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Sometimes rufous, with the head and abdominal belt dusky^ and a cloud of the 

 same tint on the apex of the elytra. 



Rare : taken at Hertford, and near " Barham." — Kirhy MSS. 



Sp. 53. corticalis. Nigro-picea, nitidiuscula, elytris ano pedihusque testaceis, 



antennisferrugineisobtusis. (Long. corp. 1 — 1|: lin.) 

 Al. corticalis. Gravenhorst — Sleph. Catal. 263. No. 2648. 



Pitchy-black, rather shining-, smooth: head scarcely narrower than the thorax, 

 somewhat rounded, black : mouth reddish : thorax scarcely longer than the 

 head, subtruncate in front, rounded behind : elytra longer and broader than 

 the thorax, very obsoletely punctulate, slightly pubescent, rufous : abdomen 

 thrice the length of the elytra, piceous, with the apex rufous : sternum and 

 legs testaceous : antenna; slightly thickened, dias^j-ferruginous, with the 

 base paler, the articulations very short and compact, the terminal one some- 

 what rounded and obtuse. 



Not very uncommon, within the metropolitan district, beneath 

 bark. Also " found in Suffolk."— Zir&y MSS. 



Sp. 54. ochropa. Nigra, ore, elytris pedibusque Jlavescentibus, antennis abdo- 



mineque hasi et apice Jerrugineis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Al. ochropa. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 263. No. 2649, 



Pitchy-black, smooth, head rather narrower than the thorax, rounded : mouth 

 flavescent: thorax subtruncate, and rather narrowed in front, rounded 

 behind, pitchy : elytra scarcely longer, but broader than the thorax, rather 

 flat, Jlavescent, with the suture somewhat fuscous-red towards the base : 

 abdomen above twice the length of the elytra, ivith the three anterior segments 

 above and the apex ferruginous, the intermediate segments and the under 

 side pitchy-black : legs Jlavescent : antennae scarcely longer than the thorax, 

 thickened exteriorly, rufous, with the extreme joint oblong. 



Found near Ripley, and " in boleti in Suffolk.''''— Kirby MSS. 



Sp. 55. elongatula. Nigra, nitidiuscula, antennis pedibus anoque rufescentibus. 



(Long. corp. 1^: Ihi.) 

 Al. elongatula. Gravenhorst. — Steph. Catal. 263. No. 2650. 



Dusky-Z)/ac/c, smooth, slightly shining, and delicately pubescent : head scarcely 

 so wide as the thorax, somewhat rounded : thorax scarcely as long as the 

 head, subtruncate anteriorly, rounded behhid: elytra rather shorter and 

 broader than the thorax : abdomen above twice as long as the elytra, with 

 the tip reddish : legs pale testaceous : antenna, longer than the thorax, 

 pitchy-red, thickened exteriorly, with the terminal joint short. 



Not common: found occasionally within the metropolitan district. 

 " Under rejectamenta of the Orwell in January." — Kirby MSS. 



