122 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Sp. 38. femorata. Atra, nitidiuscvla, dytris picels, anguUs posficis nigrica'i' 

 tibus, pedilius pallidis, fcmoribus suhmcrassatis fusco-piccis. ( Long. corp. 

 U lin.) 



Al. femorata. Marsham MSS.—Steph. Catal. 262. No. 2633. 



Black, slightly shining, and a little pubescent : head narrower than the thorax, 

 suborbiciilate : thorax truncate in front, rounded behind, rather flat, 

 hnpunctate : elytra longer and broader than the thorax, pale piceous, with 

 a dusky cloud on the hinder angles : abdomen linear, glossy, with the sides 

 strongly margined: legs pale; femora rather incrassated, especially the 

 posterior, pitchy-brown : antennae black, subfiliform, with the terminal 

 joint acute. 

 Also found within the metropolitan district, and obtained from 



the Marshamian Cabinet. 



Sp. 39. consobrina. Nigra, nitidiuscula, elyiris rufo-piceis, suturd basi lateri- 

 husque nigricantibus, pedibus rufo-piceis, abdominis apice piceo. (Long, 

 corp. 1| lin.) 



Al. consobrina. Steph. Catal. 262. No. 2634. 



Black, slightly shining and pubescent : head suborbiculate, black : thorax 

 wider than the head, truncate in front, rounded behind, with a faint im-. 

 pression at the base : elytra wider and longer than the thorax, pitchy-red^ 

 with the suture at the base and the lateral margins dusky : abdomen shining, 

 nearly thrice as long as the elytra, with the apex pitchy; legs entirely 

 pitchy-red : antennae rather stout, short, black, with the terminal joint 

 obtuse. 



Found within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 40. testaceipes. Atra, nitidiuscula, glabriuscula, elytris pedibusque lividis, 



antennis crassioribus atris. (Long. corp. l^rlin.) 

 Al. ochropa. Steph. Catal. 262. No. 2635. 



Black, shining, rather glabrous : head somewhat orbiculate, narrower than 

 the thorax; the latter truncate in front, rounded behind, somewhat 

 depressed, impunctate: elytra considerably longer and broader than the 

 thorax, depressed, of a livid pitchy hue, with the hinder exterior angles 

 dusky, abdomen rather broad, with the apex acute, slightly piceous : legs of' 

 a pale livid hue : antennce rather stout, thickened at the apex, and totally 

 black. 



Also taken within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 41. caliginosa. Atra, subnitida, elytris ati-o-jnceis, pedibus rufo-piceis, 



ihorace obsolete canaliculato. (Long. corp. ]i lin.) 

 Al. caliginosa. Steph. Catal. 262. No. 2636. 



