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body with patches of long golden pubescence on each side of the seg- 

 ments, presenting tlie appearance of interrupted lines stretching along 

 each side of the whole hind-body ; head large, eyes very large antl 

 prominent ; antennte entirely testaceous, short, very slightly thickened, 

 with the penultimate joints about as long as broad ; thorax narrowed in 

 front, almost broader at base than elytra, with the usual two dorsal series 

 of three punctures in front ; scutellum smooth and shining ; elytra about 

 as long as thorax, with the suture raised, especially behind, rather 

 strongly and not thickly punctured ; hind body rather long, finely and 

 rather thickly punctured, and much duller than the front parts ; under 

 surface with goLJen pubescence ; legs testaceous. L. 4-5 mm. 



This species appears to occur only in damp moss wetted by running 

 water, especially in waterfalls ; very local, but often taken in numbers 

 where it occurs ; not recorded from the London district or the south of 

 England : Barmouth, Llangollen, and other localities in Wales ; IMatlock ; 

 Northumberland district, banks of Irthing, very rare ; Scotland, local, 

 Solway, Tweed, Clyde, and Tay districts. 



Q. rufipes, Grav. (semiohscurus, Marsh, nee Er.). Rather strongly 

 narrowed in front and behind, head and thorax shining black, elytra 

 and hind body dark, duller than the front parts, the latter with thick 

 uniform greyish pubescence ; head subovate, evidently narrower than 

 thorax at base ; antennae moderately long and rather slender, entirely 

 testaceous or reddish testaceous, with the penultimate joints as long as 

 broad in female, slightly longer in male ; thorax as broad, or apparently 

 a little broader than elytra, strongly narrowed in front, with the usual two 

 dorsal series of three punctures in each on front of disc ; scutellum pubes- 

 cent, thickly and finely punctured, dull ; elytra about as long as thorax, 

 finely and closely pubescent, and very finely punctured or shagreened ; 

 liind body gradually and strongly narrowed behind, very finely and 

 thickly punctured, more or less iridescent ; logs reddish testaceous, with 

 the posterior coxae darkened. L. 6-7 mm. 



In moss, dead leaves, haystack refuse, &c. ; widely distributed and rather commoti 

 in the south of Engliind, London district, and Midlands; rarer further north ; Norili- 

 umberland district, sea-coast near Hartley and South Sliields, not common ; Scotland, 

 Lowlands, Solway and Forth districts only ; Ireland, near Dublin and Waterford. 



Q. attenuatus, Gyll. Considerably smaller than the preceding 

 species, which it very closely resen)bles in form and general appearance ; 

 black or dark pitchy black, with the elytra slightly but evidently 

 metallic,* hind body rather dull and clothed with a uniform dull greyish 

 pubescence ; head suborbicular, evidently narrower than thorax at base ; 

 antennae entirely testaceous, a little more thickened than in the preceding 

 species, with the penultimate joints subtransverse ; thorax as in Q. 

 rufipes ; elytra slightly shorter, more shining, more metallic, and a little 



* In continental specimens the elytr.i appear sometimes to be entirely brownish 

 red or even red. 



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