146 ADErnAGA. [3Ietahlcf7is. 



truncate, feebly striated ; tibia) and tarsi testaceous, femora darker. L. 

 3 mm. 



Damp places, in moss, under refuse, &c. ; local, but not uncommon in the south and 

 midland districts ; apparently not found in the north or in Scotland ; Lee, Shcerness, 

 Cliatliam, Toubridge Wells, Keip^ate, Dulwich, Lewisham ; Weymouth; Hastings; 

 Glanvilles Wootton ; Isle of Wight; Colchester ; Slaptou Ley, Devon; SaU'ord Priors; 

 Bewdley; Norfolk; Beikshire. 



X.IONYCZIUS, Wissman. 



This genus, as its name implies, is separated from the preceding by the 

 simple and smooth tarsal claws : it contains nine or ten species, which are 

 widely distributed over the Old World, representatives being found in 

 India and Burmah, and also at the Cape of Good Hope ; they are all 

 small, more or less brassy, with light spots on the elytra : in habits they 

 resemble the Bembidia. 



Zi. quadrillum, Duft. Shining black with a feeble bronze reflection ; 

 antennae Ijlack, with first joint brownish-red ; thorax with anterior margin 

 plainly Avider than head with eyes, rounded at the sides below the anterior 

 angles, much contracted towards l^ase, posterior angles small, acute, and 

 prominent ; elytra broad and short, shoulders rather marked, with four 

 distinct strise near suture, the outer ones obsolete, interstices finely sha- 

 greened, with a row of minute but plain punctures in each, each elytron 

 with two yellow spots, one near shoulder, and another more or less obscure 

 behind middle which is sometimes absent ; legs black. L. 3 mm. 



Marshy places on the coast, under stones, &c., rare ; Sheerness ; Whitstable ; 

 Southend ; Slapton Ley, Devon ; Lymington ; Raiuclili' Wood, near Scarborough, at 

 roots of ash (li. Lawsonj. 



POLYSTICHINA. 



This tribe is distinguished by having the basal joints of the antennae 

 pubescent, the apex of the elytra membranous, and especially by its very 

 long and slender paraglossse ; it is, however, merely adopted here pro- 

 visionally, as it is probable that Puhjstichus belongs to the Dryptina, 

 being connected with them through the gradations Diaphorus, Ztijjldum, 

 Galerita, Planetes, &c. From Drijpta itself it differs very widely by its 

 cordiform thorax, simple fourth joint of the tarsi, and comparatively 

 short first joint of antennae. One thing is certain, and that is, that it 

 cannot be classed, as it is by Dr. Horn and others, with the Helluonina, 

 from which tribe it is widely separated by its long mend^ranous i)ara- 

 glossae ; in Hellao these parts are corneous and merged in the ligula. 



POX.VSTZCKUS, Bonelli. 



Nine species of this genus are mentioned in the Munich Catalogue, but 

 according to M. Bedel only three true species are known, two from 

 Europe, and one from Central Asia ; very little is known about their 

 habits. 



