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MA>J1)IRUI,A'1'A. 1'0IM:01'TK11A. 



Not very common within the metropolitan district. " In tlie 

 boletus of the ash, at Barham." — Kirhy MSS. 



Sp. 70. ohscuriuscula. Aira, pubescens, ohscuriuscula, paJpis antcnnis hasi 



tibiisque riij'escentibus, thorace canalicnlato. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 AI. obscuriiiscula. Kirhy MSS.—Sieph. Caial. 26-t. A'o. 2G65. 



Black, rather smooth, with an obscure pubescence : head nearly as large as the 

 thorax, suborbiculate : tliorax rather depressed, witli a dor.sal J'ui-row : 

 abdomen linear, thrice as long as the elytra : legs dull rufous, with the 

 femora black : antenna; shorter than the thorax, slightly thickened, ivilh the 

 two basal joints more slender, i-ufous, the terminal one ovate-acute : palpi 

 reddish. 



Not common ; found in Norfolk and in Essex. 



-fSp. 71. amicula. Atra, vitidiuscula, antcnnis bast pedibus, elytriscpie livido- 



ferrugineis. (Long. corp. | lin.) 

 Al. amicula. Kirhij MSS.—A\. auricula. Steph. Catal. 264. No. 2666. 



Linear, t)lack, rather shining, smooth, and slightly pubescent : head scarcely 

 narrower than the thorax, orbiculate : thorax anteriorly truncate, poste- 

 riorly rounded, subtransverse : elytra as broad as, but longer than, the 

 thorax, quadrate, more pubescent, and dull rufous: abdomen linear, rather 

 narrower and above twice as long as the elytra : legs livid: antennce glab?'ovs, 

 pitchy-hlack, with the two basal Joints 7-yfous, the remainder gradually 

 thickening to the apex, the terminal one orbiculate, ovate-acute. 



Taken in Suffolk. 



-|-Sp. 72. picipennis. Atra, teretiuscula, nitida, elytris piceis, pedibus rujis, 



thorace postice foveold obsoletd. (Long. corp. f lin.) 

 Al. picipennis. Kirby MSS.— Steph. Catal. 264. No. 2667. 



Black, shining, smooth, glabrous: head scarcely narrower than the thorax, 

 suborbiculate : thorax with an obsolete fovea behind : elytra scarcely longer 

 and a little wider than the thorax, piceous : abdomen linear, above twice 

 the length of the elytra : legs rufous : antennae nearly as long as the thorax, 

 thickened exteriorly, with the terminal joint ovate-acute. 



Found in Suffolk and in Yorkshire. 



Sp. 73. fuscula. Nigro-fusca, nitidiuscula, elytris pallidioribus, antcnnis testa- 



ceis, pedibus pallidis, thorace postice foveolato. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Al. fuscula. Steph. Catal. 264. No. 2688. 



Deeip fuscous, slightly shining, and rather pubescent : head narrower than the 

 thorax, orbiculate : thorax rather broad, subtruncate in front, rounded 

 behind, with a faint dorsal line, terminating in a fovea, before the place of the 

 scutelkmi : elytra rather pale fuscous, more pubescent than the thorax, 



