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testaceous; the latter nearly filiform, with the terminal joint acute. (L. 

 ^ 1.) Boleti : London district : 6. 



2852 microcephala Ste. M. v. 138. — Pitchy-black; slightly shining and 

 pubescent; head smooth, black; thorax faintly narrowed behind, with an 

 obscure dorsal channel ; elytra wider, pitchy, with the hinder margin 

 obscurely waved ; abdomen glossy ; legs testaceous red ; antennae long, 

 pitchy, with the base pale. (L. 1^1.) Boleti: London district : 6. 



2853 nigritula Grav. ML 85. — Ste". M. v. 142. — Black, slightly pubes- 

 cent, smooth and shining ; head rounded ; thorax wider, with an obscure 

 dorsal channel ; elytra dull spotless yellow ; legs ochreous ; antennae tes- 

 taceous. (L. 11.) Boleti: London district ; Suffolk : 6. 



2854 pyrrhoceras Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 142. — Black; smooth; slightly 

 pubescent : head rounded ; thorax narrowed in front ; elytra pale red, 

 flattish ; legs ochreous ; antennae red, terminal joint rounded, tip com- 

 pressed. (L. 11.) Boleti: Suffolk: 6, 



2855 liturata Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 142, — Black; rather shining ; thickly 

 and finely punctured ; glabrous ; head orbiculate, with a furrow behind ; 

 elytra with an oblique ochreous streak from the shoulder to the inner 

 apex ; abdomen dull red, with a black ring towards the apex ; legs ochre- 

 ous ; antennae testaceous. (L. 11.) Boleti: London district : 6. 



2856 glauca Ste. M. v. 145. — Black; slightly shining; obscurely pubes- 

 cent : head somewhat orbiculate ; thorax with a very faint basal fovea ; 

 elytra convex, glaucous ; abdomen with the apex pitchy-red ; legs red ; 

 antennae with the tip acute. (L. 1 1.) Boleti; London district: 6. 



2857 parvula Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 143. — Deep black; slightly pubescent; 

 and rather glossy ; finely punctulated ; thorax with an obsolete dorsal 

 furrow ; elytra 4-drate, very thickly punctured ; abdomen glossy ; legs 

 dull red; thighs dusky; antennae with terminal joint ovate-acute. (L. § 1.) 

 Boleti: London district ; Norfolk; Suffolk; Devonshire: 4-6. 



2858 fuscicornis Ste. M. v. 145. — Black, slightly shining, and pubescent; 

 head somewhat orbiculate ; thorax with a small basal fovea ; elytra wider 

 than thorax, convex, pitchy-red ; abdomen with the tip slightly pitchy ; 

 legs red; antennae fuscous- red, short, apex obtuse. (L. £1.) Boleti; 

 London district : 6. 



2859 punctulata Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 144. — Black, clothed with a long 

 villose pile ; very thickly and minutely punctured ; head somewhat orbi- 

 culate ; elytra convex, red, with the legs dull red ; antennae pitchy-red, 2 

 basal joints testaceous ; base of palpi pale. (L. 1§ 1. ) Boleti: London 

 district ; Suffolk : 6. 



2860 flavicollis Ste. M. v. 144 Pitchy-red, slightly pubescent: thorax 



wider than the head, convex, reddish-yellow ; elytra black ; abdomen with 

 a black belt towards the apex ; legs red ; antennae short, stout, tip obtuse. 

 (L. 11.) Boleti: Godstone, Surrey: 6. 



2861 opaca Ste. M. v. 144. — Deep black, opaque, slightly pubescent; head 

 large, rounded ; thorax rather wider, and a little narrowed behind ; elytra 

 dull spotless black; legs red; antennae pitchy ; apex obtuse. (L. 1 1.) 

 Boleti : London district : 6. 



2862 fusca Marsh, i. 514. — Ste. M.'v. 142. — Brown-black, slightly pubes- 

 cent ; head somewhat orbiculate ; thorax rounded ; elytra fuscous ; tip of 

 abdomen conic, fuscous ; legs testaceous, hinder pair darker ; antenna* 

 fuscous, terminal joint very large, ovate ; palpi red. (L. 1| 1.) Boleti: 

 London district : 6. 



2863 castanipes Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 143. — Black, rather shining, gla- 

 brous ; head somewhat rounded ; thorax widest behind ; elytra slightly 

 pubescent and margined ; abdomen with its apex acute ; legs dull red ; 



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