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(7) 8. Frontal process triangular, not twice as lone 
as its basal width . : F . . SIGNORETI. 
(5) 9. Frontal process more or less blunt, viewed 
from above ‘ . MONTIVAGUS. 
B. crassipes, 7. Schf.—Ochreous ; clubs of the antenne 
and femora very strongly developed, black. Head raised 
on each side between the eyes, frontal process viewed from 
above somewhat blunt at the apex; first joint of the an- 
tenn with a very strong black club, second and third 
narrowly black at the extreme apex, fourth black ; pro- 
notum punctured, with the lateral margins and central keel 
much raised ; elytra widest near the middle, about three 
times as long as wide, punctured, its nerves very strongly 
raised, apex of the corium black, membrane nearly hyaline, 
with a darker central cloud in the ¢; legs with very strong 
black clubs to the femora, apical joint of the tarsi black. 
L. 4-5 mm. 
Rare; one species on heath near Fairlight, Butler ; 
Headley Lane, Billups; Glanvilles Wootton, Dale ; 
Hastings, Shirley, Champion ; Lowestoft, Hdwards. 
B. minor, H. Schf. (cognatus, Fieb. (macr.) ; commu- 
tatus, D. and S. (brach.).—Larger and narrower than the 
preceding ; second joint of the antenne pale throughout, 
first joint with the apical club less developed, but black as 
in crassipes ; elytra much longer, at least four times as 
long as wide in the brachypterous form ; membrane wider 
than the corium in the macropterous form, narrower than 
it in the brachypterous, with a central brown stripe in the 
male; femora clavate, but less strongly so than in crassipes, 
the club only slightly darkened ; in the developed form the 
pronotum is much widened and raised posteriorly ; in the 
undeveloped form it is shorter, flatter, and nearly parallel 
sided. 
L. 6-7 mm. 
The commonest species of the genus, generally distri- 
buted, but never abundant, in moss, etc., in the South of 
England; Aviemore, Champion. 
