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entirely testaceous) ; thorax broader tlian long, considerably narrowed 

 behind, posterior angles blunt but slightly elevated ; elytra depressed, 

 with sides almost parallel, striae very feeble, two or three near the suture 

 plainer, sutural stria recurved, recurved portion very strongly impressed, 

 each elytron with a pore near the middle ; underside brown ; legs testa- 

 ceous, femora more or less dusky. L. 2 mm. 



Very local, hut sometimes plentiful where it occurs; Shcernoss; Lyminorton Sal- 

 terns ; Hastings district ; Chi'istchurcli, Hants ; Whitstable ; usually found running 

 in marshy and muddy places in the sunshine. 



T. bistriatus, Duft. Pitchy brown, sometimes paler ; antennae 

 brownisli with the base testaceous ; thorax broader than long, narrowed 

 behind, posterior angles obtuse but rather elevated and prominent, base 

 depressed ; elytra depressed, with two distinct strife next suture, the 

 sutural stria recurved, the recurved portion strongly impressed, the exterior 

 strife more or less obsolete, sides and apex smooth, fourth interstice with 

 a pore on anterior third ; legs testaceous. L. H mm. 



Sandy banks of rivers, &c. ; also in muddy places near the coast ; running in the 

 sunshine, or at roots of grass, under stoues, &c. ; locally plentiful ; Jfaidstone; .Mickle- 

 ham ; Cowfold, near Horsham; Holme Hush, near Hrightoii; Bristol Channel; 

 Tonbridge; Weymouth; Hastings; Luccomlx,' Chine, &c., Isle of Wight; a single 

 specimen is iTCorded by Hold from South Shields (which may however belong to the 

 pieceding species, as he mentions it as synonymous with T. scutellaris, 1. c. p. 13). 



IiYMNiEUM, Stephens. 



This genus is included by some authors under BemhiiJiu7n ; it contains 

 six species, of which three are European, a third, from Toulon, having 

 lately been added by M. Bedel ; the other three are found respectively 

 in the East Indies, California, and the Kurile Islands (near Japan). 



Zi. nig-ropiceum, iNFarsh (sulcafulnm, Cliaud.). Pitchy or ferru- 

 ginous, elongate, depressed, apterous ; head large with two deep longi- 

 tudinal frontal furrows; antenuie long, ferruginous; thorax broader 

 than head, cordiform, sides rounded in front, strongly contracted behind, 

 posterior angles acute, dorsal furrow distinct, base with a deep fovea on 

 each side; elytra somewhat parallel-sided, very deeply striated, outer 

 stria} punctured, inner ones impunetate, interstice between third and 

 fourth striae with two large pores ; legs red. L. 4 mm. 



Local, but not uncommon where it occurs ; under stones and shingle on the coast, 

 often below high- water mark; Ventnor, ratlu'r common; Portsea ; Whitstable; for- 

 merly supposed to occur only at Ventnor and in the Crimea, but it Las occurred at 

 Dieppe and the He de Re in France. 



CZZiZiENUS, Samouelle. 



This genus comprises only one species, which is easily distinguished 

 from all its allies by its cylindrical form and short antenna^ ; it is found 

 under stones or refuse below high-watermark, and when the tide recedes 

 may be found rimning in the sunshine ; as a rub' tlie wings are short 



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