148 MAXDIBULATA. COLEOrTF.RA. 



basal Joint testaceous, about the length of the tliorax, slightly thickened at the 

 apex, with the teiininal joint ovate-acute. 



My specimen of this insect was taken at Bantham, in Devonshire ; 

 another is in the collection of A. H. Ilawortli, Esq. 



Sp. 123. unibrata. Oliscura, nigricans, clijiris piccis einai-ginatis, pcdibus tes- 



taceis. (Long. corp. H lin.) 

 Al. umbrata. Gravcnhorst.— Steph. Catal. 26G. No. 2718. 



Obscure, duslcrj, clothed with a very short dusky-brown pubescence, smooth : 

 head narrower than the thorax, somewhat rounded and hiflexed : thorax 

 longer than the head, subtruncate in front, rounded, and broader behind, 

 with an extremely obsolete dorsal line : elytra scarcely longer than the 

 thorax, piceous, with a notch at the apex towards the outer margin, the 

 angle itself mucronate : abdomen nearly thrice as long as the elytra, slightly 

 pubescent: legs testaceous: antennae longer than the thorax, slightly- 

 thickened towards the apex, with the terminal joint elongate, rather acute. 



Found, not uncommonly, near London ; also in Suffolk, Norfolk, 

 and Devonshire. 



Sp. 124. emarginata. Piceo-nigra, obscura, suhpubescens, elytris piceis emargi- 



natis, pedibus piceo-testaceis, tibiis pallidioribus. (Long. corp. 1§ lin.) 

 Al. emarginata. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 266. No. 2719. 



Fitchy-black, obscure, slightly pubescent : head small, rounded, and inflexed : 

 thorax ample, subtruncate in front, somewhat rounded and widest behind, 

 with an obsolete fovea in the middle of the base : elytra about as long as the 

 thorax, but not wider, deep pitchy, with a distinct notch at the apex towards 

 the exterior margin, the angle itself mucronate : abdomen nearly thrice as 

 long as the elytra : legs dull pitchy testaceous, with the tibiae somewhat j&a/er 

 and brighter: antennae piceous, longer than the thorax, subfiliform, with 

 the terminal joint elongate-acute. 



I have captured this species near London ; and it has been taken 

 near Bristol, and in Norfolk and Scotland. 



fSp. 125. Sheppardi. Nigra, elytris piceis, liturd obliqua pedibusque J'erru~ 

 gineis. (Long. corp. If lin.) 



Al. Sheppardi. Kirby 3ISS.—Steph. Catal. 266. No.2720. 



Nari'ow, black, slightly pubescent : head half as wide as the thorax, very 



■ minutely punctulated, orbiculate: thorax truncate in front, subtruncate 

 behind, extremely minutely punctulated: elytra subquadrate, scarcely 

 broader, but a little longer than the thorax, piceous, with an oblique rufous 

 dash reaching from the shoulder to the suture, the hinder margin with an 

 excision towards the outer angle : abdomen above twice as long as the 

 elytra, pitchy-black, with the base and apex paler: legs ferruginous ; 



