128 MANDinULATA. COLEOrXERA. 



Sp. 56. rufescciis. A^iiiricaiis, fhoruce autennis jwdihus ano(/ue riijls, cli/tris 



Lrevissimis. (Long-, corp. | lin.) 

 Al. rufescens. Kirhi/ 3ISS. — S/ejJi. Ctt/nl. "26:1. iVo. 2651. 



Dusky, or "pitclui-hlack, slightly glabrous and shining, smooth : head scarcely 

 so wide as the thorax, somewhat cordate, ])lack : ihurux rather longer than 

 the head, subtrinicate in front, rounded behind, rufo-piccuv s , with a slight 

 fovea at the base : elytra shorter than the thorax, but rather broader, some- 

 what depressed, slightly lacunose, with a very short pubescence : abdomen 

 thrice the length of the elytra, black, with the apex 7-ufuu.s, or rufo-piceous : 

 legs testaceous: antenna dusky ferruginous, palest at the base, longer than 

 the thorax, thickened exteriorly, with the joints short, compact, and the 

 external one rather obtuse. 



Taken near London, not rare, and in Suffolk and Norfolk. 



Sp. 57. brachyptera. Rufescens, capite ahdominisque cingulo nigris, elytris 



brevissiniis cinerascentihus. (Long. corp. j lin.) 

 Al. brachyptera. Kirhy MSS. — Steph. Catal. 263. N'o. 2652. 



Dull rufous :- head rather narrower than the thorax, suborbiculate, black : 

 palpi rufous : thorax somewhat transverse, rather longer than the head, 

 finely punctulate, with an obsolete dorsal furrow: elytra shorter than the 

 thorax, and narrower, finely punctulated, black, with a cinerascent down : 

 abdomen thrice the length of the elytra, rufous, with the third, fourth, and 

 fifth segments black: antennae nearly as long as the thorax, thickened exte- 

 riorly, rufous, glabrous, with the terminal joint oblong-obtuse. 



Taken in Norfolk, and " in April at Barham.'' — Kirhy MSS. 



Sp. 58. inquinula. Nigricans, autennis thorace elytris pedibusque testaceis, 



thorace postice impresso. (Long. corp. ^ lin.) 

 Al. inquinula. Gravenhorst. — Steph. Catal. 263. No. 2G53. 



Black, or piceous, rather smooth and shining, with a very short pubescence : 

 head nearly as wide as the thorax, suborbiculate ; mouth rufous : thorax 

 rufous, suborbiculate, slightly depressed, with a slight foveola or line behind : 

 elytra dull rufous, scarcely as long as, but wider than, the thorax : abdomen 

 above twice the length of the elytra, with the tip reddish: legs pale testa- 

 ceous : antennae about the length of the thorax, thickened exteriorly, rufous, 

 with the terminal joint larger than the rest, ovate-acute. 



Apparently rare : found in Suffolk, Yorkshire, and Devonshire. 



Sp. 59. foveolata. Nigricans, pedibus anoque ferrugineis, thorace postice 



foveola impress -i. (Long. corp. f lin.) 

 Al. foveolata. Kirhy MSS.—Steph. Catal. 263. No. 2654. 



Dusky, rather shining and glossy, and very slightly pubescent : head rather 

 narrower than the thorax, somewhat rounded; palpi rufescent: thorax' 



