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MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTEKA. 



+Sp. 109. pilosiila. Atra, niddiuscula, pilosa, pedibus J'crrugineis. (Long'. 



Corp. I' lin.) 

 A\. pilosula. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 2G5. No. 2704. 



Black, rather shining, somewhat conspicuously ^//o«e; head narrower than tlie 

 thorax, of a triangular-orbiculate form : thorax transverse, truncate in front, 

 with the angles somewhat rounded: elytra rather longer and nearly as 

 wide as the thorax: abdomen narrower than the elytra, and more than 

 twice as long : legs ferruginous : antenna? nearly the length of the thorax, 

 scarcely thickened at the apex, the terminal joint suddenly large, ovate- 

 acute. 



Apparently uncommon : found " in clung, nearHolme, in August, 

 ISO^jr— Kirby MSS. 



fSp. 110. punctulata. N'igra, villosa, supra punctuJatissiina, elrjtris pedibus, 



antennisquc hasi riifis. (Long. corp. 1§ lin-) 

 Al. punctulata. Kirhj MSS.—Steph. Catal. 265. No. 2705. 



Black, clothed with a rather long and conspicuous, somewhat villose, pile, and 

 very thickly, but minutely punctured: head narrower than the thorax, 

 suborbiculate : thorax transverse, longer than the head, subtruncate in 

 front, somewhat rounded behind : elytra longer and broader than the thorax, 

 convex, rufous, with the base slightly dusky : abdomen above twice the 

 length of the elytra, linear : legs feri^uginous, the two posterior darker : 

 antennae scarcely shorter than the thorax, rufo-piceous, with the two basal 

 Joints testaceous, the apex slightly thickened, with the last joint subconic : 

 palpi with the base pale, the apex black. 



Also scarce : found in Suffolk by Mr. Kirby. 



Sp. 111. flavicollis. Rufo-picea, subpubescens,thoraceJlavescenti,clytrisabdo- 



minisque cingido atris, pedibus ryfis, antennis nigris. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Al. lunicollis. Steph. Catal. 265. No. 2706. 



Rtifo-piceous, slightly pubescent, and glossy : head rather narrower than the 

 thorax, suborbiculate: thorax rather convex, reddish-7/e/Zoi«, subtruncate in 

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

 thorax; abdomen above twice as long as the thorax, luith a black belt 

 towards the apex : legs rufous : antennae rather short, stout, incrassated 

 towards the apex, which is obtuse. 



Taken at Godstone, in Surrey, and I believe in other parts of the 

 metropolitan district. 



Sp. 112. opaca. Atra, opaca, subpiibescens, pedibus rujis, antennis ]nce{s. 



(Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Al. opaca. Steph. Catal. 265. No. 2707. 



Deep black, opaque, slightly pubescent : head large, rounded, scarcely 



