152 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTEHA. 



anteniifc scarcely as long as the thorax, piceous, with the base testaccoiis, 

 a little thickened exteriorly, with the terminal joint ovate-acute : eyes pro- 

 minent : nioutli and palpi rufous. 



In the boletus of the ash within the metropolitan district; and also 

 in Devonshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk : not vei-y common. 



Sp. 135. nana. Atra, aiitennis, elytris jjedibus anoque rujis, ihoracc posiicc 



hipundato. (Long. corp. f lin.) 

 St. nanus. PaykulL— Ah nana. Stcph. Catal 266. No. 2730. 



Black, shining : head a little narrower than the thorax ; the latter a little 

 truncate in front, rounded behind, with the margin itself rather pale, with 

 two punctures: elytra rather broader and longer than the thorax, dull 

 rufous, with the outer posterior angle fuscous : abdomen black, with the apex 

 alone rufous : legs livid : antenncB the same, rather long, and thickened 

 exteriorly. 



Var. ? /3. Al. angustata.— 5'^cj'jA. Catal. 266. No. 2731.— Narrower ; but in 

 other respects similar to the foregoing : probably the other sex. 



Found in boleti ; not very common. " Once taken abundantly in 

 an agaric.'" — Kirhy MSS. 



Sp. 136. polita. Atra, glaberrima,nitida,antennis ore pedibu.iquepallidis,abdo~ 



mine dilatato. (Long. corp. | lin.) 

 Al. polita. Gravenhorst — Steph. Catal 266. No. 2732. 



Deep black, very glabrous, shining, and smooth : head almost as wide as the 

 thorax, suborbiculate : mouth pale : thorax very short, scarcely longer than 

 the head, somewhat rounded : elytra broader, but scarcely longer than the 

 thorax, pitchy-black : abdomen oblong, broad, scarcely twice as long as the 

 elytra : legs pale testaceous : antennce scarcely the length of the thorax, 

 thickened exteriorly, pale testaceous, with the terminal joint very short, 

 turbinate-acute. 



Also taken in boleti: rare near London. " In boleti near Hull." 

 —Kirby MSS. " Near Swansea."— L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 137. pallicornis. Nigra, nitidiuscula, elytris pedibus antennisque pallidis, 



abdomine testaceo cingulo atro. (Long. corp. f lin.) 

 Al. pallicornis. Steph. Catal. 266. No. 2733. 



Black, shining, slightly pubescent: head narrower than the thorax, produced 

 in front, subtriangular : thorax subtruncate in front, rounded behind, with 

 two minute punctures : elytra pale testaceous, with the outer margins 

 fuscous, rather wider than the thorax, and longer : abdomen also testaceous, 

 with a black belt towards the apex : legs pale : antennce also very pale, 

 scarcely thickened exteriorly, with the last joint acute. 



Found by myself within the metropolitan district. 



