolk by the Rev. W. Kirby. 



Sp. 37. nitidiuscula. Piceo-atra, nitidiuscula, antennis basi pedibusque rufo' 



piceis, elytris piceis, capite nigro. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Al. nitidiuscula. Steph. Catal. 262. No. 2632. 



Pitchy-black, slightly shining, and a little pubescent : head rather narrower 

 than the thorax, suborbiculate, black : thorax truncate in front, rounded 

 behind, a little convex, impunctate : elytra rather longer and wider than the 

 thorax, pitchy : abdomen above twice the length of the elytra, rather glossy 

 black, and deeply margined, the apex somewhat piceous : legs pale rif'o- 

 piceous : antennce rather long, slightly thickened exteriorly, dark piceous, 

 with the base rufo'piceous ; the terminal joint obtuse. 



Found in the neighbourhood of London. 



