TACHYPORID.E. ALEOCHARA. 



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Sp. 79, euryptera. Nig7-a, nitidiuscula, pedibus pallidis, antennis articulo 

 extimofoveolato, coleoptris dilatatis. (Long. corp. 1\ lin.) 



Al. euryptera. Steph. Catal. 264. No. 2674. 



Black, slightly pubescent, smooth, rather glossy : head rather narrower than 

 the thorax, somewhat rounded : thorax a little longer than the head, sub- 

 trvmcate in front, rounded behind, rather flat: elytra dilated, longer and 

 much broader than the thorax, rather soft, pitchy-black : legs pale testa- 

 ceous, with the femora ferruginous : antennce black, as long as the thorax, 

 a little thickened, attenuated at the base, the terminal joint elongate, with 

 an impressed fovea. 

 Not common : found in Suffolk. 



Sp. 80. obfuscata. Atra, nitidiuscula, abdomine lineari, elytris convexis pedi- 

 busque testaceis, antennis fuscis. (Long. corp. \\ lin.) 



Al. obfiiscata. Gravenhorst.— Steph. Catal. 264. No. 267,5. 



Black, shining, very finely pubescent: head rather narrower than the thorax, 

 subtriangular : thorax subtruncate in front, rounded behind, with the 

 lateral margins pitchy: elytra a little longer and broader than the thorax, 

 convex, punctulated,A\x\\ testaceous: abdomen linear, twice the length of the 

 elytra, with the apex pitchy : legs testaceous : antennce as long as the thorax, 

 fuscous, thickened exteriorly, with the terminal joint ovate-acute : palpi 

 reddish. 

 More abundant than the last ; found in Norfolk and within the 



metropoHtan district. 



Sp. 81. laticollis. Ficea, thorace lato subcanaliculato, elytris pedibus anoque 

 lividis. (Long. corp. | — 1 lin.) 



Al. laticolUs. Kirby MSS.— Steph. Catal. 264. No. 2676. 



Piceous, rather glabrous: head narrower than the thorax, subtriangular, 

 black, very minutely and thickly punctured ; mouth and palpi pale : thorax 

 broad, longer than the head, subtruncate in front, somewhat rounded 

 behind, slightly pubescent, livid, minutely but very thickly punctulated, 

 with an obscure dorsal channel : elytra scarcely longer, but broader than the 

 thorax, very finely punctulated, slightly pubescent, and livid: abdomen 

 scarcely twice as long as the elytra, with the apex pale, rufous : legs pale, 

 with the four posterior femora bent and compressed : antennae as long as the 

 thorax, slightly thickened exteriorly, subpilose, piceous, with the base pale, 

 the terminal joint elongate-acute. 

 The disc of the thorax is sometimes dusky, and the apex of the abdomen 

 black. 

 Found occasionally near London, and in Suffolk. 



Sp. 82. rufangula. Nigra, punciulatissima, suhpubescens , thoracis aiigidis 

 poslicis, elytris pedibiisque nij'csccnlibus. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 



