TACHYPORID.E. TACHYPORUS. 185 



More frequent than the last within the metropolitan district ; also 

 found in Norfolk, and near Bristol. 



Sp. 33. lateralis. Niger, nitidus, thoracis laterihus pedibusque ferrugineis, 



elytris piceis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Ta. lateralis. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal 271. No. 2838. 



Black, very shining and smooth: head subtriangularj and very glabrous: 

 thorax also very glabrous, pitchy AAack, with the lateral margins dull 

 reddish : elytra pitchy, with a very short obscure pubescence : abdomen also 

 very finely pubescent, with the apex slightly pilose : legs ferruginous : 

 antennas longer than the thorax, slightly thickened exteriorly, black, with 

 the base ferruginous. 



Apparently rare, at least within the metropolitan district ; taken 

 also in Suffolk. 



Sp. 34. putridus. Niger, nitidus, ihorace postice pallido, elytris piceo-rufis 

 regione scutellari fuscescente, abdominis segmentorum rufescentibus, pedibits 

 testaceis. (Long. corp. 1* lin.) 



Ta. putridus. Steph. Catal. 271. No. 2839. 



Black, shining, and very smooth: head immaculate, with the mouth piceous : 

 thorax ample, with the base and the lateral margin behind broadly pale : elytra 

 rufo-piceous, with a fuscescent or blackish cloud near the scutellum : abdomen 

 very acute, with its segments narrowly edged with reddish : legs pale testa- 

 ceous : antennae the same, fuscescent at the base. 



Found occasionally near London. 



Sp. 35. abdominalis. Rufus, nitidus, antennis pedibusque pallidioribus, abdomine 



fusco, oculis nigris. (Long. corp. If lin.) 



Oxy. abdominalis. Fabricius (?) — Ta. abdominalis. Steph. Catal. 271. 

 No. 2840. 



Rufous, shining, glabrous : head subtriangular : eyes black : thorax wide, 

 rufous, immaculate : elytra convex, as broad as the thorax, also immacu- 

 late, rufous : abdomen rather short, dull fuscous : legs pale testaceous : 

 antennce also testaceous, slightly thickened exteriorly. 



Found, apparently not uncommonly, in Norfolk and in Suifolk ; 

 but rarely within the metropolitan district. " Penllergare." — L. W. 

 Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 36. apicalis. Testaceus, nitidus, oculis antennarumqueapice nigris- (Long. 



corp. If lin.) 

 Ta. apicalis. Steph. Catal. 272. No. 2841. 



Testaceous, shining, smooth, glabrous : head slightly rufescent : eyes black : 

 thorax pale, immaculate, testaceous, the basal margin somewhat palest: 



