TACHYPORID.E. — ALEOCHARA. 123 



Black, rather shining-, slightly pubescent : head narrower than the thorax, 

 suborbiculate : thorax truncate in front, rounded behind, the disc somewhat 

 depressed, with a faint dorsal furrow, terminating behind in a slight fovea : 

 elytra dark pitchy, broader and rather longer than the thorax : abdomen 

 atrous, shining : legs pitchy-red : antennae rather long, slender, but incras- 

 sated at the apex, entirely black, the terminal joint obtuse. 



Inhabits the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 42. confinis. Atra, nitida, elytris pedibusque rufo-piceis, abdomine conico 



apice antennisque piceis. (Long. corp. |- lin.) 

 Al, confinis. Steph. Catal. 262. No. 2637. 



Black, shining, slightly pubescent : head narrower than the thorax, suborbi- 

 culate : thorax truncate in front, rounded behind, depressed, impunctate : 

 elytra scarcely longer than the thorax, but broader, entirely rvfo-piceous : 

 abdomen rather broad, about twice the length of the thorax, conic, with the 

 apex pitchy : legs entirely vn^o-piceovs : antennae piceous, rather short, and 

 stout, thickened exteriorly, with the terminal joint acute. 



Probably the Al. reptans of Gravenhorst. 



Taken within the metropolitan district, and in Norfolk. 



-f- ■f Elytra concolorous with the body. 



Sp. 43. carbonaria. Atra, nitidiuscula, thorace convexiusculo punctulato, antennis 



palpis pedibusque piceo-testaceis, elytris vigro-piceis. (Long. corp. I lin.) 

 Al. carbonaria. Klrby MSS — Steph. Catal. 262. No. 2638. 



Black, shining, slightly villose : head rather narrower than the thorax, subor- 

 biculate, smooth, thorax rather broader than long, truncate in front, rounded 

 behind, above convex, and punctulated : elytra rather longer, but scarcely 

 broader than the thorax, convex, punctulated, dull piceous, with the apex 

 paler : abdomen linear, smooth : legs pitchy : tibiae and tarsi dull reddish : 

 antennas shorter than the thorax, thickened exteriorly, pitchy black, with the 

 terminal joint conic. 



The legs are sometimes pale testaceous, as well as the antennae and palpi.. 



Found in Norfolk, Suffolk, and within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 44. subpubescens. Atra, pubescens, pedibus anterioribus tibiisque piceis, 



thorace posticl foveolato. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Al. subpubescens. Kirby MSS.— Steph. Catal. 262. No. 2639. 



Black, rather shining, slightly pubescent, very delicately punctulate : head 

 smooth, nearly as broad as the thorax, somewhat rounded : thorax scarcely 

 longer than the head, subtruncate in front, rounded behind, smooth, with a 

 foveola : elytra rather longer and broader than the thorax, pubescent, imma- 

 culate : abdomen above thrice as long as the elytra : anterior legs entirely 



