90 CATALOGUE OF THE INSECTS OF 



5. T. FRONTALIS, Kirhy. 



Nigra, antennarum apice subincrassata, elytris fuscis, pedihus . 

 testaceis: fronte impressd ; thoracis basi tra7isversim foveo- 

 lata, dor so minime profunde canal iculato. Long. 1^ lin. 

 Aleocliara frontalis, Kirby, Steph. Illust, Mand., v., III. — 

 Ischnopoda frontalis, Steph. Manual, No. 2769. — Tachyusa 

 immunita, Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Staph., 916? 

 Of the size, and much resembling Homalota elongatula; black, 

 clothed with a short, rather thick fulvo-griseous down, somewhat 

 shining, head, thorax and elytra dullest. Antennas of the length 

 of the head and thorax, gradually thickened outwardly, 2nd and 

 3rd joints sub elongate, sub-equal, the rest gradually shorter and 

 thicker, obconic, the last rather large and stout, not so long as 

 the two preceding, ovate, moderately acuminate, fusco-piceous, 

 basal joints paler, especially at their bases, or testaceous. Palpi 

 and mouth ferruginous. Head sub-orbiculate, not immersed in 

 the thorax, the sides straightish, thickly and finely punctulate, 

 rather convex behind, flattened anteriorly, the front with a deepish 

 elongate fovea fading out anteriorly. Thorax a little narrower 

 than the elytra, sub-depressed, rather narrowest posteriorly, sides 

 rounded and slightly widened before the middle towards the 

 anterior angles, which are deflexed, thickly and finely punctulate, 

 a shallow obsolete channel down the back, ending in a transverse 

 rather deep fovea. Elytra rather broad, longer than the thorax, 

 flattish, somewhat unequal, depressed rather deeply behind the 

 scutellum, and very slightly at the base within the shoulders, very 

 thickly and almost indistinctly punctulate, dark fuscous. Abdo- 

 men broadish, rather narrowed at the tip, shining, first four 

 segments thickly and finely punctulate, the last two more shining, 

 the 5th nearly smooth, with a few punctures, and a few wide 

 minute granulations, 6th also smoother, again thickly punctulate, 

 the apex piceous. Legs testaceous. 



I have a single specimen from a marsh in the Ravensworth 

 woods ; and others from the borders of rivulets in Berwickshire. — 

 J. H. March. 

 6. T. FLAViTARSis, Sahib. 



Nigra, subnitida, subdepressa, subtilissime griseo-pubescens, 



