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legs rufo-testaceous ; antenna; rather long, pitchy, with the base pate, slightly 

 thickened towards the apes, the terminal joint obtuse. 



Not common ; taken within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 93. littoralis. Linearis, nigra, nitidinscula, elytris piceis, antennis pedi- 



busque rnfo-testaceis, capite lato. (Long. corp. f lin.) 

 St. littoralis. Mus. Marsham.— Ah littoralis. Steph. Catal. 264. No. 2688. 



Linear, black, slightly shining : head as ivide as the thorax, subquadrate : 

 thorax somewhat orbiculate, transverse, slightly truncate in front : elytra 

 dull pitchy, rather longer, but not wider than the thorax ; abdomen about 

 twice as long as the thorax, entirely black : legs pale rufo-testaceous : 

 antennae rufo-testaceous, slightly thickened towards the apex, with the ter- 

 minal joint small obtuse. 



Obtained from the Marshamian Cabinet : of its locality I am not 

 aware. 



Sp. 94. angusta. Angustior, piceo-nigra, nitidiuscula, elytris pallidioribus, 

 antennis piceis, basi pallido, pedibus ruj'o-piceis, (Long. corp. |^ lin.) 



Al. angusta. Steph. Catal. 265. No. 2689. 



Slender, pitchy-hlack, slightly shining, and a little pubescent : head smallj deep 

 black, rather narrower than the thorax, the latter minutely punctured, with 

 a very faint fovea behind, subtruncate in front, rounded behind: elytra 

 rather wider, but not longer than the thorax, pitchy : abdomen glossy, about 

 twice as long as the elytra, the apes rather palest: legs pitchy-reA ; 

 antenna; piceous, with the base paler, slightly incrassated at the apex, the 

 terminal joint a little elongate, ovate, acuminate. 



Taken near Dover ; and I believe also in the vicinity of Bristol. 



2. With the body varied. 



Sp. 95. cinnamomea. Obscure rufa, capite abdomineque nigricantibus, thoracc 

 subcanaliculato. (Long. corp. 1^ — If lin.) 



Al. cinnamomea. Gravenhorst. — Steph. Catal. 265. No. 2690. 



Dull rufous, or cinnamon colour, very slightly shining, and obsoletely 

 punctulate : head orbiculate, reddish-black, a little narrower than the 

 thorax ; eyes large, black : thorax subtruncate in front, rounded behind, 

 with an obsolete channel, terminating in a slight fovea behind : elytra scarcely 

 longer, but broader, than the thorax, sometimes with a dusky cloud at the 

 base of the suture : abdomen linear, obtuse, dusky, twice as long as the 

 elytra : legs testaceous : antennae stouter than the thorax, subfiliform, 

 rather incrassate, with the terminal joint conic-acute, the base pale rufous. 



Rare : taken in Norfolk, and in Coombc--\vood, beneath the bark 

 of decaying trees. 



