158 staphyltnidj:. \_Gywphcvna. 



shire ; Lincoln ; Northumberland district, Gosforth, &c., not rare ; Scotland, very 

 rare, a single specimen found near the junction of the Nith and Scar, Solway district, 

 by Dr. Sharp, August 22nd, 1867. 



G-. laevipenniSj Kr. Testaceous : head, postero-external angles of 

 elytra, and penultimate segments of hind body, pitchy ; thorax reddish 

 pitchy ; head with a few scattered punctures ; antennae with the inter- 

 mediate joints not so transverse as in some of tlie allied species ; thorax 

 with two series of punctures on disc, the intermediate ones somewhat 

 obsolete; elytra smooth, impunctate, except at the postero-external angles, 

 Avhich are obsoletely punctured ; hind body almost smooth ; legs tes- 

 taceous. L. 2 mm. 



Male with two or four very minute tubercles at the apex of the sixth 

 segment of hind body, seventh sinuate or somewhat angularly emar- 

 ginate at apex. 



The smooth elytra of this species will distinguish it from all the 



others. 



In fungi ; rather local and not so common as some of the other species ; London 

 district, rare, Snodland (Kent), Shirley, Mickleham, Coombe Wood; Tonbridge ; 

 Hastings; Hampshire; Gumley, Leicestershire; Knovvle, Tewkesbury; Repton ; 

 Northumberland district, abundant (Bold) ; Scotland, rare, six specimens only found 

 on the Corstorphine Hills, Forth district, by Dr. Sharp, June 12tli, 1866. 



G-. lucidula, Er. A small species, easily distinguished by its colour; 

 entirely black or pitchy-black with the elytra testaceous, more or less 

 broadly margined with black at the sides and base ; antennse fuscous 

 with base testaceous ; legs testaceous ; head almost impunctate ; thorax 

 very short, with two distinct pimctures on the hinder part of the disc 

 marking the position of the two dorsal series which are otherwise Avanting 

 or indistinct ; elytra impunctate, except towards the postero-external 

 angles which are obsoletely punctured ; hind body very finely and 

 obsoletely punctured towards apex, ahnost smooth towards base. L. 

 \\ mm. 



Male with the sixth segment of hind body obsoletely and finely 

 wranulate ; seventh segment emarginate and terminated on each side by 

 a strong sharp tooth, the base of which is broad and stout. 



Tn flood refuse, &c., in marshy places ; very local ; Lee, Eltham, Snodland ; formerly 

 iu Hammersmith and Netting Hill Marshes ; Scarborough ; it appears not to have 

 occurred in fungi in Britain as at present observed, but according to Mulsant and 

 Rey it inhabits boleti and fungi attached to trees, and prefers cold and mountainous 

 regions ; the species was first taken in Britain by Dr. Power. 



The species is like a very small and dark specimen of G. nana, but 

 besides other points, it has the intermediate joints of the antennae less 

 strongly dilated. 



G-. manca, Er. Entirely dark pitchy-black, with the antennae, legs, 

 and apex of hind body testaceous ; antennre with fifth joint strongly, 

 6-10 very strongly transverse ; thorax very short, diffusely punctured over 



