6 HETEROMERA, { Blaps. 
line, more prominent at anterior angles; antenne with joints 4-7 
oblong ; thorax scarcely transverse, narrowed behind ; elytra broadest in 
middle; metasternum transversely furrowed; legs long; allied to JB. 
mucronata, but distinguished by its narrower form, and by having the 
thorax distinctly narrowed behind and the apical process of the elytra 
longer. L. 18-20 mm. 
Male (female ? according to Thomson) with a fovea set with yellow 
hairs at the base of the second abdominal ventral segment. 
Very rare, and somewhat doubtfully indigenous, as very many of the specimens 
that have stood in our old collections under this name must be referred to the succeeding 
species ; Burton-on-Trent, in Mr. Worthington’s brewery ; recorded from Glanvilles 
Wootton, Dorset, and as common in houses in Exeter; but these records very pro- 
bably must be referred to B. mucronata; Scotland, very rare, in outhouses, Tay and 
Moray districts; in Dr. Power’s collection there is a specimen from Elgin, and two 
sent from Scotland by Mr. Hislop. 
B. mucronata, Latr. (obtusa, Sturm, fesfe H. R. W.; mortisaga, 
Steph., Curt., Ol., nec L. ; Leptocolena mucronata, All.). Broader than the 
preceding, obovate, upper surface dull, under surface more shining ; 
clypeus with a central line, scarcely prominent at anterior angles ; 
antenne with joints 4-7 elongate and the penultimate joints short oval ; 
thorax a little broader than long, with sides: rounded and narrowed in 
front, scarcely narrowed behind, finely, rather diffusely and obsoletely 
punctured ; elytra broadest behind middle, very finely punctured and 
somewhat coriaceous; metasternum transversely furrowed in middle ; 
apical process of elytra short; legs long LL. 18-22 mm. 
In cellars, stables, kitchens, churchyards, &c.; crawling about at night; generally 
distributed and common throughout the greater part of the kingdom; Mr. Bold 
remarks that it has been found in plenty in the Northumberland and Durhan 
district down some of the deepest coal mines. 
B. similis, Latr. (fatidica, Thoms. ; obtusa, Curt., Thoms. ; Agroblaps 
similis, Mots.). This species may at once be known from the two pre- 
ceding by its broader form and by the structure of the antenne, which 
are considerably shorter, and have joints 4-10 short oval and moniliform, 
the seventh being larger and broader than those contiguous to it ; the 
clypeus has no smooth central line, and is scarcely prominent at the 
anterior angles ; the thorax is hardly transverse, and has the sides sub- 
parallel and a little narrowed towards base ; the elytra are broad and 
rather convex, widest about or a little behind middle, more plainly 
punctured than in the preceding species ; metasternum with traces of a 
transverse furrow at sides only; sexual characters as in B. mortisaga. 
L. 18-22 mm. 
In cellars, outbuildings, &c.; local and, as a rule, not common; London; Hert- 
ford; Kingsgate, on the sea shore (‘T. Wood) ; Dover; Hastings; Brighton; Hamp- 
shire; Weston-super-Mare; Cambridge; Scotland, in outhouses, rare, Solway 
district. 
CRYPTICINA. 
Four genera and twenty-three species belonging to this tribe are found 
