146 MANDIBULATA. COLEOTTERA. 



Sp. 116. Pusio. Atra, nitiJu, antcnnis cluvutis, hasi j.cdihusqne rufescentibvs, 

 thorace brevissimo. (Long. corp. ;} lin.) 



Al. Pusio. Kirb;i MSS.—Steph. Catal. 263. No. 2711. 



Bhick, glabrous^ shining : head narrower than the thorax, of a triangular orbi- 

 culate form : thorax very short, triangular, convex, truncate in front, 

 rounded behind : elytra a little longer and wider than the thorax, slightly 

 pubescent : abdomen about thrice the length of the elytra, acute : legs ferru- 

 ginous: antenna; shorter than the thorax, the base attenuated, and dull 

 rufous, the apex incrassate and black, the terminal joint globose, subtur- 

 binate : palpi rather long, dull rufous. 



Abundant in moss during the winter at Eipley ; also " taken at 

 Stanhoe, near Fakenham, in Norfolk." — Kirhy MSS. 



Sp. 117. pumilis. Aierj-hna, brevis, aniennis suhclavatis, pedibus ferritgineis. 



(Long. corp. ^ — § lin.) 

 Al. pumila. Gravenhorst?—Steph. Catal. 265. No. 2712. 



Very black, shining, glabrous, smooth : head narrower than the thorax, some- 

 what rounded-triangular ; thorax very short, dilated, convex, truncate in 

 front, rounded behind : elytra longer than the thorax, but scarcely wider, 

 convex : abdomen dilated, scarcely twice as long as the elytra : legs 

 ferruginous : antennoe shorter than the thorax, subclavate, ferruginous, with 

 thebasal joint very stout: mouth ferruginous. 



Found, not uncommonly, Avitliin the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 118. fuscipennis. Nigrina, aniennis suhclavatis, elytris pedibusque fusces- 



centibus. (Long. corp. | lin.) 

 Al. fuscipennis. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 266. No. 2713. 



Dusky-Wac/.:, shining: head narrower than the thorax, scarcely rounded: 

 thorax scarcely longer than the head, subtruncate anteriorly and posteriorly, 

 rather convex: ^elytra rufo-fuscous, longer and wider than the thorax: 

 abdomen twice as long as the elytra : legs red-brown, or rufous : antennse 

 scarcely the length of the thorax, subclavate, dusky. 



Less common than the last ; found in Suffolk, and near London. 



Sp. 119. minutissima. Piceo-nigra, aniennis suhclavatis, pedihus ferrugineis. 



(Long. corp. § lin.) 

 Al. iTiinutissima. Kirhy MSS.—Steph. Catal. 266. No. 2714. 



Pitchy-black, rather shining, smooth : head narrower than the thorax, sub- 

 triangular: eyes slightly prominent: thorax a little longer than the head, 

 shining, convex : elytra longer and a little broader than the thorax : 

 abdomen twice the length of the elytra : legs ferruginous : antenna; shorter 

 than the thorax, suhclavaie, black. 



