360 BRACHELYTRA. TACHYPORIDiE. 



verscly 4-drate, with a faint dorsal impression; legs pale testaceous. (L. 



1^-2 1.) 

 Var. Al. zonalis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 140. — Reddish, head pitchy-black; 



belt on the abdomen and the antennae black. 

 Var. ? Al. atriceps Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 140. — Reddish, head black ; elytra 



with a cloud near the scutellum, and on the outer apical angles fuscous ; 



belt on the abdomen and antennas brown. 

 Var. ? Al. nigriceps Marsh, i. 515. — Ste. M. v. 140. — Broad ; testaceous- 

 red ; head black ; abdominal belt dusky ; antennae testaceous, the base 



palest. 

 Var.? Al. thoracica Ste. M. v. 140. — Dull red; head black; thorax light 



red, with 2 brown clouds ; abdominal belt dusky. In boleti and under 



bark: Coombe Wood; Hertford; Spitchweek; Norfolk; Suffolk; S. Wales, 



&c. : 5-6. 



2803 sericans Grav. Mo. 1 59. — Black, shining ; head and thorax with a 

 yellowish silken pile ; thorax punctured, transverse, flattish, with a fovea 

 at the base ; elytra and legs dull testaceous ; abdomen smooth above, the 

 anterior segments sparingly and finely punctured, the tip pale yellowish ; 

 basal joint of antennae pale red. (L. 1^-2 1.) Boleti : London district ; 

 Ryde: 6. 



2804 incana Erich. K. i. 329. — Elongate, flattish, deep black ; opaque, 

 clothed with an ashy pile ; thorax narrower than the elytra, flat in the 

 middle ; abdomen above very finely granulated ; base of the antennae and 

 the tarsi red. (L. l£-l]l.) Putrid fuci : Ryde: 6. 



2805 socialis Pk. F. iii. 407. — Oliv. E. iii. 42. pi. 3. f. 23. — Ste. M. v. 

 134. — Black, slightly shining; antenna?, legs, and elytra testaceous, the 

 latter with the base of the suture and the outer tips dusky ; thorax trans- 

 verse, with a faint channel ; the sides sometimes pale ; abdomen sparingly 

 and finely punctured above, the tip smooth ; S with antepenult, segment 

 of abdomen flat, and serrated on the edge ; 2d segment not tubercled ; .<j> 

 smooth. (L. lj-lf 1.) 



Var. Al. euryptera Ste. M. v. 135 Elytra broad, pitchy-black, or fuscous. 



London district : Bristol ; Suffolk ; Norfolk : 6. 



2806 xanthoptera Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 116 Black, rather shining, with a 



pitchy pile ; thorax faintly narrowed in front ; elytra dull testaceous, or 

 brownish, rather dusky towards the scutellum and on the outer apical 

 angles ; tip of abdomen pitchy ; legs pale testaceous ; antenna? dusky, base 

 red. (L. U-lf 1.) 



Var. Al. femorata Marsham. — Ste. M. v. 122. — Elytra pitchy, with the 

 outer angles darker; thighs stoutish, pitchy-brown ; antenna? pitchy-black. 

 Boleti, &c. : London district ; Suffolk ; S. Wales, &e. : 6. 



2807 vicina Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 116. — Shining black, smooth: disc of 

 elytra, tibia?, and tarsi reddish ; tibia? and tarsi dull red ; antennae with 

 terminal joint elongate; <J with a dorsal tubercle on the 2d segment of the 

 abdomen; penult, segment thickly punctured; £ smooth. (L. 1^ 1. ) 

 Rotten oaks : London district ; Ryde : 6-7. 



2808 consimilis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 116. — Black; shining; punctulated, 

 and with a short silken pile : thorax rounded behind, and with a faint 

 basal impression ; elytra flattish, dull brown ; legs black, or pitchy-black; 

 tarsi red; antenna? black, slender, nearly filiform. (L. 1^ 1. ) Fungi: 

 London district ; Suffolk : 6. 



2809 assimilis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 117. — Black; slightly shining, finely 

 punctured ; with an ashy silken pile ; thorax with an obscure basal im- 

 pression ; elytra flattened towards the scutellum, and with an elevated 

 humeral callus ; abdomen linear, glabrous ; legs pale testaceous, thighs 



