TACHYPORID.E.— ALEOCHARA. 



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rather longer than the head, rounded, iviih a slight impression at the base : 

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

 thrice as long as the elytra, with the apex reddish : legs fen^uginous : 

 antennae longer than the thorax, subfiliform, piceous, with the base paler, 

 the terminal joint largest. 



Not common : found with the foregoing, of which it is possible it 

 may be a variety. 



Sp. 60. nigrofusca. Nigro-fusca, elytris dibdioribus, antennis pedibusque ferru- 

 gineis, thnrace canaliculato. (Long. corp. f lin.) 



Al. nigrofusca. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 263. No. 2655. 



Pitchy-black, smooth, with a slight scattered pubescence, and slightly shining : 

 head somewhat triangular, scarcely as wide as the thorax, the latter with an 

 obsolete channel on the disc: elytra longer and broader than the thorax, /ma- 

 coiis, with a silky pubescence : abdomen narrower and above twice the length 

 of the elytra, with the apes rather pale piceous : legs dull ferruginous : 

 antenncB the same, scarcely as long as the thorax, slightly incrassate exte- 

 riorly, with the terminal joint subturbhiate-acute. 



Rather scarce ; found at " Holme-juxta-mare, in Norfolk." — 

 Kirhy MSS. 



Sp. 61. Boleti. Fusca, elytris jiallidioribus, antennis pedibusque liuidis. (Long. 

 Corp. ^ — 1 lin.) 



St. Boleti. Linne Al. Boleti. Steph. Catal. 263. No. 2656. 



Fuscous, glabrous: head narrower than the thorax, nearly black: thorax 

 longer than the head, somewhat rounded : elytra rather longer and wider 

 than the thorax, pale fuscous, convex : abdomen nearly twice as long as the 

 elytra, fuscous, with the apex reddish : legs pale : palpi and antennce the 

 same, the latter slightly thickened at the apex, with the last joint obtuse. 



Rather variable in size and in tint : the elytra being sometimes reddish, with 

 the base rather obscure. 



In boleti ; but not very common. 



tSp. 62. immunis. Nigra, nitidiuscula, pedibus anoque rujis, antetinis piceis 

 basi pallidis articulo extimo suborbiculuto : thorace transverse impresso. 

 (Long. Corp. 1 lin.) 



Al. immunis. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 263. No. 2657. 



Black, nearly glabrous, and shining: head scarcely narrower than the thorax, 

 suborbiculate : thorax truncate in front, rounded behind, very minutely and 

 finely punctulate, ujith an obsolete transverse impression in the middle : elytra 

 broader and rather longer than the thorax, pitchy-black, very finely punctu- 

 late, and slightly pubescent : abdomen, above thrice the length of the elytra, 

 linear, with the apex pitchy-red: legs pale testaceous: antennas slightly 



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