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occur in Europe and the others are found in North America, Ceylon, 

 Japan, South Africa, Northern Asia, &c. ; it is probably much more ex- 

 tensive than is at present known ; our single species is a curious-looking 

 and conspicuous insect ; it lives exclusively in puff balls. 



Si. bovistse, F. (immaculata, Latr.). Of a dark pitchy-brown or 

 pitchy-black colour, with the base and apex of elytra and the posterior 

 angles of the thorax often lighter ; head rather long, much narrower 

 than thorax, with a strong longitudinal impression on front ; antennas 

 long, ferruginous, gradually thickened towards apex, without club ; 

 thorax about as long as broad with sides rounded in front and gradually 

 contracted to base, strongly margined, anterior angles prominent, upper 

 surface very finely, scarcely visibly, punctured ; on each side there is a 

 very strong longitudinal depression reaching from base to middle, and 

 there is also a longitudinal depression before scutellum ; elytra convex, 

 broadest about middle, much depressed towards base, and with apex 

 obtusely pointed, extremely finely punctured ; legs pitchy-red, robust ; 

 abdomen composed of five segments. L. 4-4| mm. 



Male with the posterior tibia3 slightly, and the intermediate tibiae very 

 slightly, curved. 



In puff balls (Lycoperdon liovistce) ; very local, but generally in some numbers 

 when found ; Guildford, Mickleham-, Esher, Birch Wood, Kimpton, Parley Downs, 

 Rusper ; Shipley near Horsharn ; Hastings j Clifton near Bristol ; it has not been 

 recorded from any locality further north. 



ENDOMYCHINA. 



The species belonging to this tribe are, as a rule, very pretty and 

 conspicuous, brightly coloured, insects ; they are found either in or 

 about fungi or fungoid growth ; they differ from the preceding tribe in 

 the characters before mentioned. 



ENDOXHYCHTTS, Panzer. 



This genus contains about half a dozen species from Europe, India, 

 North America, and Japan ; three of these occur in Europe, of which 

 one is found in Britain. 



E. coccineus, L. Oblong or oblong-ovate, slightly convex, shining, 

 glabrous, of a very bright red colour, with the head, a broad longitudinal 

 band on thorax, and two well-marked large round spots on each elytron, 

 black ; the sides of breast also are black or considerably darker than 

 middle ; occasionally the dark band on thorax is indistinct or absent ; 

 head small, antenna? long, black, distinctly thickened towards apex ; 

 thorax transverse, considerably narrower than elytra, with anterior 

 angles strongly projecting, and the sides gradually narrowed in front, 

 disc almost impunctate, sides strongly margined ; on each side of centre 



