Blcchrus.'] AnEniAOA. H5 



Under stones, moss, refuse, &c., also runnings in the sun ; prenerally di-^tributed and 

 oonimou in the south, but not found towards the north or in IScotland ; it usually 

 occurs in or near the coast. 



B. glahratus, Duft., which has been in the British lists, is not in- 

 digenous : it is a larger insect, with the thorax a little less contracted 

 l)ehind, and with the elytra more parallel, and rather longer ; it belongs 

 to Southern Europe. 



DIETABXiETUS, Schmidt-Goebel. 



About two dozen species are contained in this genus, wliidi come 

 from much tlie same countries, and are found under very much the 

 same circumstances as the species of Bh-clirus, which they rather closely 

 r(!semble in size and general appearance ; about half the species are 

 European, of which we possess three as British. 



I. Elytra with two impressions or pores on the third 



stria M. FOVEOLA, Gyll. 



II. Elytra without impressions or pores on the third 

 stria, 



i. Elytra oval, unicolorous M. tBttn'Oatellus, L. 



ii. Elytra oblong, with a very obscure yellowish 



spot at shoulders, and sometimes also at apex . . M. OBSCUEO-aUTTATUS, Z)u/((. 



TH. foveola, Gyll. Obscure brassy brown ; apterous ; head large, 

 smooth, antennae black ; thorax short, with anterior margin hardly 

 broader tlian head with eyes, contracted from behind anterior angles 

 to posterior angles which are olituse and somewhat elevated ; elytra some- 

 what widened behind, moderately rounded at the sides, feebly striated, 

 with two distinct pores on the third stria ; legs black or slightly pitchy. 

 L. 3 mm. 



Sandy places, at roots of grass, &e. ; common and widely distributed throughout 

 England J Scotland local. Lowlands, but widely distributed ; Ireland, Portmaruock, 

 &c. 



DC. truncatellus, E. Shorter and smaller than the preceding 

 witliout any brassy tinge, and without any pores on the third stria of 

 the elytra ; ajiterous ; thorax shorter, with anterior margin slightly 

 cmarginate, more rounded at the sides, and with the posterior angles very 

 blunt almost rounded off ; elytra shorter and slightly wider, apex very 

 wide, disc obsoletely striated ; legs black or i)itchy. E. 2.s mm. 



Sandy places, at roots of grass, &c.; local but not uncommon where it occurs; 

 Sheerness, Dulwich, Chatham, Heigate, Croydon ; Staines ; Walton-on-Tliames ; 

 Deal and Pegwell Bay; Hastings; Glanvilles Wootton ; Colchester; Tonbriiigc; 

 Siilford Priors; IJewdley ; Cannock Chase; I know of no locality for this species in 

 the nortlu'rn counties, and think with Dr. Sharp that the one Scotch record, 

 " Cramoiul, Jlurray," is probably a mistake; Ireland, Portmaruock (Haliday). 



M. obscuro-g-uttatus, Duft. "Winged, obscure brassy bro^^^^ 

 each elytron with a very obscure light spot at shoulder and occasionally 

 anothi^r at apex ; thorax much as in M. foviola, but with the sides and 

 posterior angles slightly more rounded; elytra with tlx' apex obli(|uely 



