BRACHINID^. — SCARITIDiE. 177 



•Kimpton, Hants."— i^ey. G. T. Rudd. " NearDarlington, rather plentifully, 

 in March, 1828."— Jfr. J. O. Backhouse. 



Page 31. Lamprias chlorocephalus. " Not very uncommon near Newcastle." 

 G. Wailes, Esq. 



Page. 32. Sp. 3. Tarus macularis. Mr. Edwards, I am informed, has an indi- 

 genous specimen of this insect. 



Page 33. Sp. 5. Tarus basaUs. " Niger, subpubescens, profunde punctatus, ore 

 antennis pedibusqne rufo-testaceis, elytris evidenter jmnctato-striatis, antice 

 ferrugineis." — Gyll. (Long. corp. 4 — 4^ lin.) 



Cy. basalis. Gyllenhal.— Tarus hasalis. Steph. Catal. Appendix. 



Black ; head slightly glossy, thickly and deeply punctate ; thorax cordate, black 

 or piceousj rather shining, thickly and deeply punctate, with an obsolete 

 impression on each side near the base : elytra depressed, black or piceous, 

 rather glossy, slightly pubescent, anteriorly transversely and indeterminately 

 rufo-ferruginous, evidently punctate-striated, the interstices thickly punc- 

 tulated ; beneath pitchy-black : antennae, mouth, palpi, and legs testaceous- 

 red. 



Through the liberality and zeal of my friend, the Rev. G. T. Rudd, I am 

 enabled to add a fifth indigenous species to this remarkable genus; his brother, 

 L. Rudd, Esq. of Marton Lodge, Yorkshire, having taken six specimens of 

 Ta. basalis, in April last, on the shores of the Tees, a pair of which he kindly 

 presented to my cabinet. " Beneath stones, on Midgley-moor, near Halifax, 

 very sparingly." — Mr. Gibson; Who also supplied me with specimens. 



Page 34. Sp. 1, b. Brachinus immaculicornis. Ferrugineus, elytris subcostatis 

 ccETuleo-virescentibus, abdomine obscuro, antennis totis ferrugineis. (Long, 

 Corp. 4 lin.) 



Br. immaculicornis. De Jean. — Steph. Catal. p. 6. No. 37. * 



The chief difference between this insect and the foregoing (Br. crepitans) 

 consists in the antenna being entirely ferruginous, the elytra being of a 

 greener cast, and more deeply punctate; the abdomen rather paler: the body 

 more depressed : and the size, according to De Jean, usually greater. 



I found two specimens of this species near Ripley, in July last ; but I suspect 

 that they may be mere varieties of Br. crepitans : it must, however, be remarked, 

 that both specimens agree with each other in every respect ; and their distinc- 

 tion from the latter insect is apparent at a glance. 



Page 37. Scarites Beckwithii. W. Swainson, Esq. has an indigenous specimen 

 of this insect, which he obtained from his father's collection. 



Page 39. Clivina Fossor. " Common in moist sandy situations in Northimi- 

 berland."— ^G. Wailes, Esq. ''Carlisle." — T. C Hey sham, Esq. 



Page 40. Clivina collaris. " In the Isle of Arran, and other parts of Scot- 

 land." — Dr. Leach. " Near CarUsle." — T. C Heysham, Esq. 

 In my description of this species I mentioned as a fact of general occurrence 



