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sinuate on each side, with central lobe acutely incised at 

 apex, L. 4 — 5 1. Not common ; Abeiiady, under seaweed. 



T. Darioinianus, Sharp. 



h b. Antennae of male with smooth impressed 

 lines on central joints. 



A a. Head rather long and broad. 



Eeddish-yellow; vertex of head often blackish; elytra 

 more or less brownish ; under-side (except margins of ab- 

 dominal segments), knees of hinder pairs of legs and rarely 

 of anterior pair blackish. Third joint of antennae double 

 as long as second and scarcely shorter than fourth ; sides of 

 thorax slightly, anterior margin more strongly rounded ; 

 tooth on claws blunt. L. 3 — 3| 1. Common. 



T. hicolor, Fab. 



JB b. Head small, much narrowed toward 

 base. 



A 1, Space on head between bases of an- 

 tennae yellow. 



Brown-yellow ; head (except front), a spot on thorax 

 (sometimes absent), antennae (except base) and under-side 

 blackish ; legs varying from smoky-brown, with apex of 

 femora and tarsi lighter, to unicolorous yellow. Third joint 

 of antennae fully half as long again as second and distinctly 

 shorter than fourth ; eyes large and prominent ; thorax 

 somewhat narrowed in front ; outer claw on all tarsi with 

 a distinct tooth. L. 3— 3| 1. ( ? Brit.) 



T. figurata, Mann. 



1? 1, Space on head between bases of an- 

 tennae black. 



Elongate. Black ; base of antennae, mouth, margins of 

 thorax (more or less), elytra and tibiae red-yellow. Antennae 

 of male with third joint nearly twice as long as second 

 and an impressed line on joints four to ten ; those of 

 female shorter, simple, third joint almost half as long again 

 as second. Antennae longer and stouter than in T. 

 figurata, thorax larger, with anterior angles and apical 

 margin more rounded, the black colour spread over a greater 

 area. Elytra and legs longer. L. 3 — 4 1. Bare. 



T. scoticus, Sharp. 

 3, Lenuth 2 — 3 lines. 



