TACHYPOEID.E. ALEOCHARA. 151 



much wider, of a dull rufo-iestaceous, with the suture dusky, the apex with 

 a deep emargination towards the outer angle, which is acute : abdomen 

 about twice as long as the elytra, strongly margined, black, luith the edges 

 of all the segments rufescent : legs rufo-iestaceous: antennae blacb, rather 

 elongate, a little incrassated at the apex, which is acute. 



Found in Norfolk, and also in Devonshire. 



Sp. 132. pallipes. Teretiuscida, rnfo-piceis, subpubescens, pedibus pallidiorihus, 

 antennaris apice abdomineque supra atris. (Long. corp. 1| lin.) 



Al. pallipes. Steph. Catal. 26G. No. 2727. 



Somewhat cylindric, rufo-piceous, slightly pubescent, and a little obscure: 

 head dusky-piceous, much narrower than the thorax, suborbiculate : thorax 

 convex, pubescent, with a rather deep impressed line behind: elytra 

 shorter than the thorax, but wider, the apex with a slight notch towards 

 the hinder angle : abdomen above black, beneath piceous, thrice as long as 

 the elytra : legs pale testaceous : antennae the same at the base ; the apex, 

 which is incrassated, black, with the terminal joint conic-acute. 



Taken in Devonshire, and there uncommon. 



Sp. ]33. acuminata. Nigricans, opaca, subpubescens, antennarum basi pedibus 

 anoque ferrugineis, elytris piceis. (Long. corp. 1\ — f lin.) 



Al. acuminata. Steph. Catal. 266. No. 2728.— Al. opaca, var. Gravenhorst, 

 Mi. 89? 



Dusky, opaque, slightly pubescent : head dusky-black, small, suborbiculate : 

 thorax ample, dusky, the front subtruncate, the base somewhat sinuated, 

 with a faint fovea in the middle : elytra longer than the thorax and wider, 

 dull piceous, the apex with a slight notch towards the outer angle : abdomen 

 about twice as long as the elytra, with the apex, and occasionally the 

 margins of the segments, rufescent: legs ferruginous: antenna piceous, 

 with the base ferruginous ; the apex a little incrassated, elongate-subconic. 



Not very rare within the metropolitan district : I have also 

 obtained specimens from the neighbourhood of Bristol. 



E. Thorax short, scarcely longer than the head ; head rhombic : elytra 



transverse. 



Sp. 134. fasciata. Nigra, abdomine supra rufo fascia nigra, elytris basi j^edi- 

 busque testaceis, thorace posticebipunctato. (Long. corp. f lin.) 



Al. fasciatus. Marsham.—M. fasciata. Steph. Catal. 266. No. 2729. 



Dilated, black, shining, smooth: head nearly as wide as the thorax, sub- 

 rhomboid : thorax very short, truncate in front, rounded behind, rather flat, 

 with two punctures at the base : elytra longer and wider than the thorax, 

 rather flat, black, with the base dull rufous : abdomen twice the length of 

 the elytra, above rufous, with a black fascia towards the apex : legs testaceous : 



