BeJiphrum.'] STAPiiYUNiDiE. 407 



of tlie antenncG and the legs testaceous ; the thorax is rather narrower 

 than the elytra, moderately transverse^ rather diffusely and finely punc- 

 tured, with two more or less plain impressions on middle of disc, posterior 

 angles almost right angles ; elytra nearly double as long as thorax with 

 regular rows of punctures, the interstices being confusedly punctured ; 

 hind body diffusely and finely punctured ; legs red. L. 42-5 mm. 

 Very rare ; Scotland, Tay district ; taken by Turner, 



This species is entirely different from D. tectum ; it has much the 

 appearance of H. florale, from which, according to Mr. Eye, it may be 

 readily distinguished by its longer antennae, punctate-striate elytra, and 

 sparingly but visibly punctured hind body ; the colour also appears to be 

 different. 



ARPESZUJ^, Erichson. 



This genus contains thirteen or fourteen species, the range of which is 

 much the same as that of the members of the preceding genera j they are 

 distinguished superficially by their short elytra. 



A. brachypterum, Grav. Pitchy black or brownish, with the 

 margins of thorax and elytra and the apex of hind body sometimes 

 obscurely lighter ; head narrow^er than thorax, very finely punctured, 

 wdth two rather strong oblique furrows before ocelli ; antenna) reddish or 

 pitchy-red, slightly thickened towards apex ; thorax about as long as 

 broad, at its widest as broad as base of elytra, with sides and angles 

 rounded, finely punctured, and alutaceous; elytra short, not much longer 

 than thorax, rather diffusely and distinctly punctured ; hind body long, 

 finely punctured, and alutaceous ; legs brownish testaceous, or reddish. 

 L. 3i-4 mm. 



Male with the anterior tarsi distinctly dilated, and the anterior tibice 

 feebly toothed in the middle. 



In wet moss and at roots of heather, usually on mountain sides ; Snowdon ; North- 

 umberland district, rare, on the top of Cheviot and of Hed^ehope ; Scotland, hilly and 

 mountainous districts, common, Tweed, Solway, Clyde, Tay, Dee, Moray, and Shet- 

 land districts ; Ireland, Newcastle, co. Down. Mr. Blatch has taken it nt Sutton 

 Park, near Birmingham. 



»nCZlAXiVI^»ZA, Westwood. 



This genus is related to the preceding by its short elytra, but is widely 

 separated from it in several particulars ; the habitat also of its members 

 is c|uite different ; it contains about half-a-dozen species, which are found 

 in Greenland, Siberia, and North America ; one only occurs in Europe ; 

 it is found on or near the coast often below hiyh- water mark. 



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IMC. brevipenne, Gyll. (juarii/um, Stroem., Jolnistoni, Westw.). 

 Elack, rather dull, the whole upper surface being finely alutaceous between 



