l^O MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



Sp. 96. zoiialis. Sordide rufa, nltidiusada, capite, antennis ahdominisque cin- 



gulu nigris. (Long. corp. lyj lin.) 

 Al. zonalis. Kirbi/ ]\lSS.~SU'j>/i. Catal. 205, Nu. 2091. 



Dull riifoiis, rather shining: head narrower than the thorax, subcordate, 

 pitchy-black, smooth, with an impression between the eyes ; mouth reddish ; 

 thorax a little longer than the head, subtruncate in front, rounded behind, 

 slightly depressed : elytra longer and wider than the thorax, smooth, the 

 base near the suture with a dusky cloud : abdomen scarcely twice the length 

 of the elytra, 7-eddish, with a broad dusky belt : legs testaceous : anieitna; 

 longer than the thorax, subfiliform, black, with the base rufous. 



Found in Norfolk, and rather abundantly in boleti in a fir-grove 

 near Hertford, many years since. " Spitchweek.'" — Dr. Leach. 



Sp. 97. atriceps. RuJ'escens, capite elytrorum nebula ahdominis(fie cingulo 



nigris, antennis piceis. (Long. corp. Ig lin.) 

 Al. atriceps. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 265. A^o. 2692. 



Rufescent, smooth : head a little narrower than the thorax, somewhat rounded, 

 black : thorax scarcely longer than the head, a little narrowed, and sub- 

 truncate in front, rounded posteriorly, yellowish-red : elytra rather longer 

 and wider than the thorax, testaceous, with the base of the suture and outer 

 posterior angle broadly dusky : abdomen twice as long as the elytra, ferrugi- 

 nous, with the two middle segments dusky : legs testaceous : antenna; 

 scarcely as long as the thorax, thickened exteriorly, 2^^lchy, with the base 

 rufous, the terminal joint rather acute. 



Inhabits boleti : apparently not very common ; found in the vici- 

 nity of the metropolis, and in Suffolk and Norfolk. "Near Swansea 

 by Dr. Leach."' — L. W. Dlllwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 98. nigriceps. Lata, rujb-testacea, capite nigro, ahdoviine cingulo nigri- 



canti. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 

 St. nigriceps. Marsham. — Al. nigriceps. Steph. Catal. 265. No. 2693. 



Broad, testaceous-red, slightly shining : head black, narrower than the thorax, 

 suborbiculate : thorax broad, with the disc slightly dusky, subtruncate in 

 front, rounded behind : elytra rather longer and wider than the thorax, 

 immaculate testaceous : abdomen testaceous, about twice as long as the 

 elytra, with the base of the penultimate and antepenultimate segments dusky : 

 legs pale testaceous; antennse the same, rather paler at the base, subfili- 

 form, with the terminal joint acute. 



From the Marshamian Cabinet. I have taken the insect near 

 London. 



Sp. 99. thoracica. Obscure rufo-testacea, capite abdomineque nigris, ihorace 



suhcanaliculuto, disco nebulis duabus fuscis. (Long. corp. 1| lin.) 

 Al. thoracica. Steph. Catal. 265. No. 2605. 



