368 BRACHELYTRA. TACHYPORID,£. 



punctured, with a large obscure red spot at the apex ; abdomen somewhat 

 conic, thickly punctured above ; legs testaceous ; antennae pubescent. 

 (L. 1^-2 1.) Dung: London district ; Norfolk; Suffolk; Bristol; S. 

 Wales: 4-6. 



2887 terminata Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 158. — Broad ; black ; rather shining, 

 slightly pubescent ; thorax rather convex ; elytra short, the tip dull red ; 

 abdomen broad, its apex obtuse ; legs pitchy, anterior palest ; antenna? 

 shortish, slightly villose. (L. 21 1. ) Dung: London district; Bristol; 

 Suffolk: 4-6. 



2888 lanuginosa Grav. Mi. 94 Ste. M. v. 157. — Black ; shining ; 



clothed with a short erect pubescence ; thorax finely punctured ; elytra 

 rather coarsely punctured, the apex red ; abdomen linear, sparingly punc- 

 tured above; legs black, tarsi red ; antenna? deep pitchy-black. (L. 2 1.) 

 Dung : Battersea fields ; Suffolk ; Norfolk ; S. Wales ; &c. : 4-6. 



2889 nitida Grav. Mi. 97. — Ste. M. v. 159. — Rather narrow; black; 

 shining ; slightly pubescent ; thorax with scattered punctures on the 

 sides, and a double row on the disc, the latter smooth ; elytra deeply 

 punctured, with a rounded obscure red spot at the apex ; abdomen slightly 

 punctured above, the tip obtuse; legs pitchy-black, knees paler. (L. 1^1). 



Var. Al. bilineata Gyll. ii. 436. — Ste. M. v. 154. — Elytra immaculate; 



legs rusty-piceous. 

 Var.? Al. immaculata Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 154. — Elytra spotless; legs 



pitchy, tarsi reddish. 

 Var. ? Al. agilis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 1 54. — Elytra with a brassy tinge, 



spotless ; legs black ; tarsi red. Dung, &c. : London district ; Norfolk ; 



Suffolk ; Devon ; S. Wales : 4-6. 



2890 moesta Grav. Mi. 96.? — Al. concolor Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 153 



Black, pubescent ; rather broad and shining ; elytra very short, black, 

 spotless, with an ashy-brown pubescence, punctured ; abdomen broad, 

 shining, sparingly punctured ; legs and base of antenna? pitchy. (L. lf- 

 2^ 1. ) Dung, &c. : London and Edinburgh districts ; Suffolk ; Swan- 

 sea : 4-6. 



2891 nigrina Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 154. — Rather narrow ; black; shining; 

 smooth ; pubescent ; elytra dusky-black, spotless, pubescent, and punc- 

 tured ; abdomen linear, apex obtuse; legs pitchy; antennae pitchy-black. 

 (L. Ifl.) Dung: London district ; Suffolk: 4-6. 



2892 sericea Leach. — Ste. M. v. 155. — Black; shining; pubescent; 

 thickly and deeply punctured ; especially the elytra, which are clothed 

 with a dense ashy pubescence ; legs black ; knees and tarsi reddish ; 

 antennae dull black. (L. l£ 1.) Dung: London district; Devon: 

 4-6. 



2893 puncticollis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 156. — Black; shining; slightly pu- 

 bescent ; thorax very thickly and rather coarsely punctured ; elytra deeply 

 punctured, spotless, pitchy ; abdomen with the tip obtuse ; legs red ; 

 antennae pitchy, base red. (L. 1§ 1.) Dung: London district; Suf- 

 folk : 4-6. 



2894 pulla Gyll. iv. 494. — Ste. M. v. 433. — Black ; rather shining ; 

 very thickly punctured, clothed with a dense pale pubescence ; elytra 

 brown ; legs and palpi testaceous ; antenna? black, base and apex red. 

 (L. l£-l£l.) Dung: London district : 4-6. 



2895 fulvicornis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 157. — Black; slightly shining and 

 pubescent ; elytra shortish, somewhat villose, punctured, pitchy-red, dusky 

 at the base ; abdomen with the tip red ; legs and antennae red ; mouth 

 and palpi the same. (L. 1J1.) Dung: London district; Suffolk: 

 4-6. 



