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Mickleham, Sanderstead, Westerbam, Farnborougb J Netley ; New Forest; Bristol; 

 Ripou. 



IMC. populi, F. Oblong, depressed, finely pubescent, head reddish 

 or ft rruginous, eyes black, thorax ferruginous, elytra pitchy or pitchy- 

 red with a broad fascia at base, another behind middle, and a patch 

 before apex of each yellowish or reddish-yellow ; antennae with the 

 last four joints distinctly broader ; thorax very transverse, feebly 

 narrowed in front, very finely and thickly punctured ; elytra long in 

 proportion to thorax, with sides subparallel, striae plain and distinctly 

 punctured, but becoming obsolete towards apex, interstices very finely 

 and thickly punctured ; legs reddish-testaceous. L. 4 mm. 



Under bark of old stumps, iu wet decaying wood, &c. ; rare ; Lcudon district, 

 Eppiug, &e. ; Harlestou, Xorfolk (in profusion iu old ehn stump) ; I have taken 

 sfcver.-il specimens in an old stump at Nocton near Lincoln in company with Symbiotes 

 latu6 and Cis bidentatus, 



1*1. quadrig-uttatus^ Midi. Shorter and proportionally broader 

 than the preceding, with the thorax longer and the elytra shorter in 

 proportion, blackish-brown or blackish, Avith two distinct yellow patches 

 on each elytron ; the pubescence is also much thicker and arranged in 

 distinct rows on the elytra, and the general form is more convex ; head 

 thickly and rugosely punctured, antennae rather short, ferruginous, with 

 the last four joints plainly broader ; thorax only slightly rounded in 

 front, thickly and rugosely punctured ; elytra with fine punctured 

 striae, interstices finely rugose ; under-side very thickly punctured, 

 finely pubescent, reddish- brown with apex lighter ; legs reddish-yellow. 

 L. 3-3| mm. 



In the fungoid growth at the bottom of bay and clover stacks, in granary refuse, 

 &c. ; rare; Dartford, Sheerness, and Asliford, Kent; Roeliampfon, Surrey (one 

 crawling on a fence (Champion)); Shipley, near Horsham ; Darentb Wood (in pea 

 refuse) ; Portsmouth ; Bickleigh, near Plymouth : a considerable number of speci- 

 mens were taken a few years ago at Ashforil, Kent, by Mr. T. H. Hart. 



M. multipunctatus, Hellw. Oblong, elongate, head and thorax 

 pitchy, margins of latter reddish, elytra pitchy with a large number of 

 confused testaceous markings, which sometimes leave only a small 

 portion of the elytra darker ; head rather large, very thickly punctured, 

 antennae longer in male than in female, ferruginous, with the penulti- 

 mate joints sometimes darker, last [\vq joints plainly broader ; thorax 

 short with sides crenulate and evenly rounded and narrowed in front 

 and behind, upper surface very thickly punctured ; elytra with rather 

 strong punctured stride, which become obsolete towards apex, interstices 

 finely and rugosely punctured ; under-side usually reddish-brown, with 

 breast darker ; legs red, L. 3|— 4j mm. 



Under loose bark, in fungi on old trees, &.<■. ; locally common ; Putney, Coombe 

 Wood, Sheerness, Darentb Wood, Birdbrook, Hainault, near Sandwich (abundant, 

 Gorhiim) ; Netley ; Devon ; Bristol ; Swansea ; Wicken ; Norfolk ; Salford Priors ; 



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