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elytra rufous, with the base dusky, or dusky with the extreme tip rufous : 

 legs rufous. 



Found near London, and in Norfolk and Suffolk. 



Sp. 10. brunnipeniiis. Niger, nitidus, glaher, pedihus thoracisque marginibus 

 rufescentibus, elytris rufo-brunneis, antennis piceo-J'errugineis. (Long. corp. 

 24: lin.) 



Ta. brunnipeniiis. Sfeph. Catal. 273. No. 2871. 



Black, shining, glabrous, smooth : thorax rather ample, with the lateral mar- 

 gins rounded, and slightly rufescent: elytra elongate, red-brown, with the 

 disc clouded behind : abdomen short, with the margins of the segments and 

 the apes somewhat reddish : legs also reddish : antennw pitchy -ferruginous, 

 with the base obscure. 



Probably synonimous with Ta. dubius of Gyllenhall. 



Taken, but rarely, within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 11. nigripes. Ater, nitidus, elytris apice humerisque rtijis, pedihus piceis. 



(Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 

 Ta. nigripes. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 273. No. 2872. 



Black, shining, glabrous, rather smooth : head subrhomboidal : thorax imma- 

 culate : elytra pitchy-black, pitchy, or rufo-piceous, with the humeral 

 callous, and the apex dull rufous : abdomen with a few diverging lines : 

 legs piceous, the anterior palest : antcHnae short, slightly thickened exte- 

 riorly, entirely black : palpi black. 



Taken in Suffolk, and in Norfolk. 



Sp. 12. apicalis'. Ater, nitidus, elytris apice pedibiisaue riifis, antennis graci~ 



lioribus. (Long. corp. 2§ lin.) 

 Ta. apicalis. Steph. Catal. 273. No. 2873. 



Black, shining, glabrous, finely punctured: head small: thorax with the 

 lateral margins dilated, the base slightly rufescent: elytra with the extreme 

 apex rufous : abdomen with the edges of the segments and the extreme tip 

 rufous : legs rufous : antennae very slender, slightly thickened towards the 

 apex, rufo-piceous. 



Fotind in the vicinity of the metropolis. 



Sp. 13. fulvipes. Ater, nitidus, elytris concoloribus, j'^dibus fulvis, antennis 



piceis. (Long. corp. 2\ lin.) 

 Ta. fulvipes. Steph. Catal. 213. N'o. 2874>. 



Black, shining, glabrous, rather deeply punctured : thorax with the lateral 

 and posterior margins slightly tinged with piceous: elytra entirely pitchy- 



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