Trugophhieus.'] staph ylinid.e. 389 



and rather thickly punctured; legs black, knees, tarsi, and trochanters 

 testaceous. L. 1\ mm. 



Suit marshes, on the iiuul, in flood refuse, &c. ; rare ; VVhitstable and Sheernesa 

 (Champion); also inland, Durenth Wood and Bewdley Forest (Blatch). 



T. corticinus, Gixq,v. {Tcenosomacorticina, Thoma.). More elongate 

 and linear than the preceding, with the elytra more finely punctured, and 

 the dorsal furrows more distinct and not divided into fovese ; the legs also 

 are lighter ; black, rather shining, with very fine and rather sparing ashy 

 pubescence ; head hardly narrower than thorax, very finely and thickly 

 punctured ; antennae rather short, black, with first joint rarely lighter, 

 third joint much shorter than second, fifth distinctly longer and thicker 

 than fourth and sixth, 8-1 1 broad ; thorax transverse, not strongly 

 narrowed behind, very finely and thickly punctured, with the dorsal 

 furrows distinct ; elytra evidently longer than thorax, thickly and finely 

 but distinctly punctured ; hind body slightly wider behind, very thickly 

 and obsoletely punctured ; legs pitchy with tarsi, antl more or less of tibise, 

 testaceous. L. lj-2 mm. 



Marshy places, at roots of grass, on mud, &c. ; also found in dry localities ; generally 

 distributed and couunou in the London district; apparently "less common further 

 north; Wicken Fen; Knowle ; Bewdley Forest; Saltoid Priors; Repton ; Scar- 

 borough; Manchester; Lincoln; Northumberland district; Scotland,. Lowlands, 

 Sohvay district. 



T. halophilus, Kies. {Tcvnosoma iLolopldla, Thorns.). This species 

 is allied to the preceding, but is considerably smaller, and may easily be 

 distinguished by the sculpture of the thorax, which has the centre of disc 

 smooth or almost smooth, and the base furnished with two shallow and 

 more or less obsolete foveae, which are sometimes united ; the head and 

 thorax are very finely shagreened and not punctured as in T. corticinus, 

 and the elytra are more finely punctured. L. 1^-1 1 mm. 



Salt marshes, in flood refuse, &c. ; rare ; Sheerness, Rochester, Chatham ; Southsea ; 

 Lymington; Weymouth; also inland, Hopwas Wood, Tamworth (Blatch) and 

 Lincoln. 



T. pusillus, Grav. (TcewosomapMs/ZZa, Thorns.). Narrow and linear, 

 dvdl black, with the elytra reddish-brown, clothed with fine and thick 

 ashy pubescence ; head about as broad as thorax, distinctly impressed in 

 front, very finely and thickly shagreened ; antennai moderate, dark red, 

 with one or two joints at base testaceous, third joint much shorter than 

 second, last three joints larger than the rest ; thorax distinctly transverse, 

 moderately naiTowed behind, very thickly and hardly visibly punctured 

 with four depressions on disc, which are more or less distinct ; elytra 

 much longer than thorax, very finely and thickly punctured ; hind body 

 ahnost as broad as elytra, black with apex lighter, very finely sha'n-eened, 

 L. H mm. 



Marshy places, in flood refuse, kc, and by sweeping; also common in hotI)cds and 

 dungheaps in some localities. Chuthau), Whitslable, Sheerness, Catorha m, Mickle 



