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ones, very sharp and slender, and scarcely projeciiug beyond Uic lateral 

 ones. 



Id refuse, &c. ; not common ; Northumberland district, rare, Gosforth and Botlial, 

 in fungi; Scotland, local, in vegetable refuse, Solway, Fortli, Tay, Dee, and Moray 

 districts ; it has been recorded once or twice from the more southern parts of 

 England, but it is so closely allied to other commoner species that it is possible there 

 may have been some mistake ; it occurs in France, but is confined to alpine and sub- 

 alpine regions. 



T. frig-idus, Er. A single specimen of a Tachinus, taken by Dr. 

 Sharp at Stiathglass, Inverness-shire, was doubtfully referred by liim to 

 the T. frigidxis of Erichson and Kraatz ; the specimen is a female, and 

 differs from the female of T. paVix^es in the seventh dorsal segment of 

 hind body having three lobes instead of four, and from that of T. rujipes 

 in the central lobe being longer and more pronounced ; the testaceous 

 sides of the thorax also separate it from T. rujipes : the specimen appears 

 to be intermediate between these two species, and to form a transition 

 from one to the other ; in the catalogue of Heyden, Reitter, and Weise 

 T. frigidus is given as a synonym of T. paUipes. 



Ti scapularis, Steph. {palliolatus, Kr.). Rather broad, shining 

 black, with the margins of thorax and a broad basal patch at shoulder of 

 elytra more or less obscurely testaceous or reddish; punctuation very fine 

 and rather thick ; the species closely resembles T. palUpjes, but is easily 

 distinguished by its broader and squarer and considerably shorter elytra, 

 which have the base more distinctly lighter, and the apex as a rule con- 

 colorous ; the sexual characters are much the same as in that species, but 

 the central lobes of the seventh segment of the male are stronger and 

 sharper, and the sixth segment in both the male and female is more 

 plainly sinuate ; immature specimens occur, in which the elytra are for 

 the most part reddish testaceous Avith the base more or less darkened, 

 and the apical margin of the segments of the hind body is more or less 

 testaceous. L. 5| mm. 



In dung-heaps, carcases, &c. ; rare ; Mickleham, Shirley, Dulwicb, Kingston ; 

 Devonshire ; Robins Wood, Repton (W. GarneysJ. 



T. bipustulatus, F. Shining black, Avith the base of elytra more 

 or less distinctly reddish testaceous, apex often concolorous, margins of 

 thorax scarcely lighter (except in immature specimens) ; it may be distin- 

 guished from all the other allied species by its entirely red antennse, which 

 are lighter at base, and from T. scapjularis and pallipes by having the 

 penultimate joints of the antennjB shorter; the hind body has the apex of 

 the segments plainly reddish-testaceous, and is very distinctly, although 

 finely punctured; in the male the seventh segment of hind body is 

 furnished with four distinct blunt lobes, the central projecting beyond 

 the lateral ones, the sixth ventral segment is broadly impressed in middle 

 and emarginate at apex, and the seventh ventral segment is deeply 

 excised ; in the female the seventh dorsal segment is furnished with 



