142 ADEPHAGA. \Dromius. 



right angles ; elytra strongly striated, the strife distinctly punctured, 

 colour darker towards apex ; legs testaceous. L. 4 mm. 



In moss, amongst dead twigs, refuse, &c. ; widely distributed and common tlirough- 

 out England ; Scotland, widely distril)uted. Lowlands, but not common ; Ireland, near 

 Belfast, and Portmarnock, and probably widely distributed. 



D. ag'ilis, F. Head dark red brown, often blackish, strigose be- 

 tween the eyes ; antennae testaceous ; thorax red brown with the margins, 

 which are broad, lighter, as long as broad, somewhat narrowed behind, 

 posterior angles bkmt, disc strigose; elytra dark pitchy red, or red- 

 brown, somewhat widened behind middle, disc rather depressed, obsoletely 

 striated, with a row of pores -on the third and also on the seventh in- 

 terstice ; legs testaceous. L. 5|-6 mm. 



Under bark of beech, apple, &c., and among the damp herbage of river banks j 

 loc:il but widely distributed ; it is rather rare in the Loudon district, and other places, 

 but is found all over the country ; Scotland, common under bark, Lowlands, Tay, 

 Dee, Solvvay, Clyde ; Ireland, near Dublin. 



S. meridionalis, Dej. Almost exactly like the preceding, but 

 dift'ers in having the thorax wider in front and more obliquely narrowed 

 to base, with the posterior angles more obtuse, and especially in having 

 a distinct row of pores on the seventh interstice, and none on the third. 

 L. 5|-6 mm. 



Found uuder the same circumstances as the preceding, but commoner ; it does not, 

 however, appear in the Scotch list at all, although it is recorded from various localities 

 in Northumberland ; Ireland, near Belfast and Dublin. 



I>> quadrimaculatus, L. Head blackish brown, finely striated 

 between the eyes, mouth and antennae testaceous yellow ; thorax broader 

 than long, reddish with darker disc, sometimes entirely red, margins 

 broad, elevated, posterior angles very blunt, rounded or almost rounded ; 

 elytra black with two large testaceous patches before middle, and a 

 large common one behind covering their apical portion, disc feebly but 

 distinctly striated, sixth stria with a row of pores ; underside of thorax 

 and breast ferruginous, of abdomen black ; legs testaceous. L. 5-5|- 

 mm. 



Common and widely distributed throughout the kingdom under bark of various 

 trees. 



D. quadrinotatus, Panz. Much smaller than the preceding, and 

 not so broad in proportion ; head black with front of head smooth in 

 the centre, only strigose near eyes, antennae testaceous, a little darker 

 towards apex ; thorax pitchy brown with sides sometimes lighter, much 

 more elongate than in the preceding, narrow, with posterior angles 

 elevated and somewhat prominent, margins narrow ; elytra fuscous black 

 or brownish, marked as in the preceding species except that the apical 

 spot is smaller and the anterior spots are not so sharply bounded with 

 black at the margins ; they are, however, always separated from them 

 by a more or less narrow pitchy space ; striae feeble ; legs testaceous. 

 L. 3^-4 mm. 



