Salpingus. | HETEROMERA, 51 
margin of elytra very narrow from base of abdo- 
men, 
1. Colour bronze; legs more or less red; average 
Bie WAEPCT 6 ef oe! See ksi a spin se an oot (Os MRATUG Muyls. 
(@neus, Steph.) 
2. Colour deep black; egs black, tarsi often 
pitchy; average sizesmaller . . . . .. . S. ATER, Payk. 
IT. Mandibles long and much exserted. 
1. Size smaller; labrum shorter, reddish-testaceous ; 
frontal region flattened. . . . . . . . . ~. S. MOTILATUS, Beck. 
ii. Size larger; labrum longer, ferruginous or pitchy 
red; frontal region not flattened. . . . . . . S. Foveotatus, Ljungh. 
S. castaneus, Panz. (picee, Germ.). Elongate, subparallel, casta- 
neous-brown or ferruginous, glabrous and shining; head triangularly 
produced in front, coarsely punctured, labrum short, eyes black, promi- 
nent, antenne moderately long, gradually thickened towards apex, 
ferruginous with base often paler; thorax subcordiform, about as broad 
in front as head, gradually narrowed behind, thickly and rather coarsely 
punctured, with an indistinct impression before middle of sides, and a 
more or less distinct transverse impression at base; elytra with not very 
regular rows of rather strong punctures, more or less confusedly punc- 
tured at base; legs ferruginous or reddish-testaceous. L. 31-4 
mn. 
In decaying fir branches: occasionally by sweeping under fir trees; local, but 
rather common where it occurs; Esher, Shirley, Norwood, Weybridge, Mickleham, 
West Wickham, Chatham, Crohamhurst; Hastings ; Leominster; Coleshill, near 
Birmingham ; Cannock Chase; Repton; Manchester district (general in pine trees) ; 
Northumberland and Durham district, rare; Scotland, on dead branches of Scotch 
fir, Solway, Tweed, Forth, Tay, Dee, and Moray districts. 
S. wratus, Muls. (eneus, Steph.). Brassy black, or lighter or 
darker bronze, shining and glabrous ; head rather finely punctured, eyes 
prominent, antenne red, with the last joints thickened and forming a 
club which is dark ; thorax subcordiform, closely and distinctly, but 
somewhat variably punctured, with an impression on each side before 
and behind middle, which are not always distinct; elytra subparallel, 
somewhat confusedly punctured at base, with rather regular rows of 
moderately strong punctures, interstices very finely alutaceous, shining ; 
legs more or less red or ferruginous; there is usually an impression on 
each elytron towards base ; Stephens, however, expressly says that his 
S. e@neus has the elytra without fovee. L. 23-3 min, 
Under bark and in dead twigs of fir trees ; it has also been captured on walls and 
palings; not common; Forest Hill (Marsh) ; Southgate; Dulwich (Stephens); West 
Wickham; Gravesend; Sheppy and Sittingbou.ne, Kent (Champion); Polegate 
(Waterhouse) ; New Forest (Champion); Dawlish ; Plymouth, Whitsand Bay 
(Walker) ; Norfolk ; Knowle, near Birmingham (Blatch) ; Holy Island (Walker) ; 
Northumberland and Durham district (S. ater, not common; S. @ratus, Yetholm 
(Crotch}); Scotland, rare; S. ater, Solway, Tweed, Clyde,j Forth, Tay, Dee, and 
Moray districts ; S. @ratus, very rare, Tweed district, found at Ginich by Mr. Hislop ; 
Iveland, near Dublin (Power); with the exception of those specially mentioned as 
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