358 BRACHELYTRA. TACHYPORIDJE. 



Var. Al. ochropa Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 1 27. — With the thorax pitchy. 



Var. Al. contigua Site. M. v. 130. — Pitchy- red, legs paler; antenna? 

 pitchy ; head and abdominal belt deep black. 



Var. Al. rufescens Kirby Ste. M. v. 128. — Dusky, or blackish; thorax, 



antenna?, legs, and tip of abdomen, red. Boleti, decayed trees, &c. : 

 London district ; Norfolk ; Suffolk ; Devon ; &c. : 4-6. 



b. Winged. 

 1 . Thorax nearly as long as broad : abdomen mostly linear. 



2785 graminicola Grav. Mo. 176. — Al. rufitarsis Kirby ? — Ste. M. v. 124.? 



— Black ; shining ; with a silken pile ; legs pitchy ; tarsi red ; thorax 

 somewhat 4-drate, the base with 2 deep foveolets ; abdomen above sparingly 

 and obscurely punctured : $ with the penult, segment of abdomen punc- 

 tured ; <j> smooth. (L. 1^-2 1.) Boleti, &c. : London district ; New 

 Forest ; Ryde ; Suffolk ; Devon : 6. 



2786 quisquiliarum Gyll. ii. 398. — Al. foveolaris Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 

 119.? — Linear; flattish ; black; with a delicate silken pile ; elytra fus- 

 cous ; legs and base of antenna? testaceous ; thorax somewhat 4-drate, 

 narrower than the elytra, and with an obscure dorsal channel ; abdomen 

 above sparingly and finely punctured : £ with an elevated line in the 

 middle of the penult, segment of the abdomen. (L. lJ-2 1.) Fungi: 

 London district : 6. 



2787 carbonaria Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 123. — Deep black, glossy; slightly 

 pubescent ; thorax rather convex, punctulated, rounded behind, with an 

 obscure foveolet ; elytra convex and punctured, dull piceous, with the apex 

 pale ; abdomen linear, smooth ; legs pitchy ; tibia? and tarsi dull reddish ; 

 antenna? pitchy-black. (L. 1-1^1.) 



Var. Al. subpubescens Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 123. — Thorax more distinctly 

 foveolated at the base, the hinder thighs black. Fungi, &c. : London 

 district ; Suffolk ; Norfolk ; New Forest ; S. Wales : 6. 



2788 foveola Leach. — Ste. M. v. 124. — Black, rather shining; head 

 narrower than the thorax, rounded ; thorax widened behind, and with a 

 basal fovea ; elytra rather wider, pubescent, punctured ; abdomen glossy, 

 smooth ; thighs brown ; tibia? pitchy, or reddish ; tarsi pitchy ; antenna? 

 somewhat filiform. (L. H-lf 1.) Fungi: Hertford; Devon; S. 

 Wales : 6. 



2789 elongatula Grav. Mi. 79. — Ste. M. v. 127. — Al. elongata Kirby? 



— Ste. M. v. 117.? — Linear, flattish; black; rather shining, with a 

 silken pile ; elytra fuscous ; tip of abdomen, legs, and base of antenna?, 

 testaceous ; thorax somewhat 4-drate ; abdomen with the anterior seg- 

 ments thickly, and the posterior dispersedly and finely, punctulate : — 

 thorax sometimes with a small basal foveolet, or a faint channel. (L. 1^1.) 

 Marshy ditches : London district ; New Forest ; Norfolk ; Suffolk : 4-6. 



2790 linearis Grav. Mi. 69. — Ste. M. v. 119.? — Linear; black; or 

 pitchy ; elytra fuscous ; base of the antenna?, legs, and tip of the abdomen, 

 testaceous ; thorax somewhat 4-drate, with a deepish channel ; abdomen 

 above sparingly and finely punctured, apex smooth : $ with a frontal im- 

 pression. (L. 1^-1^1.) Moss: London district ; Norfolk: 12-4. 



2791 angustula Gyll. ii. 391. — Ste. M. v. 119. — Linear; flattish; black; 

 base of antenna?, elytra, and legs, testaceous ; thorax somewhat 4-drate, 

 with a distinct dorsal channel ; abdomen above very thickly and finely 

 punctulated : $ with a frontal impression, the thorax rather broadly chan- 

 nelled, and the penult, segment of the abdomen somewhat granulated. 

 (L. 1^-lf 1. ) Rare; moss: London district and Nottingham : 12-2. 



2792 inquinula Grav. Mi. 78. — Al. amicula Ste. M. v. 132. — Linear; 



