TACHYPORID.E. TACHYPORUS. 179 



Sp. 9, basalis. Rufo-testaceus nitidus, abdomine ohscuriori, capite atro, elytris 

 riifis, basi nigricantibus. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Ta. basalis. Steph. Catal. 270. No. 2814. 



Slender, rwio-testaceous, shining^ and smooth : head black : thorax immacu- 

 late : el;t/tra rather elongate, rufous, with the base dusky : abdomen dusky 

 rufo-testaceousj with the apex rather brighter: legs pale testaceous : 

 antennse piceous, with the base pale. 



Found within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 10. gracilis. Angustior, piceus, thoracis marginibus elytrisque 7nijis, pedibus 

 antennisque testaceis. (Long. corp. 1^: lin.) 



Ta. angustata. Steph. Catal. 270. No. 2815. 



Slender, very shining and smooth, pitchy : head small : thorax rnfo-piceous, 

 with the lateral and posterior margins rufous : elytra bright rufous, immacu- 

 late; abdomen dusky-T^iceous, with the margins of the segments and the 

 apex faintly paler : legs pale testaceous : antenna the same, with the base 

 palest, the apex scarcely incrassated. 



Inhabits the vicinity of the metropolis; and also Norfolk, and 

 near Bristol. 



Sp. 11. libens. Piceus, nitidus, thoracis limbo, antennis pedibusque testaceis, 



elytris lividis. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Ta. libens. Leach MSS.— Steph. Catal. 270, No. 2816. 



Short, pitchy, very glossy, and smooth : head rather broad ; mouth reddish : 



thorax with the margins rather broadly testaceous: elytra livid, immaculate: 



. abdomen very obtuse at the apex, Jw^/cy-piceous : legs testaceous : antennae 



the same; rather slender and paler at the base, the apes slightly 



incrassated. 



Found in Battersea fields^ and in other parts near London ; also 

 in Norfolk, and in Devonshire. 



Sp. 12. brunneus. Brevis, piceo-brunneus, capite ohscuriori, thorace pedibusque 



rujis, antennis piceis, basi testaceo. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Ta. brunneus. Steph. Catal. 270. No. 2817. 

 Short, -phchj-brown, shining, and very smooth : head dusky or black : thorax 



rufous : elytra livid-brown or reddish, immaculate : abdomen dusky pitchy- 



brown, pilose : legs entirely rufous : antenna slender, jntchy, with the base 



pale, the apex very slightly incrassated. 



Occasionally met with within the metropoUtan district, but more 

 abundant in Devonshire. 



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