Trcrhus.] adepiiaga. 1-27 



as the whole body ; colour testaceous, or reddish brown, often darker at 

 sides and suture ; thorax short about the length of the head, witli sides 

 rounded in front and rather jj;radually contracted to base, posterior angles 

 almost right angles, dorsal furrow rather fine, base with two fovea; ; 

 elytra ]iarallel-sided, depressed, finely striated, the three striae next suture, 

 more distinct, tliird stria with two pores ; legs testaceous. L. 3.v mm. 



Very rare ; first taken at Dnddeii Sands, near Broufrliton, Lancasliire ; banks of 

 Kihlile ; banks of Irthiiii^, Noi-thuinberland (liold) ; near Kelso (K. Hislop); banks 

 of the Nith at ThornhiU and Dumfries (Sharp and Lennon). 



T. lapidosus, Daws, (fuhus, Dej. 1). Testaceous or reddish tes- 

 taceous ; cyi's not prominent; antennae testaceous ; tlioraxnearly as broad 

 in front as behind, with sides strongly rounded almost to base, and margins 

 elevated, posterior angles sliarjt, somewhat projecting, dorsal furrow fine, 

 base with two rather large fovese ; elytra ovate, much depressed, with 

 strong, broad, finely punctured striae, which are not feebler at sides or 

 apex, third stria with two pores; legs pale testaceous. L. 5| mm. 



Sandy places on the coast, under stones, just above hij^h-water mark ; also at the 

 mouths of tidal rivers; very local, but sometimes found in numbers where it occurs. 

 A'eutnor, Isle of Wight (not common under large stones to the west of the town) ; 

 Southend ; Shoreham ; Deal ; Dover ; Sheerness ; Hythe ; North Wales ; Nortlmm- 

 berland and Durham district, banks of streams and sea coast, rare ; Scotland, very 

 local, Lowlands, Tweed and Clyde districts, and also at Tain, Koss-shire. Ireland, 

 Ilolywood, one specimen (Haliday); Killiuey Beach, one specimen (McNab's Dublin 

 list)! 



T. rubens, F. {palwlosus, Dej., &c.). Pitchy red, more or less 

 dark, shining ; antennae and palpi reddish testaceous ; thora.x rather 

 broad cordiform, distinctly transverse, with sides strongly rounded in 

 front, narrowed behind, posterior angles acute and somewhat prominent, 

 disc convex, dorsal furrow strong, basal foveae deep ; elytra long oval, 

 with sides wider and more rounded behind middle, rather lighter than 

 head and thorax, with metallic reflection, each with seven punctured 

 striae, of which the inner five are plain, the sixtli and seventh feebler 

 but plainly traceable ; underside pitchy black, apex of abdomen pale ; 

 legs testaceous. L. 5-5 i- mm. 



Local and rare; on the banks of ponds and streams, under dead leaves and rejecta- 

 menta, &c. ; Whittlesca Mere (formerly common); Llanberis ; Lydford (Devon); 

 Cannock Chase; Eirf^inton, near Hurton-on-Ticnt ; Rejiton (side of ]M)n<l in Kobins 

 Wood) ; Stndley, near Hijion ; Hull ; NDrthunilxrlaiid and Durham district (Hcttou 

 Hall, Lonsj Henton, Winlaton Mill and by the Irthin<,'); S.-iitland, rather widely 

 distributed but never common, Tweed, Forili, lay, Solway, Clyde, iil>o taken in tlie 

 Shetland and (Jrkney Islands; Ireland, Clontarf ( Dublin) and Killiuey ( Kinjjstown], 

 very rare ; not recorded from the London district or the south of Eiiirhind. 



T. minutus, F. (qiiadristriafuf^, Schrank.). Pitchy red or ferruginou.s, 

 tin; head d.irkcr and almost black, elytra lighter at the shoulders and 

 often at sides ; antennae testaceous ; tliorax transverse, feebly rouinlcd 

 at the sides and slightly contracted towards base, posterior angles liliint 

 but traceabli', dise very smnolli, with a di'ep dur.sal furmw, husv. with a 



