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the disc smooth, bounded by a double row of punctures on each side : elytra 

 blackish-brasSj distinctly punctured, and wider than the thorax : abdomen 

 thick, recurved, as wide as the elytra, and thrice as long, with the penulti- 

 mate segment narrowly edged with white: legs black; tarsi reddish: 

 antennae short, stout, rather slender at the base, with the terminal joint 

 conic-acute. 



Not common ; found near London, and also at " Hunstanton, in 

 Norfolk."— Z^irfc?/ MSS. 



Sp. 145. sericea. JVigra, nitida, punctata, dense sericeo puhescens, geniculis 



tarsisque riifis. (Long. corp. IJ lin.) 

 Al. sericea. Leach MSS. — Steph. Catal. 266. No. 2740. 



Black, shining, pubescent, rather thickly and deeply punctured : head rounded, 

 much narrower than the thorax : the latter transyersely-orbiculate, subtrun- 

 cate in front, rounded behind : elytra wider and longer than the thorax, 

 densely pubescent, the pubescence cinerascent: abdomen stout, glossy, 

 above thrice as long as the thorax: legs black, with the Joints and tarsi 

 reddish: antennae deep fuscous-black, slightly thickened at the apex, with 

 the terminal joint rather longest, acute. 



Found in Devonshire, and near London. 



f Sp. 146. Cursitor. Nigra, nitida, antennis basi tibiis tarsisque rujis. (Long. 



Corp. If lin.) 

 Al. Cursitor. Kirby MSS.— Steph. Catal. 267. No. 2742. 



Deep black, shining, pubescent : head inflexed, narrower than the thorax, sub- 

 orbiculate, punctate : thorax nearly orbiculate, punctate, with the sides 

 deflexed, very delicately margined : elytra longer and wider than the thorax, 

 distinctly punctate : abdomen above twice as long as the elytra : legs 

 rufescent, with the femora pitchy, the anterior ones paler : antennce nearly 

 as long as the thorax, with the apex incrassated, and the three basal 

 joints rufous. 



Taken in Devonshire ; and I believe in Suffolk. 



Sp. 147. Morion. Nigra, nitidiuscula, dilatuta, pedibus piceoferrugineis. 



(Long. Corp. | — 1| lin.) 

 Al. Morion. Gravenhorst. — Al. minutula. Steph. Catal. 267. No. 2743. 



Broad, black, slightly shining, and delicately pubescent : head orbiculate, 

 narrower than the thorax; the latter rather longer than the head, sub- 

 truncate in front, rounded behind, convex, with a very obsolete impression 

 at the base : elytra as long atid rather wider than the thorax, with an 

 obscure pubescence, puiictulatc : abdomen above twice as long as the 

 elytra, and nearly as wide, a little narrowed towards the apex: legs rvfo- 



