TACHYrORID-E. BOLITOBIUS. J 7^ 



Sp. 12. nitidulus, Angustior, rvfo-testaceus, nitidus, capite piceo, elytris im- 



maculatis, abdomine piceo-fusco, pedibus pallidis. (Long. corp. lilin.) 

 Bo. nitidulus. Leach MSS.—Steph. Catal. 270. No. 2799. 



Narrow, xvSo-testaceous, shining, smooth: head ovate, pitchy, with the base 

 slightly rufescent : thorax bright immaculate rufous : elytra also immaculate, 

 faintly punctate-striate : abdomen jiitchy-hrown, with the margins of the 

 segments rufescent : legs pale testaceous : antennae testaceous^ with the 

 apex piceous. 



Rather scarce : found in boleti in Battersea fields, and near Ripley. 



Sp. 13. brunnipennis. Ritfo-testaceus, nitidus, capite ahdomineque fuscis, hoc 

 ■ segmentorxim marginibus testaceis, elytris rufo-brunneis , immaculatis. (Long. 



Corp. IJ lin.) 

 Bo. brunnipennis. Steph. Catal. 270. No. 2800, 



^nfo-tesiaceous, shining, smooth : head fuscous : thorax with a faint central 

 fuscous cloud, the margin clear rufo-testaceous : elytra immaculate red- 

 brown, with two faintly punctured striae : abdomen fuscous, with the mar- 

 gins of the segrnents testaceous : legs pale testaceous : antennae the same, 

 with the apex fuscescent. 



Taken within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 14. discoideus. Nigro-piceus, nitidus, capite atro, thorace piceo, limbo 

 testaceo, elytris rufo-testaceis, immaculatis, pedibus pallidis. (Long. corp. 

 li lin.) 



Bo. discoideus. Steph. Catal. 270. No. 2801. 



Pitchy-hXac^, shining, smooth : head black, ovate : thorax piceous, with the 

 m,argins testaceous : elytra ru?o-testaceous, immaculate, with two, faint punc- 

 tured striae : abdomen with the margins of the segments broadly testaceous : 

 legs pale : antennae piceous, with the base pale. 



Also taken within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 15. biguttatus. Ater, nitidus, antennis basi, pedibus, elytrorumque humeris 



pallidis. (Long. corp. \\ lin.) 

 Ta. biguttatus. Kirby MSS.—^o. biguttatus. Steph. Catal. 270. No. 2802. 



Black, shining, very smooth, and glabrous : head suborbiculate : thorax sub- 

 truncate behind, with the lateral margins piceous : elytra longer and wider 

 than the thorax, with the shoulders pale; the suture slightly elevated; 

 abdo7nen about the length of the elytra, with the apex piceous or reddish : 

 legs pale: antennae shorter than the thorax, rather stout, attenviated and 

 pale at the base, the six terminal joints black, the apical one subovate, and 

 rather obtuse. 



Not uncommon in boleti at Hertford and in Suffolk ; found also in 

 Norfolk and in Devonshire. 



