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as long : legs pale testaceous : antennae black, rather longer than the thorax, 

 scarcely thickened exteriorly^ the two basal joints reddish, the apical one 

 conic-acute : palpi reddish. 



Not uncommon in Norfolk; found also in Suffolk, and near 

 Bristol. 



f Sp. 86. obscurata. Nigra, ohscura, elytris anoque fuscis, pedibus riifis, 



(Long. Corp. 1| lin.) 

 Al. obscurata. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 264. No, 2681. 



Black, with a delicate obscure silken pubescence, smooth : head a little nar- 

 rower than the thorax, suborbiculate : thorax subtransverse, subtruncate 

 anteriorly, rounded behind ; elytra rather longer and wider than the thorax, 

 fuscous, with a glossy silken pubescence in certain lights : abdomen above 

 twice as long as the elytra, with the apex somewhat acute and reddish : legs 

 rufous : antenna? nearly as long as the thorax, slightly incrassate exteriorly, 

 with the terminal joint ovate-acute. 



Taken in Suffolk and Norfolk ; not common. 



Sp. 87. fulvipes. Nigra, nitidiuscula, antennis attenuatis rufis, pedibus testa- 



ceis, thorace unisulcato suhcanaliculato. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Al. fulvipes. Kirby MSS. — Steph. Catal. 264.. No. 2682. 



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

 rounded : thorax longer than the head, subtruncate in front, rounded behind, 

 with an obsolete longitudinal dorsal channel: elytra rather longer than the 

 thorax, piceous, slightly pubescent: abdomen scarcely .thrice the length of 

 the elytra, with the apex, and the margins of some of the terminal segments, 

 piceous : legs testaceous : antennae subfiliform rufous, with the apical joint 

 acuminate. 



" Taken under the rejectamenta of the Orwell, after a flood in 

 Jan. lS04>.''—Xirby MSS. 



Sp. 88. pyrrhopa. Nigra, nitidiuscula, antennis pedibusque ferrugineis. 



(Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Al. pyrrhopa. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 264. No. 2683. 



Black, slightly shining and glabrous, smooth : head narrower than the thorax, 

 subtriangular : thorax a little longer than the head, subtruncate in front, 

 rounded behind : elytra longer and broader than the thorax, rather 

 obscure: abdomen above twice the length of the elytra, with the apex 

 rather obtuse: legs ferruginous : untcnnw also ferruginous, slightly thickened 

 exteriorly, with the terminal joint acuminate. 



Also found in Suffolk ; closely allied to the foregoing species. 



