Plate XI. 



Fig. 90. BYTURUS TOMENTOSUS, Fab., Curtis. \F. Telmatophilidse. G. Byturus, 

 Latr.'] 



Elongate, black, with a dense grey pubescence, antennce and legs reddish yellow, or reddish 

 brown with a yellowish grey pubescence, and the antennse and legs pale yellow. Labrum obsolete; 

 eyes small, prominent. Length, 1^ lines. 



Common throughout the spring, summer, and autumn in flowers, especially of the white- 

 thorn, raspberry, and bramble. 



Fig. 91. TRIPL AX ^NE A, Pfly^., C«r/w. [F. Erotylids. G. Triplax, Pay/:.] 



Oblong ovate, convex. Head small, triangular, rounded in front, reddish yellow, finely and 

 sparsely punctate ; antenna? pitchy black. Thorax transverse, narrowed in front, sides slightly 

 rounded ; base bi-sinuate, margined ; reddish yellow, rather finely and very sparsely punctate. 

 Scutellum i-eddish yellow. Elytra oblong, greenish blue, finely punctate-striate ; interstices flat, 

 exceedingly minutely and sparsely punctate. Underside and legs reddish yellow. Length, lf-2^ 

 lines. 



Rare. Coombe Wood, Surrey ; New Forest ; Ockbrook, Derbyshire, &c. 



Fig. 92. ANTHEROPHAGUS FALLENS, Oliv. (Female.) [P. Ciyptophagida;. G. 

 Antherophagus, Latr.'] (A. similis, Curtis.) 



Oblong, red brown, with a short, grey pubescence. Head triangular, finely and rather thickly 

 punctate. Thorax transverse, quadrate, slightly narrowed in front, sides nearly straight, finely 

 and thickly punctate. Elytra oblong, exceedingly finely and somewhat closely punctate, each with 

 six or seven indistinct striae. Legs reddish yellow ; anterior tibife robust, dilated towards the apex, 

 outer angle rectangular. 



In the male the antennifi are thick, moniliform, pitchy black, the basal and apical joints reddish 

 brown ; the legs are shorter and stouter, and the tibije are pitchy black at the base. Length, 

 Ij-lf lines 



In flowers, not common, although widely distributed. 



Fig. 93. MYCETiEA HIRTA, Marsh., Curtis. \F. Endomychidffi. G. Mycetrea, Steph.'] 



Oblong ovate, convex, reddish yellow, or red brown, shining, sparingly clothed with long, 

 coarse, sub-erect, golden yellow hairs. Head triangular, thickly and very finely punctate ; 

 antenna;, pale reddish yellow. Thorax transverse, narrowed in front, rounded at the sides, posterior 

 angles nearly rectangular, base with a transverse impressed line, a trifle less finely and more 

 sparsely punctate than the head ; on each side within the lateral margin, and somewhat remote 

 from it, a shallow, longitudinal, impressed line, bounded outwardly by an acute ridge. Scutellum 

 short, very broad, its apex truncate. Elytra elongate ovate, acuminate behind ; striate-punctate, 

 the punctures large, rather shallow, and somewhat remote ; interstices smooth, the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 

 and 7th, with a row of long, sub-erect, golden yellow seta;. Legs pale reddish yellow. Length, 

 § line. 



Common in cellars, boleti, and hay-stacks. 



Fig. 94. CRYPTOPHAGUS POPULI, Payh, Curtis. [F. Ci-yptophagida;. G. Cryp- 

 tophagus, Hbst.] 



Oblong ovate, ferruginous red, pubescent, elytra with an elongate black patch, frequently 

 invading the entire disc. Head tiiangular, thiikly, deeply, and coarsely punctate. Thorax 



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