Pi-ATK \Ul.— Cuntiniu'd. 



tt-iior angles rounded, reddish brown, sparsely and finely punctate, witli a broad longitudinal, nearly 

 smooth central line, and an oblung, slightly elevated, smooth space on each side of it towai-ds the 

 base. Elytra scarcely longer than the thorax, testaceous red, with a triangular black patch at the 

 base round the scntelluni, and a dusky spot at the outer apical angles, sparsely punctate, the 

 jiunctures hero and there disposed in indistinct rows. Abdomen parallel at the sides, finely and 

 rather thickly punctate, ape.x, and frequently the apical nuirgin of each segment ferruginous, with 

 a thin short yellowish-grey pubescence. Legs testaceous red. Length, 3-3^ lines. 



Rare ; Tottenham ; Highgate ; near Croydon and Rejgate, Surrey, &c. In damp places. 



Fifr. 113. L.\THROBIU]\I TERiMINATUM, Grav., Curlis. [F. Picderidje. G. Latli- 

 robium, Grav.^ 



Elongate, black, shining, abdomen sub-opaque. Head small, ovate, ratlu r thickly and finely 

 punctate ; antenna? as long as the head and thorax, slender, pitchy black, red at the base and apex. 

 Thorax narrower than the elytra, longer than broad, snb-quadrate, sides slightly rounded, all its 

 angles obtuse, coarsely and thickly punctate, with a central longitudinal smooth space. Elytra longer 

 than the tlmrax, thickly and linely punctate, with a bright red spot, in rare instances wanting, at 

 the apex. Abdomen slightlydilated towards the middle, thence narrowed to the apex, very thickly 

 and finely jiunctate. Legs testaceous red. Beneath ; the male has the 7th abdominal segment 

 deejily notched at the apex, in the female the apex is acutely produced. Length, 3 lines. 



Not uncommon. At the roots of grass aud rushes in marshy places. 



Fig:. 114. CONOSOMA LITTOREUM, Z. [F. Tachyporida;. G. Conosoma, AVaa/^.] 

 (Tachyporus littoreus, Curlis.) 



Oblong, broad in front, acuminate behind, pitchy black, clothed with fine short silky pubescence. 

 Head triangular, convex, black, finely and sparsely punctate ; parts of the mouth and base of 

 antenna; testaceous yellow, apex of the latter ferruginous. Thorax transverse, narrowed in front, 

 sides rounded ; posterior angles acute, salient ; thickly and very finely punctate, reddish brown, 

 with a large ill-defined reddish-yellow patch at the hinder angles. Elytra longer than the thorax, 

 similarly punctate, each with a large oblique reddish-yellow .spot at the base. Abdomen narrowed 

 from the ba.se to the apex, immarginate, apical margin of each segment narrowly reddish brown. 

 Legs reddish yellow. Length, I5-2 lines. 



Common. In refuse of faggot-stacks, and beneath dead leaves. 



Fig. 115. DELE.\STER DICHROUS, Grav. [F. Oxytelida?. G. Dclcaster, Eric.'] 

 (Lesteva Leachii, Curtis.) 



llather elongate, sub-depressed, testaceous red, head black, abdomen pitchy bl.ack. Head 

 Iriangui.ar, a tritle wider than the thorax, with a tubercle on each side at the base of the antenna?, 

 aud a transverse impressed line between them, convex in front, with a transverse furrow behind, 

 and two deep longitudinal impressions running obliipiely into it ; parts of the mouth aud antennjB 

 testaceous red, the latter dusky towards the apex. Thorax scarcely half as wide as the elytra, short, 

 transverse, narrowed behind, sides rounded in front, base truncate, convex, finely and sparsely punc- 

 tate, with an indistinct dorsal channel, and three large foveas one in the centre at the base, and 

 one on each side. Elytra wide, flat, as long as the thorax, thickly and finely punctate, with a short 

 gidden-ycllow pubescence. Abdomen with the sides parallel and broadly margined, the margin 

 reflexed, very finely and sparsely punctate. T^cgs testaceous red. Length, 2|-3| lines. 



Rare. Under stones in wet places ; near Edinburgh ; Glasgow ; Croydon ; C'olney Hatch, &c. 



Fig. 116. SYNTOAIIUM /ENEUM, Miill. [F. Oxytelidse. G. Syntomium, Ctiriis.1 

 (S. iiigroa'iU'Uin, Curtis.) 



Oblong, con\ex, black with a brassy hue. Head thickly and coarsely punctate, with a trans- 

 ver.se impression between the antenna\ terminating on each side in a .small fovea ; antenna? nearly 

 as long as the head and thorax, black, their tiiarticulate club pitchy. Thorax convex, narrower than 

 the elytra, transverse, narrowed posteriorly ; sides rounded in front, sub-sinuate behind, finely 

 serrated ; base sinuate, posterior angles acute, prominent ; coarsely and s]iarsely punctate, with 

 a central longitudinal smooth space, and a shallow depression on each side at the base. Elytra 

 convex, longer than the thorax, very coarsely and ruggedly punctate. Abdomen short, the lateral 

 margins wide and reflexed, shining, with a few indistinct punctures towards the sides. Legs 

 pitchy red. Length, J lino. 



Not uncommon. In moss on shady banks. 

 SG 



