130 MANDIDULATA. COLEOFTF.UA. 



pilose, thickened exteriorly, jntchi/-rci\, with ffie two basal joints pale testa- 

 ceous ; the apical joint largest orbiculate. 



Taken in Norfolk, by IMr. Hooker. 



Sp. G3. apicalis. Fusco-picca, nUicliuscula, capite atro, antniiiis prjibus aiiocpie 



j)icco-riifis. (Long-, corp. 1^: Hii.) 

 Al. analis. Steph. Catal. 263. No. 2658. 



Pitchy -brown, slightly shining, and a little pubescent : head black, rather nar- 

 rower than the thorax, suborbiculate: thorax subtruncate in front, rounded 

 behind, rather convex, with a faint dorsal channel^ terminating behind hi a 

 slight fovea : elytra about as long as, and rather broader than, the thorax, 

 pubescent : abdomen above twice the length of the elytra, vntli the apex ruj'o- 

 jyiceous : legs and antennae also rufo-pjiceous, the latter rather long and slender, 

 slightly incrassated exteriorly, with the terminal joint obtuse. 



Taken, but apparently not commonly, within the metropolitan 

 district. 



Sp. 64.. contigua. Rufo-picea, pedibuspallidioribus, antennis piceis, capite abdo- 



minisque cingulo atris. (Long. corp. li lin.) 

 Al. contigua. Steph. Catal. 263. No. 2659. 



P/i'cA?/-re£Z, slightly pubescent and shining: head narrower than the thorax, 

 black, suborbiculate : thorax subtruncate in front, rounded behind, slightly 

 convex : elytra shorter than the thorax^ but wider, rather obscure : abdomen 

 slender, above thrice as long as the elytra, with a broad black belt in the mid- 

 dle, the base and apes being pitchy-red : legs pale rufo-piceovis : antennas 

 rather stout, entirely dark piceous, with the apex incrassated, and the 

 terminal joint obtuse. 



Of this distinct insect I possess specimens taken near London. 



2. Antennae black, or with the base alone pale. 



Sp. 65. atramentaria. Nigra, nitidiuscula, thorace obsolete unisulcato, iihiis 



rufescentibus, antennis Jilif or mibvs. (Long. corp. 1 — 1§ lin.) 

 Al. atramentaria. Gravenhorst ?— Steph. Catal. 263. No. 2660. 



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

 rounded : thorax a little longer than the head, slightly truncate in front, 

 rounded behind, with an obsolete longitudinal litie : elytra rather flat, longer 

 and broader than the thorax ; legs, .especially the tibice, reddish: antenncs 

 filiform, slender, entirely black, with the terminal joint conic. 



The posterior, and sometimes all the femora, are occasionally piceous. 



Frequent within the metropolitan district ; also found in Suffolk, 



Norfolk, near Bristol, &c. " Not uncommon on the sand-hills (near 



Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



