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* *S'. hinotatuSy Ljungh. Black, closely punctured, and pubes- 

 cent. The antenna and palpi are pitchy -brown, and the 

 front of the head is flat and very slightly furrowed. The 

 tarsi are blackish-brown, the third joint being expanded, 

 and the fourth bilobate. Length, 6 mm. Found in reeds 

 and in damp grass, but local. 



* S. higuttatuSy Linn. This species is of the same size as the 

 preceding. It is black, with the wing-cases coarsely punctured, 

 each with a small, round, orange spot behind the middle. The 

 abdomen has a border. It is common on sandy shores. 



* S. hipunctatus, Erichs., is very similar, but the yellow spots 

 on the wing-cases are everywhere equidistant, and the front of 

 the head is more slightly furrowed. Local. 



Genus Oxyporus, Fabr. 

 Antennae slightly elbowed, scarcely as long as the head, 

 which is larger and broader than the thorax. The elytra are 

 narrower than the thorax, which is half again as broad as it is 

 long, and is much narrowed behind. In the males the head 

 is larger, and the end of the sixth abdominal segment is 

 slightly emarginate. They live in fungi. 



* 0. rufus, Linn. (Plate V., Fig. 9). Shining black, with the 

 pronotum, the first four abdominal segments, and the legs, red. 

 The wing-cases have a large orange-coloured shoulder-spot. 

 They are found in the larger Boleti. 



0. maxillosusy Fabr. (Plate V., Fig. 10). Reddish-ochreous, 

 with the head and pronotum pitchy-black. The elytra are 

 pale yellowish-brown, with the extreme tips black. It is 

 found in Agarici. 



Genus Bledius, Leach. 



Body of nearly uniform breadth throughout. These species 

 are provided with wings. The head is rather narrower than 



