156 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOrXERA. 



piceous, or ferruginous : antenna; nearly as long as the thorax, thickened 

 exteriorly, with the terminal joint ovate-acute. 



Not uncommon in the vicinity of the metropolis ; also " near 

 Hunstanton, in Norfolk.'" — Kirhy MSS. " Taken plentifully on 

 the Crwmlyn sand-hills by IVIr. Jeffreys." — L. IF. Dilhvyn, Esq. 



b. Elyfra pitchy. 



Sp. 148. fimiata. Aira, nitida, subpubescens, antennis elytrisque fusco-piceis, 



pedibus anoque ritfis. (Long. corp. If Hn.) 

 Al. fumata. Gravenhorst. — Steph. Catal. 267. No. 2744. 



Black, shining, sUghtli) pubescent : head suborbiculate, narrower than the 

 thorax : thorax very much punctulated, broader than long : elytra very short, 

 thickly ^w\ci\xre(L, fusco-piceous : abdomen thrice as long as the elytra, with 

 the apex piceous : legs dusky-ferruginous : antennae shorter than the thorax^ 

 piceous, with the base rufous : palpi also piceous. 



Occasionally taken near London; also in Suffolk. 



Sp. 149. puncticollis. IVigra, nitidiuscula, subpubescens, antennis piceis, pedibus 



riifis, thorace elytrisque punctulatissimis. (Long. corp. 1§ lin.) 

 Al. puncticollis. Kirby MSS.— Steph. Catal. 267. No. 2745. 



Black, shining, slightly pubescent : head narrower than the thorax, subcor- 

 date, and slightly deflexed : thorax scarcely longer than the head, beneath a 

 lense very thickly punctulated : elytra nearly as long as the thorax, also 

 very mvxch. punctulated, immaculate: abdomen above thrice as long as the 

 elytra, with the apex obtuse : legs rufous : antennce piceous, with the base 

 rufous, slightly thickened exteriorly, with the apical joint turbinate. 



Also found near London, and in Suffolk. 



Sp. 150. villosula. Nigra, villosula, elytris subemarginatis, elytris antennisque 



piceis, pedibus testaceis. (Long. corp. 1§ lin.) 

 Al. villosula. Kirby MSS— Steph. Catal. 267. No. 2746. 



Black, slightly shining, smooth, somewhat villose : head narrower than the 

 thorax, scarcely rounded: thorax a little longer than the head, subtruncate 

 in front and behind : elytra rather longer and wider than the thorax, dull 

 rufous, or pitchy-red, with the apex towards the outer angle slightly notched, 

 the angle itself submucronated : abdomen about thrice as long as the 

 elytra, somewhat rounded : legs testaceous, with the femora fuscescent : 

 antennce pitchy-red, with the base paler, as long as the thorax, sensibly 

 incrassate, with the terminal joint ovate. 



Found within the metropolitan district, and in Suffolk. 



