196 STAPH YLiNiD,E, [Twliijporus. 



T. humerosus, Er. Smaller and rather more convex than the pre- 

 ceding, and of a generally darker colour ; the second and third joints of 

 the antennae are a little shorter in proportion to the fourth ; the elytra 

 are more or less obscurely red with the region round scutellum, the base, 

 and the sides darker, and the thorax also is of a darker red colour ; the 

 posterior tarsi also are a little longer. L. 2| nnn. 



In moss; generally distributed throughout England, and probably also in Scotland, 

 although it has only been recorded from the Forth and S dvvay districts ; Ireland, 

 Armagh. 



T. tersus, Er. About the size of T. poJliiJus, but easily distin- 

 guished from it by the dark lateral margins of elytra ; a small ratht-r 

 broad species, shining testaceous red, with tlie disc of thorax often, and 

 the scutellary region and sides of elytra always, darker ; the head and 

 thorax are almost smooth ; antennae as long as head and thorax united, 

 scarcely thickened towards apex, brownish red with the three or four 

 basal joints testaceous ; elytra very little longer than thorax finely, 

 sparingly, and obsoletely punctured ; hind body shining black with 

 apical margin of segments reddish, finely and sjiaringly punctured, more 

 thickly on basal segments ; legs testaceous. L. 2| mm. 



In moss, &e. ; not uncommon in the London district, &c. ; Hevvdlcy Forest ; Scot- 

 land, local, Solway, Forth, and Clyde districts ; it is probably widely distributed, but 

 considenible confusion exists as regards the species, which is placed in a sepai'ate sec- 

 tion by Key (with two or three other species not found in Britain) on the >;round that 

 the anterior tarsi have the first joint evidently shorter than the second, instead of as 

 long as, or longer than that joint, as in nearly all the other species. 



T. hypnorum, F. Shining black, with the sides of thorax testa- 

 ceous, and the elytra red with the scutellary region and sides black ; 

 antennie obscure red, with the four or five first joints testaceous ; legs 

 testaceous with all the coxae black: the structure and sculpture does not 

 differ materially from that of T, chrysomeliiius and the allied species, 

 except that as a rule the elytra are a little shorter in proportion to the 

 thorax, and the general form is a little broader in the middle, but in 

 these points there is a little variation. L. 3^-3| mm. 



In moss ; very common and generally distributed throughout the kingdom. 



F. meridionalis, Fairm. This variety differs from the type in having 

 the elytra dark on disc: in Dr. Sharp's collection there is a very curious 

 form in which the elytra are testaceous red with a dark transverse band 

 across middle and another along front part of suture, dividing the 

 elytra into well-defined light portions somewhat as in Lebia cmx minor ; 

 the thorax is occasionally almost entirely rufo-piceous with lighter 

 margins. *" 



T. pusillus, Grav. Considerably smaller, narrower, and more 

 parallel-sided than the preceding, which it much resembles in colour, 

 except that the elytra are more obscurely red ; the thorax is only just 



