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ceding, but the elytra are entirely testaceous with the scutellary region 

 only darker, and the hind body is dark with the sixth segment only 

 entirely testaceous ; the antenna3 are also rather darker towards apex ; 

 the colour of the hind body will at once distinguish it from immature 

 light-coloured examples of T. ohtusus, which sometimes are confused with 

 it ; in mature specimens the colour is very bright and clear, but in 

 specimens that are not quite mature the darker parts of the hind body 

 are reddish ; the margins of the basal segments are always reddish yellow. 

 L. 3 mm. 



In moss aud refuse of reeds and grass; rare; Tonbridge (Horner); Chatham 

 (Champion and Walker); Haslemerc, Aylsham (T. Wood); Oxfordshire, and Chisle- 

 liurst, Kent (Matthews) ; Luccouibe Chine, April 1885 (Sharp, Gorham, and Fowler). 



T. solutus, Er. Testaceous red, shining, with the head, breast, 

 hind body, and a sciitellary patch (usually not sharply defined) on 

 elytra, black ; head and thorax smooth and shining, almost impunctate, 

 antennae a little longer than head and thorax united, evidently thickened 

 towards apex, testaceous, with base paler, penultimate joints longer than 

 broad ; elytra a third longer than thorax, rather finely and thickly 

 punctured ; hind body thickly and rather distinctly punctured, black, 

 with margins of basal segments obscurely testaceous ; legs testaceous. 

 L. 3-3i mm. 



In moss, dead leaves, &c., occasionally in marshy places ; local ; London district, 

 not uncommon, Chatham, Darenth Wood, Barnes, Shirley, Caterham, Birch Wood, 

 Mickleham, Eslier, Tonbridge, &c. ; Hastings ; Glanvilles Woottou ; Devonshire ; 

 Llangollen ; liirmingham district; Northumberland district, very rare ; Scotland, 

 not common, Solway, Forth, and Clyde districts; Ireland, near Dublin, and Waterford 

 (Power), 



T. pallidus, Sharp [T. sohdux, rar., Cat. Heyden-Eeitter-Weise). 

 This species is somewhat closely related to the preceding, but is con- 

 siderably smaller, and diifers very much in colour, the thorax and elytra 

 being straw-coloured, and the latter having the black triangular scutel- 

 lary patch abrupt and well defined ; the margins of the segments of hind 

 tody are more distinctly reddish testaceous, and the antennae are rather 

 darker towards apex : the absence of a dark lateral margin on elytra will 

 at once separate it from T. chrysomelinus and tersus. L. 2f-3 mm. 



In moss, flood refuse, &c. , especially in marshy places in early spring; Lee 

 (Kent), Barnes, Wimbledon ; Horning Fen, Norfolk ; Cambridgeshire Fens, VVicken 

 Fen, &c. 



T. chrysomelinus, L. Very like T. solutns both in size, colour, 

 and general appearance ; but distinguished by having the side margins 

 of the elytra blackish, and the antennae darker towards apex, and not 

 thickened; the anterior angles of thorax also are less pronounced and 

 blunter ; sometimes the disc of thorax and elytra is slightly dusky, and 

 in immature specimens the whole upper surface of the body is testaceous. 

 L. 3-3| mm. 



In moss ; abundant throughout the kingdom. 



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