TACHYPORID^. TACHINUS. 



197 



Rlack, shining, glabrous, rather smooth : head large subrhomboidal : thorax 

 with the hinder margin rufescent : scutellum black : elytra Awskj-chestnut : 

 abdomen with the margins of the segments rufescent, the sides with rather 

 long divergent hairs : legs dull chestnut : antennae slightly thickened exte- 

 riorly, totally black : palpi black. 

 More abundant than the last : it occurs within the metropolitan 



district, and in Norfolk. " Swansea." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. . 



Sp. 18. latus. Ater, nitidiis, thoracis laterihus posticlrufis, elytris rufis mar- 

 gine omni nigro. (Long. corp. 2§ lin.) 



St. latus. Marsham.—Ta. latus. Steph. Catal. 274. A^. 2P79. 



Black, nearly smooth, shining, glabrous : head small, subrhomboidal : thorax 

 dilated, broad, subemarginate anteriorly, black, with the lateral margins 

 behind broadly rufous : elytra \Wid-testaceous with the suture broadly, and 

 the sides and apex black : abdomen with long divergent hairs at the tip : 

 legs rufo-piceous : antennae slightly pilose, and a little incrassated at the 

 tip, fuscescent, with the base rufous. 



Not uncommon within the metropolitan district; also found in 

 Norfolk and Suffolk, and in Devonshire. 



Sp. 19. cinctus. Niger, nitidus, thoracis margine omni, elytris basi pedibusque 



custaneis. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 

 St. cinctus. Marsham — Ta. cinctus. Steph. Catal. 211^. No. 2880. 



Black, shining, glabrous, above thickly but very minutely punctulated : head 

 rather narrow, subrhomboidal : thorax with the entire margin, especially the 

 sides, castaneous: elytra dusky-chestnut: scutellum castaneous : abdomen 

 with the margins of the segments and the apex ferruginous above : legs 

 castaneous : antennae rather long, slightly thickened, exteriorly rufo-piceous, 

 with hoary pile, the base chestnut. 



Elytra sometimes dusky, with the sides beneath, and the apex castaneous ; or 

 occasionally entirely castaneous; with the tibiae, tarsi, and base of the 

 antennae black. 



Common in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, and in other 

 parts of the south ; also in Norfolk and Devonshire. *' Not uncom- 

 mon near Swansea." — L. W. Dillwi/n, Esq. 



Sp. 20. Kcapularis. Niger, nitidus, thoracis laterihus rufis, elytris basi externCt, 



pedibusrjue testaceis. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 

 Ta. scapularis. Steph. Catal. 274. JVb. 2881. 



Black, shining, smooth, glabrous : thorax wide, its lateral margins rounded, 

 and rufous : elytra ample, with the base, especially towards the shoulders, 

 bright rifo-t-;staccous, the rest pitchy-black, with the extreme edge reddish : 



