70 CATALOGUE OF THE INSECTS OF 



7. B. PYGM^us, Panz. 



Steph. Illust.y Hand., v., 17 L—Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Staph., 

 280. 

 In Agarics, common. " Twizell." — P. J. Selhy, Esq. Gosforth, 

 Gibside, Ravensworth, &c. July and August. 



Stephens has given several other species, but they may nearly 

 all be reduced to varieties of B. annularis, and B. pygmwus. 



160. Mycetoporus, Mannerheim. 

 1. M. LONGULUS, Mannerh. 



Elongatus, niger, nitidus; antennis nigris, basi testaceis; 

 thorace nigro, disco utrinque puncto uno alter ove impresso; 

 elytris ruhris, scutello, summo hasi plerumque, et margine 

 exteriore nigris, utrinque trihus seriehus punctorum ohsitis, 

 harum stria dorsali regidari; ahdomine longo, nigro, crebre 

 fortiter punctato, margine postico segmentorum tenuiter, 

 apiceque, rufo-piceis ; pedibus rufis, femoribus posticis 

 inter dum nigricantibus. Long. 2^ lin. 

 Boisd. et Lacord. Faun. Ent. Paris, i., 503. — Erichson, Gen. 

 et Spec. Stajoh., 283.— Feer, Fn. Col. Helv., i., 296 — 

 Mycetoporus nigricoUis, Steph. Illust, Mand., v., 434? 

 Under moss, in shady and damp places. " Twizell." — P. J. 

 Selby, Esq. Prestwick Car, Gibside, Ravensworth. — J. H. 

 South Shields and Gosforth. — T. J. B. January — May. 



This is usually considered as M. splendens. From the abstract 

 given of its character, any further description here will be un- 

 necessary. 



2. M. LEPiDUS, Enoch. 



Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Staph., 284. — Steph. Manual, No. 

 3020. — Tachyporus lepidus, Gyll. Ins. Suec, ii., 247. — 

 Ischnosoma lepidus, Steph. Illust., Mand., v., 169. 



Var. Ischnosoma punctato-striatus, Steph. I.e. 



In similar places with the preceding. Ravensworth, Gibside, 

 Shields, Hartlepool. — J. H. In the dried-up bed of the lake at 

 Gosforth.— T'. J. B. March— July. 



