124 MANDIBULATA — COLEOPTERA. 



jAtchy, posterior pitchy, wifh black femora ; tarsi paler : antenna? longer 

 than the thorax, t-ubfiliform, blaclc, with the basal joint elongate. 

 Taken within the metropolitan district; also in Suffolk and 

 Norfolk. " In putrid fungi at Penllergarc."— L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 45. rufitarsis. Alra, nitidiuscula, sericeo-subpuhescens, tarsis rvfis, thorace 



posiici puncfo gemino impresso. (Long. corp. I5 lin.) 

 Al. rufitarsis. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 263. No. 2640. 

 Black, rather shining, clothed with a delicate silky pubescence : head rather 



narrower than the thora.x, very finely and delicately punctulate, suborbicu- 



late : thorax rather broader than long, subtruncate in front, rounded behind, 

 ' very finely and thickly punctulate, with two larger punctures, or J'uvca', 



behind: elytra longer and broader than the thorax, quadrate, very thickly 



and finely punctulate : abdomen linear, rather narrower than the elytra, 

 ■ beneath with a griseous pubescence : legs black, iviih rnjhus tarsi : antennae 



longer than the thorax, slightly thickened exteriorly, with the terminal 



joint oblong-obtuse. 



Taken in Suffolk, Devonshire, and within the metropolitan 

 district. 



Sp. 46. foveola. Atra, nitidiuscula, femorihus fuscus, iibiis rvfis, thorace 



foveolato. (Long. corp. l^ — If lin.) 

 Al. foveola. Leach MSS.—Steph. Catal. 263. No. 2641. 



Black, rather shining : head narrower than the thorax, smooth, rounded : 

 thorax subtruncate in front, widened behind, with a fovea at the base : elytra 

 a little broader and longer than the thorax, pubescent: abdomen shining: 

 Je mora fuscous : tibiae more or less rufous or pitchy ; tarsi piceous : antennae 

 black, somewhat filiform, the terminal joint rather long, acute. 



Rare ; found near Hertford, and in South Wales, " near Swan- 

 sea."" — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



2. With the body pale or fuscous (thorax rather flat and rounded). 



Sp. 47. lunulata. Rufa, subpuhescens , capite elytris disco, abdomine antennisque 



cingulo pectoreque nigris. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Sta. lunulatus. Paykull. — Al. lunulata. Steph. Catal. 263. JVo. 2642. 



Rufous, rather shining, slightly pubescent: head subcordate, rather broader 

 than the thorax, black : thorax longer than the head, rounded, and very 

 delicately, though obsoletely, punctulate : elytra rather longer and broader 

 than the thorax, punctulate, rufous, with the disc posteriorly dusky ; the apex 

 slightly notched towards the outer margin : breast black : abdomen thrice as 

 long as the elytra, recurved, rufous, with a blackish riug towards the apex: 



