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II. Elytra confusedly punctured, without traces of striae, 

 i. Byes transverse ; punctuation of elytra strong ; sides 



of thorax finely crenulate TBIPHTLLUS, Lair. 



ii. Eyes round ; punctuation of elytra fine ; sides of 



thorax not creuulate LITARGTTS, Er. 



TYPHJEA, Curtis. 



This genus comprises about half-a-dozen species from Europe, Ceylon, 

 and Cuba ; our single species, T. fumata, is very widely spread over the 

 Northern Hemisphere, and has been distributed by commerce, as it 

 occurs in granary refuse, &c. ; the larva is described by Ferris, Larves 

 des Coleopteres, p. 89 ; it is very like those of the other Mycetophagidae, 

 and scarcely requires a separate description, except that it is more 

 lightly coloured, being almost white. 



T. fumata, L. Oblong-oval, rather depressed, with sides sub- 

 parallel, ferruginous or yellowish-red, with very distinct yellowish 

 pubescence ; head finely punctured, eyes black, antennas with distinct 

 3-jointed club ; thorax as broad behind as elytra, somewhat narrowed in 

 front, thickly and finely punctured, posterior angles almost right angles, 

 scutellum quadrangular ; elytra with fine punctured striae, the interstices 

 being either finely punctured or slightly cross-striated, and each furnished 

 with a distinct row of long yellowish hairs ; legs coloured as body. 

 L 2f-2f mm. 



In haystack and granary refuse, by sweeping, &c. ; common and widely distributed 

 throughout the greater part of England ; local in Scotland, Solway and Clyde 

 districts; Ireland, near Dublin and Waterford, and probably common. 



TRIPHYLLUS, Latreille. 



This genus contains four or five species from Europe and North 

 America ; they resemble Mycetophagus, but differ in their distinct antennal 

 club, and the confused punctuation of the elytra. Keitter separates 

 T. suturalis and T. colchicus as a separate genus Pseudotriphylhis ; the 

 species are found in fungi. 



I. Thorax with a distinct basal fovea on each side ; length 



2-2f mm. (Pseudotripfiyllus, Reitt.) T. SUTURALIS, F. 



II. Thorax without basal fovesB ; length 4 mm. (Triphyllus, 



i. sp.) . . T. PUNCTATtTS, F. 



T. suturalis, F. Long-oval, clothed with fine, but distinct, greyish 

 pubescence ; colour somewhat variable, usually pitchy with the margins 

 of thorax and a greater or less portion of the elytra testaceous or red- 

 dish-testaceous ; head distinctly punctured, clypeus strongly marked, 

 antennae moderate, ferruginous, with distinct 3-jointed club ; thorax 

 somewhat narrower at base than elytra, broader than long, side margins 

 finely crenulate, all the angles blunt, tipper surface distinctly and not 



