TACHYPOlllD.E. — ISCHNOSOMA. 169 



Sp. 2. tenuis. Ater, nitidus, thorace pedibus elytrorumque apicibus rufis. 



(Long. Corp. Iflin.) 

 St. tenuis. Fabricius. — Is. tenuis. Steph. Catal. 269. No. 2779. 



Black, very glossy, smooth, and glabrous : head subcordate, with the mouth 

 piceous : thorax testaceous: elytra rather elongate, piceous, with the apex 

 rufous, each with a punctured stria : abdomen pilose, twice as long as the 

 elytra, with the margins of the segments dull rufous : legs rufous : antenncs 

 longer than the thorax, piceous, with the base paler, the apex slightly 

 thickened. 



Also rare : found within the metropolitan district, in Norfolk, and 

 near Bristol. '• Found beneath bark in Jan. 1804." — Kirhy MSS. 

 " On Crwmlyn-burrows." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 3. lepidus. Niger, nitidus, glaber, ore, antennarum basi, pedibusque rufo' 

 testaceis, capite rotundato, elytris striis tribus punctatis. (Long. corp. If lin.) 

 Ta. lepidus. Gravenhor si. —Is. lepidus. Steph. Catal. 269. No. 2780. 



Black, shining, glabrous : head rounded, very glossy ; mouth reddish : thorax 

 pitchy-hlack, with two impressions at the base : elytra also pitchy-hlack, 

 with the hinder margin more or less rufescent, the disc of each with three 

 punctured striae : abdomen linear, with the apex and margins of the seg- 

 ments obscure rufous : legs rufo-testaceous : antennae dusky, with the base 

 rufescent, the apex thickened, the apical joint ovate-obtuse. 



Taken near Hertford and Bristol, and in Norfolk and Suffolk. 



Sp. 4. punctato-striatus. Niger, loevissimus, antennis pedibus anoque rufis, 

 elytris sanguineis, striis tribus punctatis. (Long. corp. Iflin.) 



St. punctato-striatus. Paykvll. — Is. punctato-striatus. Steph. Catal. 269. 

 A^o. 2781. 



Black, very smooth, and glossy : head small : mouth rufescent : palpi rufous : 

 thorax rufo-piceous, or black, with the edge rufescent : elytra sanguineous, 

 each with three punctured strice, and the lateral margin dusky; abdomen 

 above twice as long as the elytra, with the apex rufous: legs testaceous: 

 antenne the same, pilose, with the extreme joint short. 



- Rare : found near London, and in Norfolk. 



Sp. 5. clavicornis. Niger, nitidus, thorace elytris pedibusque rufis, antennis 



suhclavatis. (Long. corp. 1§ — 2 lin.) 

 Ta. clavicornis. Kirby MSS. — Is. clavicornis. Stej)h. Catal. 269. iVo.2782. 



Black, shining, smooth, and glabrous : head subcordate, piceous, with the 

 mouth paler : thorax testaceous : elytra rvfo-testaceous, longer than the 

 ihovdi:., each with a stria composed of punctures: abdomen above twice as 

 long as the elytra, luilh (he extreme i/j) reddish : legs rufo-tcstuccous : 



