IGS STAPHYLlXlDiE. \_B(jUtorhar(t, 



surface evidently uneven, very coarsely and thickly punctuied, the 

 ])unctures running one into the other; hind body \vith sides slightly 

 rounded, and plainly narrowed at apex, rather strongly and not closely 

 punctured, the punctuation becoming finer towards apex, basal segments 

 strongly impressed longitudinally ; legs long, testaceous. L. 4| mm, 



Male with a longitudinal raised fold at apex of each elytron near su- 

 ture ; sixth segment furnished with a longitudinal keel, seventli with 

 dorsal plate more or less plainly erenulate on apical margin, ventral 

 plate much produced. 



lu fungi and rotten wood of fungus- grown trees; local j Darentli Wood, Reigate, 

 Caterliam, Strood, West Wickham ; Sandwich (in abundance. Rev. H. S. Gorhaui) ; 

 New Forest ; Nettleconib, Somerset ; Gumley, Market Harborougli ; Riseholme, near 

 Lincoln ; Scarborovigli ; Scotland, very rare, " Glasgow, R. Hislop." 



B. lunulata, Payk. (elvngata, Heer % JJacicollis, Muls. et Rey). 



A'^ery like the preceding, but rather smaller and narrower ; the antennse 

 are a little shorter, and have joints 5-10 more strongly transverse ; the 

 elytra are longer in proportion to the thorax, less uneven on disc, and 

 less strongly and rugosely punctured ; the colour also is, as a rule, lighter 

 and more bright ; the male characters are much as in the preceding, from 

 which species it is certainly, in some cases, difficult to distinguish it. L. 

 3|-4 mm. 



lu fungi, especially on fir trees; rare; Cobham (Kent); Llangollen; Scotland, 

 rare. Lowlands, Tweed and Clyde districts (Paisley, &c.). 



B. bella, Maerk. (lunulata, Muls. et Eey, nee Payk.). In colour 

 much resembling the two preceding, but at once distinguished by its 

 smaller size, more parallel form, and shorter antennse, of which the fifth 

 and sixth joints are shorter, and more strongly transverse ; the thorax i.s 

 only a little nai rower at base than the elytra, and is much less con- 

 tracted in front than in either of tlie two preceding species ; the elytra 

 also are less strongly and rugosely punctured ; the colour is perhaps, 

 as a rule, a little duller ; the male has the fold near suture of elytra, and 

 the longitudinal keel on the sixth segment of hind body as in these 

 other species. L. 3 mm. 



In rotten wood, fungi, faggot stacks, &c. ; occasionally taken by sweeping; local, 

 hut sometimes in great abundance. London district, generally distributed ; Glanvilles 

 Wootton ; New Forest ; Southampton ; Somerset ; Midland district, not uncommon ; 

 North Wales ; not rt corded irom the north of England or Scotland. 



B. obliquaj Er. Pitch-black with the elytra, except the region round 

 scutellum, and the postero-exterior angles, pitchy red ; sometimes the 

 elytra are almost entirely pitch-bla.';k, and sometimes the thorax, the 

 chief part of the elytra, and the apex of the basal segments of hind body 

 are nKjre or less reddish ; head as broad as thorax, antennae thickened 

 towards apex, pitchy, with base testaceous, with fifth joint transverse, 

 and joints G-10 very strongly transverse ; thorax much narrower than 

 elytra, with a strong impression at base which is sometimes divided into 



