138 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTEUA. 



fSp. 89. Agarici. Nigra, nitidiuscula, antennis pedihusque rufis, his articulo 

 extimo ohtuso. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 



Al. Agarici. Kirhij MSS.—Steph. Catal. 264. No. 2681.. 



Black, slightly shining and glabrouSj smooth : head rather narrower tlian the 

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

 impunctate: elytra slightly wider and longer than the thorax, obscure, 

 with a delicate short pubescence : abdomen above twice the length of the 

 elytra : legs and antennw rufous, the latter rather short, luiih the terminal 

 joint obtuse. 



Taken in Norfolk and Suffolk ; apparently rare. 



Sp. 90. atricollis. Brunneo-picea, nitidiuscula, thorace nigro, antennis pedi~ 

 husque testaccis. (Long. corp. f lin.) 



Al. atricollis. Steph. Catal. 264. No. 2685. 



Pitchy-hroxvn, rather shining, and slightly pubescent: head rather small, 

 narrower than the thorax, suborbiculate : thorax deep black, subtruncate in 

 front, rounded behind : elytra scarcely wider than, and about as long as, 

 the thorax: abdomen twice as long as the elytra, more shining than the 

 rest of the body : legs and antennxe testaceous, the latter rather short, slightly 

 thickened exteriorly, with the apical joint obtuse. 



Found within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 91. brunniceps. Piceo-nigra, nitidiuscula, capite brunneo, elytris piceis, 



antennis pedibusque testaceis. (Long. corp. ^ lin.) 

 Al. brunniceps. Steph. Catal. 264. No. 2686. 



Pitchy-black, slightly shining, and a little pubescent : head narrower than the 

 thorax, pitchy-Z>row;?2 : thorax subtruncate in front, rounded behind : elytra 

 about as wide and as long as the thorax : piceous : abdomen above twice 

 as long as the elytra, glossy : legs and antennce testaceous, the latter scarcely 

 thickened at the apex, with the terminal joint oblong, acute. 



Also found in the neighbourhood of London. 



Sp. 92. microcephala. Piceo-nigra, capite parvo atro, elytris piceis postice 

 subsinuatis, piedibus rufo-testaceis, antennis piceis basi pallido, thorace sub- 

 canaliculato. (Long. corp. 1§ lin.) 



Al. microcephala. Steph. Catal. 264. N'o. 2687. 



Pitchy-black, slightly shining, and pubescent: head small, suborbiculate, 

 black; thorax obscurely cordate, being a little narrowed behind, and 

 rounded, subtruncate in front, the back, ivith a faint longitudinal channel: 

 elytra wider and longer than the thorax, piceous, with the hinder margin 

 obscurely luaved: abdomen above twice as long as the elytra, glossy black : 



