190 BRACHELYTRA — ALEOCHARIDAE. 



Ti h. Body densely pubescent. 



A J. Thorax nearly as long as broad, 

 nmcli narrower than, and about three- 

 quarters as long as elytra. 



Grayish-black, rather dull; antennae pitchy, legs red- 

 brown, tarsi rather short and stout ; all alxlominal segments 

 very closely punctured. L. 1^- 1. Eather connuon ; sea- 

 coast, local. ff. V ^ ^' ^'^ ^> ^' ^'> Wat. 

 J5 1. Thorax a little lu'oader than long, 

 scarcely narrower than and nearly as 

 long as elytra. 

 Linear, dull. Head, thorax and abdomen black, elytra 

 brownish, antennae red-brown, legs red-yellow. Posterior 

 tarsi long and slender, their first joint nearly double as long 

 as second. Punctuation extremely close and fine (i-e- 

 sembling, with the pubescence, that of an Oxypoda). — L. 

 14 — liT Moderately common; Hammersmith. 



H. f alia x,Kr. 



a JB. Abdomen with basal segments rather 

 closely i)unctured, fifth often more diff'usely tlian 

 fourth, sixth segment nearly smooth. 

 a a. Elytra one-third longer than thorax. 

 A a. Length 2 lines. 



A 1» Thorax about one-third broader than 

 long. 

 Broad, rather dull and flat. Head and thorax black- 

 brown ; elytra yellowish ; abdomen black-brown, margins 

 of segments and apex lighter ; base of antennae and legs 

 yellowish. Male with upper-plate of seventh abdominal 

 segment emarginate in middle of posterior margin, the 

 under-plate much produced and turned upward, sides of 

 produced part suddenly narrowed in middle, apex narrow 

 and emarginate. Not uncommon. 



H. luridijjcnnis, Mann. 



H 1. Thorax almost as long as broad. 



Linear, varial)le in colour. Head black, with an impres- 

 sion on vertex ; thorax blackisli or reddish-brown; elytra 

 brownish-reil ; abdomen black, apex and margins of seg- 

 ments lighter ; legs reddish - yellow ; antennae pitchy, 

 moderately slender, joint ten slightly transverse. Male 



