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Sp. 5. fulvipes. Aler, nitidus, thorace seriebus dorsalihus i-piinctis, antennarutn 



basi pedibusque totis rufo-fulvis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 

 Bi. fulvipes. Steph. Catal. ■283. No. 3021. 



Shining black : head very glossy, with four punctures between the eyes : 

 thorax also glossy, with two rows of punctures on the disc, composed of 

 three impressions placed almost in contiguity, and another remotely behind: 

 elytra pitchy, shining, and rather coarsely punctate: abdomen with the 

 extreme margins of the segments above, and a considerable portion below, 

 pitchy-red: legs bright fulvous red, with the tibiae rather dusky : antennae 

 dusky, with the basal joint rufous. 



Found near London. 



Gends DXIV.— Gabkius, Leach MSS. 



AntemuB somewhat thickened exteriorly, the basal joint longest, clavute, 

 second and third rather shorter, also clavate, the remainder turbinated, and 

 gradually increasing, the terminal one with the tip excised. Palpi slender, 

 with the terminal joint subulate, very acute: head oblong-ovate: eyes small, 

 lateral : thorax oblong, with two rows of punctures approximating in front : 

 abdomen rather slender: femora compressed; tibice setose; tarsi simple, 

 anterior not dilated in either sex. 



The insects of this genus are amongst the smallest of the present 

 family, and may be known by having the terminal joint of the palpi 

 as long as the preceding, subulated, and very acute ; the antennae 

 not geniculated, and the anterior tarsi not dilated. They are found 

 in damp places, beneath moss in winter, or stones, and dunghills. 



Sp. 1. suaveolens. Niger, nitidiusculus, capite ovali, elytris obscuris, antennis 



piceis, basi palpis pedibusque testaceis. (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 

 St. suaveolens. Kirby MSS.— Ga. suaveolens. Steph. Catal. 283. No. 3022. 



Black, rather shining : head oval, with several punctures behind the eyes, and 

 two on each side between them : thorax somewhat pitchy behind, shining, 

 smooth, the disc with ten slightly impressed punctures forming the two ordi- 

 nary rows, besides which are several others towards the sides: elytra dull 

 pitchy, and very thickly punctured : abdomen pitchy beneath, with the 

 margins of the segments paler : legs and palpi testaceous : antenna pitchy, 

 with the basal joints testaceous. 



Apparently scarce : I have taken a single specimen on the banks 

 of the river Lea, near Hertford ; but have never met with the insect 

 elsewhere. "Taken beneath rejectamenta of the Gipping; the 

 recent insect gives out an odour resembling that of ripe pears." — 

 Kirhy MSS. 



