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-Sp. 164. rufipennis. Nigra, puhescens, nituliusaila, antennis hasi el apice, 

 elytrin pedibusqiie rujis. (Long. Corp. 1 lin.) 



Al. rufipennis. Kirhy MSS.—Steph. CataL 269. No. 2760. 



VitcYLY-black, slightly shining, pubescent, somewhat punctured : head scarcely 

 narrower than the thorax, somewhat rounded : thorax scarcely longer than 

 the head, subtruncate in front, with the angles detlexed, rounded behind : 

 elytra rather longer and wider than the thorax, rufous; wings white: 

 abdomen linear, above twice as long as the elytra, the terminal segment 

 conic, VAdth the apex truncate : legs rufous, with the posterior femora fusces~ 

 cent: antennae scarcely longer than the thorax, piceous, with the base and 

 apex rufous, thickened exteriorly, with the apical joint rather short, obtuse. 



Also rare ; taken near the metropolis, and in Suffolk. 



Sp. 165. celer. Nigra, nitidiuscula, subpubescens, pedibus elyircrumque litura 



apicibusque riifis. (Long. corp. f lin.) 

 Al. celer. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 267. No. 2761. 



Black, rather shining, slightly pubescent : head triangular-orbiculate, scarcely 

 punctured: thorax anteriorly truncate, rounded behind, minutely punc- 

 tured : elyt7'a shorter than the thorax, and wider, punctulated, pitchy-black, 

 with a recurved testaceous-yellow streak, united to an obscure rufous patch at 

 the apex : abdomen subconic, above thrice as long as the elytra, pitchy- 

 black, with the margins of the segments and the extreme tip slightly rufous : 

 legs Wv'idi-testaceous : antennae shorter than the thorax, stout, pilose, pitchy- 

 black, thickened exteriorly, with the apical joint oblong-obtuse. 



Found, but rarely, near London ; and likewise in Suffolk. 



Sp. 166. lugens. Nigra, nitidiuscula, subpubescens, elytris, antennis basi 



pedibus anoque rufis. (Long. corp. If lin.) 

 Al. lugens. Gravenhorst — Al. phiEopa. Steph. Catal. 267. No. 2763. 



Black, rather shining, smooth, slightly pubescent: head small, somewhat 

 inflexed and subcordate : thorax truncate in front, with the angles deflexed, 

 rounded behind, and rather convex : elytra scarcely the length of the thorax, 

 reddish : legs pale rufous : abdomen thrice as long as the elytra, pitchy- 

 black, with the apex obtuse and reddish : antennse nearly as long as the 

 thorax, pube^'cent, pitchy, with the base reddish, serrate on both sides, 

 slightly thickened at the apex, with the articulations short, the apical 

 one acute. 



Very rare apparently : taken in Norfolk, and I believe also in 

 Suffolk. 



e. Pale or rufous ; the elytra concolohous. 



Sp. 167. Daltoni. Subdilaiata, ferruginea, aut castanen, nitidiuscula, pedibus 



dilutioribus. (Long. corp. 2^ — 3^ lin.) 

 Mandibut.ata. Vol. V. 31st May. 1832. m 



