TACHYPORID.E. — CONURUS. 189 



In some respects this genus, upon a cursory inspection, resembles 

 Cypha ; but from that it may be known not only by its comparatively 

 superior bulk, but by the diversity in the structure of its palpi and 

 antennas ; by which characters, exclusively of its attenuated subulate- 

 conic abdomen, it may be also known from the other allied genera of 

 this family. The species are usually found in hedges, abounding 

 with decayed wood, during the summer. 



Sp. 1. pubescens. Niger, suhpubescens, elytris brunneis, antennis pedibusque 

 ferrugineis, abdominis segmentorum marginibus rufescentibus. (Long. corp. 

 2§ lin.) 



Ta. pubescens. Gravenhorst. — Co. pubescens. Steph. Catal. 2T2. No. 2850. 



Convexj black, clothed with a short obscure pubescence, smooth : head some- 

 what rounded; mouth pitchy: thorax glossy: elytra narrower than the 

 thorax, and rather longer, convex, brown, or dusky-chestnut: abdomen twice 

 as long as the elytra, black, with the margins of the segments dull reddish, 

 the apex pilose: legs ferruginous: antennse nearly as long as the thorax, 

 slightly incrassated at the apex, ferruginous. 



Not very common: found occasionally near London, and in Nor- 

 folk ; and in the vicinity of Bristol. 



Sp. 2. Marshami. Niger, suhpubescens, elytris piceo-ferrugineis, antennis pedi- 

 busque ferrugineis. (Long. corp. 2| lin.) 

 Co. Marshami. Steph. Catal 272. iVo.2851. 



Black, clothed with a very delicate short obscure pubescence : head and thorax 

 somewhat glabrous, shining : elytra rusty-piceous : abdomen entirely black, 

 very much acuminated : legs dusky-ferruginous : antennae the same, slightly 

 incrassated towards the apex. 



From the Marshamian Cabinet : its locahty unknown. 



Sp. 3. cellaris. Niger, elytris antice griseis pedibus rufis. (Long. corp. If lin.) 



Oxy. cellaris. Fahricius.— Steph. Catal. 272. No. 2852. 



Black, slightly tomentose, smooth : head subtriangular : thorax much longer 

 than the head, with the hinder angles dull red : elytra much longer than 

 the thorax, obscure, with a large lunate oblong griseous, patch at the base : 

 abdomen scarcely longer than the elytra, dusky, with the margins of the 

 segments pitchy : legs testaceous : antennae filiform, as long as the thorax, 

 rufous : palpi also rufous. 



Also rather scarce; but found within the metropohtan district, 

 and in Norfolk. 



