156 _ • STAriiYLi^'ii).E [_Gijroplticna. 



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Male with sixtli segment of hind body furnished with four sliort 

 ridges, seventh segment with four rather long, slander processes, the 

 middle pair near one another, and the outer pair somewhat convergent ; 

 immediately above the middle pair are two small tuberculiform processes, 

 Avhich do not project beyond the apex of the segment. 



In fungi; September and October; rare: Esher, Caterhuni, Mickleham ; first 

 introduced as British by Dr. Power. 



In male characters this species approaches G. fasciata and G, r/entilis, 

 but differs from both in having the thorax furnished with minute 

 scattered prmctures throughout, and in the punctures of the dorsal row 

 bciu" obsolete. 



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G-. g-entilis, Er. (conr/rua, Thoms., nee Er.). Rufo-tcstaceous ; 

 head and postero-external angles of elytra black ; thorax and fourth ami 

 fifth segments of hind body pitchy; head strongly and s})aringly punctured 

 at sides ; antennae reddish testaceous, with the four first joints paler, 

 5-10 strongly transverse; elytra thickly and finely rugose-punctate; 

 hind body smooth ; legs testaceous. L. 2| mm. 



Male with a row of four small ridges or prominences at the apex of 

 sixth segment of hind body, seventh segment terminated by four slender 

 processes, the inner ones aj^proximate, the outer ones longer, and incurved 

 at apex. 



In fungi ; rather common ; Bircli Wood, Mickleham, Darenth Wood, Weybridge, 

 Hawkburst, Chatham, Bexley, Westerham, Box Hill, Coombe Wood, Dulvvich ; 

 Glanvilles Woottou, Dorset; New Forest ; Kuowle, mar Birmingham; Leicestershire; 

 R€pton ; Hampton-in-Arden ; Scarborough; Northumberland district, common; 

 Scotland, local. Forth, Solway, and Moray districts. 



This species resembles G. nana, but is rather larger and has the 

 antennae rather longer, Avith the intermediate joints less strongly trans- 

 verse ; the fourth joint of the antennae is subglobose, and the elytra are 

 rather finely and thickly punctured, ■with the punctuation rugose, and 

 Avith a few scattered indistnict larger punctures. 



G-. nana, Payk. Prevailing colour black ; elytra (except the postei'o- 

 external angles) and basal half of hind body testaceous; antennte reddish 

 testaceous with base lighter ; legs yellow ; head strongly and sparingly 

 punctured at sides, antennro with joints 5-10 strongly transverse; 

 thorax with two rows of punctures on disc, which are distinctly inter- 

 rupted in the middle ; elytra very strongly transverse, finely, thickly, and 

 somewhat rugosely punctured, the piuictuation being a little less close 

 and stronger towards the postero-external angles ; hind body smooth. 

 L. 2-2 i nan. 



Male with a row of four short longitudinal ridges on the sixth segment 

 of hind body, seventh armed at apex with three projections, the lateral 

 spiniform, a little convergent, the central rather shorter, and sometimes 

 bifid ; the male armature of this species appears to dilt'er somewhat in 



