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of these points seem to be reliable characters, as they vary somewhat iii 

 different specimens. L. 8-9 mm. 



In moss and rubbisli iind under stones, also about the stninps of troos : accordincr 

 to Thomson it is not rare in ctlbirs and stabU^s, and in Dr. Sharp's C(dh'ction tlu'i't; is 

 a sjxcinien labelled as having- been ttiken in a eow-lionse. 8heei ness, Dnlwich, 

 Shepiiy, Darenth, Ealinji-, Eltham ; Cand)ridge; Huddon Wood; Shfrvvood Forest; 

 Northuniberhmd district; Scotland, Solway district, Eccles near 'J'hoinhill, &e. ; 

 Ireland, Kathkurby, near VVaterford (Powei') ; it is ])robably distributed over the 

 greater jjart of the kingdom. 



Q; puncticollis, Thoms. (ocJiripenni.^, Men., hefi/s, Fald., asseda, 

 Key). Considerably smaller than average specimens of the preceding, 

 with the elytra ]nore brightly coloured and of a more yellowish red 

 tinge ; the hind body is unicolorous black and the legs are black with 

 the tarsi entirely red ; the penultimate joints of the antennae are more 

 strongly transverse ; as a rule there are two j^unctures placed obliquely 

 on each side of the disc of thorax T)esides the usual one or two setigerous 

 punctures close to margin, but occasionally there are one or two more as 

 in the preceding species : it is stated to differ from Q. hrevicornis in 

 having the frontal setigerous puncture situ;ited far in front of the seta of 

 the temporal angle, instead of their being placed almost in the same 

 transverse line^ and in having both the genal punctures placed above the 

 elevated line instead of directly in it. L. 7-8 mm. 



In haystack, flood, and other refuse ; also by sweeping, and under bark of trees ; 

 Loudon district, Mickleham, Croydon, &c. ; Kingsgate ; Ripon ; Sherwood Foi-est ; 

 Scotland, luverncss-shire, Isle of Arran, &c. : it is probably very widely distributed, 

 and apparently does duty in some collections for Q. brevicornis ; it is, liowever, a 

 much smaller and more brightly coloured species. 



Q. brevicornis, Thoms. A large and conspicuous species, Avith the 

 head large and subtransverse or subglobose, with very prominent temples 

 which aie not punctured ; the antenn;>3 are short with the penultimate 

 joints very strongly transverse, and the thorax has the sides of disc 

 without punctures except for the one or two usual setigerous punctures 

 near margin ; the elytra are coloured as in Q. fulgidus, and are sparin'dy 

 and not strongly piuictured ; the legs are more or less pitchy red with 

 the posterior tarsi rather short and stout. L. 10-11 mm. 



Under bark or in frass of decaying trees, and apparently under no other conditions • 

 rare; first taken in Britain at Mickleham by Dr. Power; Wey bridge ; Birdbrook* 

 Essex, in a Cos*((*-iufested tree; Kingsgate; New Forest; Ireland, near Waterford 

 (Power): it has not yet occurred in Scotland; it appears to be extremely rare in 

 France. 



Besides the five forms allied to Q. fnlgidus that have been iust 

 described, there appear to be two others, Q. nigrocoerulcus, Key, and 

 Q. variaUlis, Heer, which are referred as varieties in the catalofrue of 

 Heyden, Eeitter, and Weise to Q. quadrijmncfcdiis and Q. pmuiiaiUis 

 respectively as they agree with them in the punctuation of the thorax, &c. • 

 neither of them has apparently occurred iu Britain, Ijut should cither of 



