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are specimens from Bishop's Wood, and Hampstead, as well as from several Scotch 

 localities (Cramond, Corstorphine Hills, Dahneuey Park, Dabton Loch, bunks of 

 Nitli, &c.) ; I have specimens from Bret by Wood near Repton. M. Fauvel (Revue 

 d'Eutoinologie, vol. v., p. 286) says that he possesses specimens from Scotland, and 

 that it is without doubt widely distributed in Prance, but confounded with _B. puncti- 

 collis ; it is evidently the insect referred to by Denny (1. c. p. 26) as the female of 

 Areopagus puncticollis, of which he says " thighs very thick in the female." 



B. bulbifer, Reich. (Areopagus bulbifer, Denny). Black with the 

 antennse palpi and legs red; head triangular with prominent eyes; 

 antennae with the second joint cylindrical in both sexes, palpi long, 

 with the last joint securiform, broader than in J5. Curtisii, but narrower 

 than in S. securir/er and 23. Burrdlii ; thorax shining and finely pubes- 

 cent, about as long as broad ; elytra strongly punctured ; abdomen short, 

 about half as long as elytra ; legs moderate, femora simple in both sexes. 

 L. li-l \ mm. 



Male with the anterior tibiae armed on their interior side with a minute 

 and indistinct tooth before apex, and the first joint of antennae obsoletely 

 subdentate internally at apex ; the difference of the antennae in the sexes 

 is however very slight. 



In marshy places, damp pWes in woods, &c., in moss and dead leaves ; the common- 

 est species of the genus and often abundant where it occurs ; it appears to be generally 

 distributed throughout the greater part of the kingdom ; immature specimens are 

 often reddish. 



B. Curtisii, Denny (hi/ngaricus, Reitter). Ferruginous-broAvn or 

 reddish, with the antennae, palpi, and legs lighter ; head rather long, 

 antennse robust, palpi with the last joint elongate, dilated internally and 

 seciniform, thorax a little broader than long, convex, cordate, widest 

 before middle, base narrowed, with an impressed semicircular line ; elytra 

 rather strongly punctured with a somewhat deep sutural stria ; abdomen 

 short : legs rather longer in male than in female, femora simple in both 

 sexes. L. If-lf mm. 



Male with the clypeus armed with a very small horn or prominence, 

 antennse with the first joint simple, and the second globose with a 

 distinct prominence on its inner side. 



In rotten beech bark, moss, dead leaves, &c. ; local ; London district, rather 

 common; Chatham, Birch Wood, Cobham, Shirley, Ashtead, Mickleham, Cuterham, 

 Coombe Wood, Cowlev, Amberley, Croydon ; Hastings ; Glauvilles Wootton ; New 

 Forest ; Devon ; Midland districts, generally distributed ; rarer further north ; 

 Kipon ; Northumberland and Durham districts, scarce ; Scotland, rare, Solway district 

 only. 



B. securigrer, Reich, (unicornis, Aiibe). Pitchy-brown, sometimes 

 reddish-brown ; antennse and legs lighter ; head subtriangular, deeply 

 punctured, antennae robust, palpi with the last joint large and broad, 

 securiform ; thorax somewhat broader than long, convey? obsoletely punc- 

 tured ; elytra thickly punctured, shining, and finely pubescent, with the 

 suture a little elevated and an impressed line on each side ; abdomen 

 short, first two joints with the margin reflexed ; legs moderate, femora 

 and tibise simple in both sexes. L. 1 *- mm. 



