142 MANDIBULATA. COr.EOPTEUA. 



b. Antennw with the intenntdiate Joints transverse. 

 1. Aiiteiiiiii: gradually thickened towards the apex. 



Sp. 102. nigritula. Nigra, ciijtris pctUI))ts(jue flavis, antennis testacds, thorace 



obsolete canaliculato, iinisulcato. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Al. nigiitula. Gravenhorst. — Steph. Caial. 265. No. 2697. 



Blach, with a slight pubescence, smooth, shining : head a little narrower than 

 the thorax, somewhat rounded; //(oraj; a little longer than the head, sub- 

 truncate in front, rounded behind, ivith an obsolete longitudinal dorsal chan~ 

 nd : eli/tra rather longer and wider than the thorax, immaculate, yellow : 

 abdomen above twice the length of the elytra, glossy : legs yellow : antennuB 

 scarcely the length of the thorax, slightly thickened exteriorly, testaceous. 



Found in the boletus of the ash, but not common, near London 

 and in Suffolk. 



"fSp. 103. pyrrhoceras. Nigra, elytris antennisqiie rufis, his articulo extimo 



roiu7idato, pedibiis Jlavis. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Al. pyrrhoceras. Kirby MSS. — Steph. Catal. 265. No. 2694. 



Black, smooth, slightly pubescent: head scarcely narrower than the thorax, 

 somewhat rounded; thorax scarcely longer than the head, subtnmcate, and 

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

 thorax, rather flat, rufous : abdomen scarcely twice the length of the elytra, 

 immaculate: legs yellow: antennce rufous, shorter than the thorax, slightly 

 thickened exteriorly, with the terminal joint short, rounded, with the apex 

 compressed. 



Closely allied to the last. 



In boleti " near Barham."" — Kirhy MSS. 



f Sp. 104. liturata. Nigra, nitidiuscula, antennis pedibus ano elyti'orumque 



liturd obliquy Jlavicantibus, capite canaliculato. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Al. liturata. Kirhy MSS. — Steph. Catal. 265. No. 2699. 



Black, rather shining, finely and thickly punctulated, glabrous : head a little 

 narrower than the thorax, orbiculate, with a longitudinal Jwrrozw behind: 

 mouth pitchy : palpi testaceous : thorax truncate in front, rounded behind : 

 elytra scarcely longer than the thorax, but a little wider, black, with an 

 oblique yellowish streak, reaching from the shoulders nearly to the apex : 

 abdomen above twice the length of the elytra, smooth, slightly pubescent, 

 dull rufous, with a black ring in the middle: legs Jlavescent : antennas 

 nearly the length of the thorax, glabrous, testaceous, rather stout, with the 

 terminal joint ovate-acute. 



Taken in Suffolk, and, I believe, also near Bristol. 



Sp. 105. fusca. Fusco-nigra, subpubescens, antennis capitatis, elytris anoq^ie 



fuscis, pedibus testaceis, palpis rufis. (Long. corp. 1|: lin.) 

 St. fuscus. Marsham.—A\. fusca. Steph. Catal. 265. No. 2700. 



