Genera Br 2/ axis and Reichenbachia. 451 



SPECIES I. BRYAXIS LONGICORNIS. 



B. Corpore toto ferrugineo ; antennis, palpis, pedibusque pallidio- 



ribus ; capite thorace elytrisque glaberrimis, nitidis^ punctu- 



lis numerosis sculptis. 

 Bryaxis longicornis. Leach^ Zool, Miscell, iii. 85. 

 Habitat in agris Battersea dictis prope Londinum, inter Graminum 



radices baud infrequens. 

 B. with all the body ferruginous ; the antennae, palpi, and the 



feet paler ; the head, thorax, and the elytra very smooth, 



shining, sculptured with numerous punctules (minute imper* 



feet dots.) 

 This species is found in the Battersea fields, not unfrequently at the 



roots of grasses. 



SPECIES II. BRYAXIS SANGUINEA. 



B. Corpore toto sanguineo ; antennis, palpis, pedibusque pallidi- 



oribus ', capite, thorace, elytrisque glabris, nitidis, punctatis. 

 Pselaphus sanguineus. Reich. Monog, Pselaph, 49. 

 Bryaxis sanguinea. Leach, ZooL Miscell, iii. 85. 

 Habitat in Norfolcia, et in agris Battersea dictis prope Londinum 



rarior. 

 B. with all the body blood-red j the antennae, palpi, and the feet 



paler; the head, thorax, and the elytra smooth; shining 



punctulated. 

 Inhabits Norfolk and Battersea fields ; it is rather rare. 



GENUS VII.— REICHENBACHIA. 



PSELAPHI. Fam. III. Reichenbach. 



Corpus breve, convexum. Thorax foveolis distinctis sculptus. 

 Antennce articulis primo et secundo aliis crassioribus ; articulis 

 tertio, quarto, quinto, sexto, et septimo aequalibus, brevibus ; 

 octavo paululum longiore ; nono subgloboso ; decimo lenti- 

 culari ; undecimo apice subobtuso. 

 Palpi maxillares articulo primo, clavato, basi angustissimo ; se- 

 cundo subgloboso ; tertio couico. 



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