NEW BRITISH SPECIES NOTICED IX 1S60. 63 



6. QuEDius TRUNCicoLA, Fairm. ; E. W. Janson, Proc. 

 Ent. Soc. 6 Feb. 1860, Zool. 6937 (1860). 

 Quedius tnnicicola, Fairm. et Laboulb. Faune Ent 



Franc. Col. i. 538, 14(1856). 

 Quedius fuhjidus, F. var. 3, Eric. 

 Very closely allied to Q.fulgidus, F., from which it differs 

 in having the sciitellum very sparingly punctured, and the 

 abdomen ferruginous red, the two basal segments with a 

 blackish tint. M. Fairmaire describes the antenna as havino- 

 the joints more elongate and the sixth abdominal segment o°f 

 the male more strongly emarginate than in Q.fulgidus, but 

 I am unable to detect in my specimens any difference in these 

 respects. 



I have hitherto seen two examples only presenting the 

 peculiarities above mentioned, both of which I found under 

 bark of elm; one at Tottenham on the 29th of October, 1848, 

 the other near Hampstead on the 18th of January 'of the 

 present year. 

 7. Ptemdium picipes, Matthews, Zool. 7067 (1860) 

 Resembles P. punctatum, Gyll., in its deeply, remotely 

 punctate upper surface, but differs conspicuously in its ovate 

 convex form, and in having the disc of the thorax punctate 

 without a smooth longitudinal space. 



Taken by the Rev. A. Matthews near Gumley, Leicester- 

 shire, m the early spring, in moss, and to his kindness I am 

 mdebted for the species. 



8. Ptilium brevicolle, Matthews, Zool. 7066 (1860). 

 Readily distinguished from its congeners by its large heJd 



short thorax, and rough punctuation. ^ ' 



Described by the Rev. A. Matthews from a single example 

 taken by him some years back near Weston, Oxfordshire 



9. Ptilium SAxoNicuM,Gillm.; Rev. A. Matthews, Zool 



7067 (1860). 



