Plate XI. — Continued. 



transverse, convex, slightly narrowed behind, sides with a recurved denticnlation a little behind 

 the anterior angles, and a minute tooth just before the middle, punctate like the head. Elytra 

 oblong, rather finely and somewhat thickly punctate. Legs reddish yellow. Length, I2-2 lines. 

 Rare. Near Norwich ; Ripley, Surrey ; Gravesend, Kent. 



Fig. 95. TRITOMA BIPUSTULATA, F., Curtis. [F. Erotylidx. G. Triplax, Fab.] 



Short ovate, black, shining, elytra with a large triangular, blood -red, humeral patch. 

 Head triangular, finely and rather closely punctate ; antenna; red, the basal joint and the club 

 pitchy black. Thorax transverse, narrowed in front, sides nearly straight, base bi-sinuate, with a 

 very short, longitudinal, impressed line in front of the scutellum ; finely and rather thickly 

 punctate. Scutellum semicircular, smooth. Eljlra ovate, convex, each with eight rows of fine 

 closely-set punctures ; interstices exceedingly finely and sparsely punctate ; black, with a large, 

 blood-red, triangular spot on the shoulder, humeral callus rather prominent, pitchy black. Beneath 

 j)unctate. Legs pitchy black, tarsi ferruginous. Length, 2-2J lines. 



Not uncommon in boleti, and in decaying stumps of trees. 



Fig. 96. TETRATOMA ANCORA, K, Curtis. [F. Tetratomids. G. Tetratoma, Hbst.] 



Oblong ovate, reddish yellow, elytra pitchy brown, with the outer margins and five spots 

 reddish yellow. Head triangular, thickly and coarsely punctate. Thorax transverse, convex, 

 narrowed in front, rounded at the sides ; posterior margin waved, with a triangular impression on 

 each side midway between the angle and the centre ; coarsely and rather sparsely punctate. 

 Elytra oblong, as coarsely but a trifle more sparsely punctate than the thorax, pitchy brown, the 

 external margins, an elongate patch descending obliquely from the shoulder, another ascending 

 obliquely from the outer margin near the apex, and a common ovate spot on the suture reddish 

 yellow ; these markings subject to considerable variation. Length, 1| lines. 



Very rare. Found in moss and decayed branches of oak and hornbeam, at Highgate and 

 Colney Hatch, near London ; and in the north of England. 



Fig. 97. MYCETOPHAGUS PICEUS, Fab., Curtis. [F. Mycetophagidte. G. Myce- 

 topliaguSj Hellwig.'] 



Ovate, rather convex, pitchy black, pubescent. Head ferruginous in front, thickly and finely 

 punctate, antennaj fen-uginous at the base and apex, dusky in the middle. Thorax transverse, 

 narrowed in front, rounded at the sides ; posterior margin bi-sinuate, with an ovate impression at 

 each side ; reddish brown, thiekly and finely punctate. Elytra oblong, conspicuously punctate- 

 striate at the base, obsoletcly so at the apex ; interstices flat, exceedingly finely punctate ; with a 

 broad, interrupted band at the base, a jiatch on the outer margin, a narrow, interrupted, transverse 

 band behind the middle, and an ovate spot within the apex reddish yellow. Beneath reddish 

 brown. Legs reddish yellow. Length, 2|-2J lines. 



The markings on the elytra vary considerably, and it is difficult to fiud two individuals precisely 

 alike in this respect. 



Not uncommon in fungi on decayed oaks. 



Fig. 98. TYPH/EA FUMATA, L., Curtis. [F. Myectophagida;. G. T\-])hjca, Curtis.'] 



Oblong ovate, depressed, rufo-testaceous, thickly pubescent. Head triangular, thickly and 

 finely punctate, with an arcuate impression between the antenna\ Tliorax transverse, narrowed in 

 front, sides rounded ; posterior margin bi-sinuate, with a broad, shallow impression on each side ; 

 thickly and finely punctate. Elytra oblong, punctate-striate ; interstices thickly and finely 

 rugulose-punctate, each with a row of long, decumbent, golden yellow hairs. Length, 1-1 J lines. 



Common in dung-heaps, hay-stack refuse, &c. 



