TACHYPORID.K. ALEOCHAUA. 159 



thorax, leith the apex dull red: abdomen above thrice as long as the elytra, 

 with the apex obtuse : legs pitchy, the anterior palest ; antennae nearly as 

 long as the thorax, villosulous, slightly incrassate exteriorly, and subsei-rate 

 on both sides, the articulations short, the terminal one longest, and rather 

 obtuse. 



Taken in the vicinity of Bristol, and in Suffolk. 



Sp. 158. nitida. Nigra, nitida, elytris puncto obscuro rvfo. (Long. corp. 



li— lilin.) 

 Al. nitida. Gravenhorst. — Steph. Catal. 267. N'o. 2759. 



Somewhat narrow, black, shining, smooth, delicately pubescent : head nar- 

 rower than the thorax, subcordate, slightly inflexed : thorax scarcely longer 

 than the head, very shining, truncate in front, rounded, and rather wider 

 behind : elytra nearly as long as the thorax, ivith a rounded obscure rufous 

 dot near the apex towards the suture : abdomen thrice as long as the elytra, 



. with the apex rather obtuse : legs entirely pitchy-black : antennae slightly 

 incrassated at the apex, but not serrated. 



More abundant than the foregoing : found in the neighbourhood 

 of the metropolis ; also in Devonshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk. 



Sp. 159. velox. Atra, nitida, punctnlata, capite thoraceque disco Icevibus, elytris 



apice interne tarsisque rujis. (Long. corp. If lin.) 

 Al. velox. Kirby MSS.— Steph. Catal. 267. No. 2755. 



Black, shining, pmnctulated, glabrous: head narrower than the thorax, orbicu- 

 late, sparingly punctured, with the disc smooth : thorax truncate in front, 

 and narrowed, rounded behind, the sides sparingly punctured, the disc longi- 

 tudinally smooth, with a punctured stria on each side : elytra shorter than 

 the thorax, and scarcely wider, pilose, rufous, the base and outer margins 

 dusky : abdomen as wide as the thorax, and thrice as long : legs black ; 

 tarsi reddish : antennae thickened exteriorly, shorter than the thorax, 

 obscure, with the base shining piceous, the terminal joint ovate-obtuse. 



Taken near London, and in Norfolk, " near Hunstanton." — 

 Kirhy MSS. " On Crwmlyn-burrows."" — L. W. Dillw'i/71, Esq. 



Sp. 160. Cursor. Atra, nitida, Iceviuscula, elytris punctulatis angulo ijiterjio 



apicis rufo. (Long. corp. 1^ — If lin.) 

 Al. Cursor. Kirby MSS.— Steph. Catal. 267. No. 2756. 



Deep black, shining, smooth, slightly pubescent: head much less than the 

 thorax, of a triangular-orbiculate form : thorax rather broader than long, 

 subtruncate in front, rounded behind : elytra scarcely longer than the thorax, 

 or broader, more pubescent, punctulatcd, with the inner angles of the apex 

 broadly rufous : abdomen above twice the length of the elytra, with the 

 apex rather acute: legs entirely black: antennae shorter than the thorax,. 



