O.fl/poda.] STAIIIYLINID.F. 37 



5 10 transverse, of alxnit equal tliickney.s, eleventh rather long, ovate, but 

 aeuminate at apex ; tliorax as broad as elytra, not much narrowed in 

 front, rather convex ; elytra ])lainly shorter than thorax, very trans- 

 verse ; hind body' long, very tinely and chiscly punctured, with the fifth 

 segment fuscous ; legs pale testaceous. L. 2i mm. 



Very rare ; Dean Fore-st (W. G. Bliitch); Scotland, Tay district, Ranuoch, under 

 stones summit of Grayvel (Rye and Morris Young). Mr. Rye remarks that it is very 

 pale wlien alive. 



The short elytra will distinguish this insect from all our other testa- 

 ceous species except O. jiallidala, frum which it may be easily separated 

 by its much longer antennae. 



O. annularis, Sahib, (cimjulala, Mann., helvola, Thoms. et Er., 

 rufula, Heer., v. 2jciUidula, Sahib.). Eather narrow and linear, very 

 finely and thickly punctured and pubescent, of a dull testaceous or 

 reddish testaceous colour Avith the filth segment of hind bndy more or 

 less darkened ; antennae short, plainly thickened, third joint distinctly- 

 shorter than second, 6-10 very strongly transverse ; thorax nearly as 

 long as broad not much narrowed in front, almost broader at base 

 than base of elytra ; elytra very transverse, distinctly shorter than thorax, 

 as finely punctured as thorax ; hind body long, parallel-sided until near 

 apex, very finely and uniformly punctured ; legs testaceous. L. 2 mm. . 



Sexual characters indistinct. 



In moss, dead leaves, &c. ; oecasiontilly in sand])its ; rntlier local, hut not un- 

 common ; Shirley, C'obham Park, Hauipstead, Highgate, Hishops Wood, Esher; in 

 Co.9*«.<^-infpcted trees near Addin^ton, Croydon ; Tonhridge : NettKcomb, Somerset ; 

 Bnddon VVooii, Leicestershire ; Tamworth ; Searborough ; Northundierlaiid district ; 

 ycotland, local, Lowlduds and Highlands, Solway, Forth, Tay, and Dee districts. 



Hhe var. palUdula is of a lighter colour and "almost entirely testa- 

 ceous " according to Mulsant and Key : according, however, to Sahlberg, 

 his palUduIa resembles annularis in colour, but differs in its shorter and 

 broader thorax. 



O. brachyptera, Steph. nee Kraatz (fernir/inea, Er., forticornis, 

 Fairni. (cerishn.)) ; re-described by Sharp, Ent. Soc Trans. 1871, p. 191. 

 Eather narrow, and parallel, but with the extremity of hind body dis- 

 tinctly narrowed ; antennae and legs yellowish ; head, thorax, and 

 elytra of an obscure reddish colour ; hind body reddish at base and 

 apex, black in the middle ; head rather broad, antennae a little thickened 

 towards apex, third joint much shorter than second, third triangular, 

 narrowed at base, fourth slightly transverse, 5-10 strongly transverse, 

 eleventh long and stout, quite as long as the two preceding together ; 

 thorax much broader than long, not much rounded at sides, but a little 

 rounded and narrowed in front, thickly and tinely punctured ; elytra 

 shorter and almost narrower than thorax, finely punt;tured, but rather 

 more coarsely than thorax ; hind body densely and finely punctured, 

 setae at extremity small and indistinct ; pubescence of thorax and elytra 

 short and fine, of hind body less line. L. 2 mm. 



