28 COLEOPTERA. 



colour, with much broader elytra, and slightly longer and 

 more slender antennae, which are not quite so much thickened 

 towards the apex. 



Found very rarely by Dr. Sharp (to whom it was alsc 

 communicated some years ago by Mr. Hislop), only on the 

 banks of Scotch rivers. I have it from Derbyshire. 



7. Aleochara fungivora, Sharp, I. c, p. 280 (de- 



scribed). 



Allied to A. myceto])liaga^ Kr., but not so brightly co- 

 loured, with the abdomen less narrowed towards the apex 

 and more sparingly punctured. From sanguinea and moerens 

 it may be known by its shorter and more clavate antennae, 

 thus resembling mycetophaga. 



Three specimens wei-e found by Dr. Sharp, in fungus, at 

 Eccles, Dumfries-shire. 



8. Aleochara maculata, Ch. Brisout, Gren. Cat. et 



Mat., 1863, 25, p. 18; H. S. Gorham, /. c, vol. vii, 

 p. 136. 



The Rev. Mr. Gorham records the capture by himself, 

 some years ago, in shingle, by the banks of the Lyn, North 

 Devon, of an insect w^hich has been determined by M. Bri- 

 sout himself as above. 



Compai'ed with A. cmiiculorimif Kr., this insect is larger, 

 with longer and stouter antennae, shorter legs (the middle 

 tarsi especially being shorter) and darker femora, more 

 sparingly clothed with golden pubescence, and with a less 

 closely punctured abdomen. 



M. Fauvel has long ago assured me, that the German 

 reference of M. Brisout's species, as a synonym to cunicu- 

 lorum^ was incorrect ; and Mr. Gorham's observations fully 

 corroborate that opinion. 



