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dorsal line ; elytra slightly convex, deep piceous ; abdomen glossy, slightly 

 conic ; legs pitchy-testaceous ; antennae fuscous, slender at the base. 

 (L. 11.) Boleti: London district : 6-8. 



3. Thorax broader than long (transverse). 



2832 cinnamomea Grav. Mi. 88. — Al. pallipes Ste. M. v. 151. — Red- 

 brown ; very finely punctured ; head somewhat orbiculate ; thorax trans- 

 verse, slightly convex ; abdomen black, glossy ahove and narrowed towards 

 the apex; legs and base of the antennas pale testaceous. (L. l|-2l.) 

 Fungi, &c. : London district ; New Forest ; Devon : 5-6. 



2833 longicornis Grav. Mi. 87 Ste. M. v. 114. — Oblong; black; 



shining ; very thickly punctured ; thorax somewhat orhiculate and flattish ; 

 abdomen very thickly punctured above ; the tip brownish, or testaceous ; 

 elytra and legs testaceous ; antennas rather long, somewhat filiform . 

 (L. 1-1^1.) Fungi: London district; New Forest; Norfolk; Suf- 

 folk: 6. 



2834 Fungi Grav. Mo. 157. — Al. xanthopa Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 114. — 

 Black; rather glossy; very thickly punctured; thorax transverse, slightly 

 convex, as broad as the abdomen, which is slightly narrowed towards the 

 apex, the terminal joint sparingly punctured ; elytra pitchy-brown, or 

 testaceous ; legs and antennae red ; the apex of the latter sometimes 

 dusky. (L. l|-l^l.) 



Var. Al. tricolor Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 114. — Elytra fuscous; tip of abdo- 

 men pitchy ; legs testaceous ; antennas red brown. Fungi, &c. : London 

 district ; Darenth Wood : 6. 



2835 contigua Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 116. — Black; somewhat ohscure; finely 

 pubescent and punctured ; head narrower than the thorax, the latter nar- 

 rowed behind, both with a central fovea ; elytra dull red ; legs red ; an- 

 tennas wholly black, distinctly perfoliated. (L. 1^1.) Fungi : London 

 district; Suffolk: 6. 



2836 angustata Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 115. — Narrow; deep black, shining; 

 head somewhat orbiculate : thorax truncate in front, rounded behind, de- 

 licately punctured ; elytra flat, obscurely punctured, dull red or pitchy ; 

 abdomen with the head and apex pitchy ; legs ochreous ; antennas pitchy 

 at the base. (L. 1^1.) Fungi: London district; Suffolk: 6. 



2837 nitidula Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 118. — Rather elongate, black, shining; 

 slightly pubescent : head triangular-orbiculate ; thorax narrowed behind, 

 and with a faint dorsal furrow ; elytra dull reddish, finely punctulate ; ab- 

 domen linear, glossy; legs ochreous ; antennas dull red, terminal joint 

 rather obtuse ; palpi dull red. (L. 1^-1.) Marine rejectamenta : Holme, 

 Norfolk: 8. 



2838 sulcifrons Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 121: — Black; shining; slightly pu- 

 bescent ; minutely punctured ; head orbiculate, with an obscure frontal 

 channel ; thorax broadest rather before the middle, the disc with a faint 

 channel ; elytra dull pitchy ; abdomen glossy ; legs reddish ; antennse 

 long, dull red. (L. l|l.) Boleti: London district ; Norfolk ; Suffolk; 

 Devon; S. Wales: 6." 



2839 foveatocollis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 134. — Black, rather shining ; thorax 

 minutely punctured, and with a slight basal fovea ; elytra slightly pubes- 

 cent, thickly and finely punctulated, fuscous, with an oblique dense pale 

 streak; abdomen linear, glossy; legs testaceous ; antennas with the basal 

 joint red, the apical one elongated, acute. (L. 1£ 1.) Boleti: London 

 district ; Yorkshire, and Scotland : 6. 



2840 obfuscata Grav. Mi. 87.— Ste. M. v. 135. — Black; shining; finely 

 pubescent ; head somewhat 3-angular ; thorax broader, pitchy, its lateral 



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