Plate XV. — Continued. 



Fig. 130. TRICHONYX MiERKELII, Aubc.— [F. Pselaphidte. G. Trichonyx, de 

 C/iaudoir-l (Bryaxis sulcicollis, Curtis, but not of Reichenbach.) 



Oblong, redilisli yellow or castaneous, shining, sparsely clotlied with a yellowish-grey pubes- 

 cence. Head triangular, a little narrower than the thorax, with a deep horse-shoe shaped impres- 

 sion in front, crown convex, with a small, round, shallow fovea behind. Thorax as wide as long, 

 narrowed in front and behind, sides rounded anteriorly ; with a deep central longitudinal channel, 

 terminating behind in a triangular impression, connected by a faint arcuate impressed line with a 

 large fovea situate on each side a little behind the middle. Elytra half as long again as the thorax, 

 shouKlers rounded, dilated behind, sinuate truncate at the apex, the outer angles acuminate, 

 obsoleteiy punctate, with a fine deep sutnral stria, and a broad abbreviated one on the disc. 

 Abdomen smooth. Legs reddish yellow. Length, 1 line. 



Very rare. Carlisle, " taken off the city walls ;" Mickleham, Surrey, in nests of Formica flava, 

 beneath flints. 



Fig. 131. BYTHINUS PUNCTICOLLIS, Z)miy. [F. PselaphidfE. G. Bythinus, Z«/e/(.] 

 (.Vrcopagus puncticollis, Curtis.) 



Oblong, reddish brown, shining, with a sparse yellowish-grey pubescence. Head narrower 

 than the thorax, triangular, coarsely and sparsely punctate ; palpi and antennaj reddish yellow, 

 the basal joint of the latter cylindrical in the female, swollen in the miiidle and angular within at 

 the apex in the male. Thorax transverse, convex, narrowed in front and behind, tlie sides rounded 

 anteriorly ; coarsely and sparsely punctate, with a faint transverse impressed line at the base. 

 Elytra conspicuously longer than the thorax, dilated towards the apex, sinuate truncate at the tip, 

 pitchy black, very coarsely and sparsely punctate, each with a sutural stria, and an oblong imjires- 

 sion within the shoulder. Abdomen very finely punctate. Legs reddish yellow; thighs thickened, 

 posterior tibia' curved in the male. Length, j line. 



Not uncommon. In moss and at roots of grass in humid places. 



Fig. 132. IIOLOPARAMECUS SINGULARIS, Beck. \_F. Lathridiids. G. Holo- 

 paran-.ecus, Curtis.'] (H. depressus, Curtis.) 



Oblong, depressed, reddish yellow, shining. Head triangular. Thorax elongate, narrowed 

 behind, sides rounded anteriorly, exceedingly finely jiunctate, with a deep elongate fovea on each 

 side at the base, connected by a transverse impressed line. Elytra oblong, very finely punctate and 

 pubescent, with a fine sutural stria obliterated towards the apex. Length, i line. 



Occasionally found in shops and warehouses, probably introduced in foreign mercbandise. 



Fig. 133. LATHRIDIUS ELONGATUS, Curtis. [_F. Lathridiidre. G. Latliridius, Hbst.1 



Elongate, red brown. Head oblong, quadrate, with a shallow longitudinal impression on each 

 side between the antenna>, thickly and finely rugulose-punctate ; antenniv reddish yellow. Thorax 

 longer than broad, slightly narrowed behind ; sides faintly rounded anteriorly, sinu.ate behind ; 

 margined ; posterior angles obtuse, thickly and finely rugulose-punctate, with a transverse impres- 

 sion at about one-third from the base. Elytra elongate ovale, the suture raised, each with six 

 broad punctate stria% the punctures very large and approxinuite ; interstices narrow, smooth. 

 Length, I line. 



Kare. In moss on truidcs of trees, and in boleti | Colney Hatch and Finchley, near Loudon ; 

 New Forest ; Bristol ; &c. 



Fig. 13 L PAR.VMECOSOIMA MEL.WOCEPII.VLU.M, Hbst. [F. Cryptophagidie. 

 G. I'arauiccosouia, Curtis.] (P. bicolor, Curtis.) 



Elongate, ovate, pitchy black, antenna;, elytra and legs reddish brown, sparsely clothed with a 

 fine short grey pubescence. Head narrower than the thorax, convex, rather thickly jninctate. 

 Thorax transverse, narrowed in front and behind ; sides slightly rounded, with two obscure denti- 

 culations cquidislaut from each other and from the anterior and posterior angles ; rather thickly 

 and finely [lunctate. Elytra oblong ovate, thickly punctate, the punctures arranged in irregular 

 rows at the base, obsolete at the .ipex, sutural stria fine, deeply impressed at the apex, obscure at 

 the base. Length, if line. 



Not uncommon in the north, apparently rare in the south. Colney Hatch and Finchley, near 

 London; " in some abundance in June, oil" furze-bushes growing over the water near Knaresborough, 

 in Yorkshire." 

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