STAPHYLTNID.E. — GYROHYPKUS. 261 



lines : thorax shorty with about ten deep punctures on the disc, disposed in 

 two lines, and the same number on each side towards the lateral margins, 

 forming a somewhat hooked line ; and a few others towards the base : elytra 

 distinctly punctured: abdomen with its extreme apex reddish: legs pitchy- 

 black : antenncB dusky-Wvick : palpi ferruginous. 



Apparently very rare : taken in Suffolk by Mr. Kirby. 



Sp. 9. tricolor. Riifus, capite toto ahdomineque supra nigris, elytris pedibusque 

 testaceis. (Long. corp. 4J lin.) 



St. tricolor. Paykull.—Gj. tricolor. Sieph. Catal. 985. No. 3056. 



Red, shining, with a few scattered hairs: head oblong-ovate, pitchy-i/acAr, 

 very glossy, distinctly punctulated, and with two obscure impressed lines on 

 the forehead : thorax very glossy and ferruginous, punctured on both sides, 

 the interior punctures disposed in a straight line on each side of the disc : 

 elytra punctured, testaceous : abdomen above black, beneath red or pitchy- 

 red : legs testaceous ; antennae red-brown. 



Not uncommon throughout the metropolitan district ; also taken 

 in Devonshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk. '" Not unfrequent (near Swan- 

 sea)."" — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 10. affinis. Rufo-piceus, niiidus, fkorace postice capite ahdomineque supra 

 nigris, elytris Jlavescentibus, antennis pedibusque testaceis. (Long. corp. 

 3§ lin.) 



St. affinis. Marsham.—Gy. affinis. Steph. Catal. 285. No. 3057. 



Pitchy-red, shining : head oblong, finely punctured, with two very obscure 

 oblique lines in front : thorax pitchy-red, ivith the base black, the sides 

 punctured : elytra punctured, pale testaceous : abdomen pitchy, with the 

 margins of the segments paler, beneath reddish : legs testaceous : antennae 

 Jerruginous. 



Thorax sometimes almost wholly black. 



Not common : from the Marshamian collection. 



Sp. 11. linearis. Ater, nitidissimus, capite thoraceque tzneo-nigris uttnnque 

 punctulatis, elytris piceo-ceneis, antennis pedibusque piceis. (Long. corp. 3§ lin.) 

 St. linearis. Marsham. — Gy, linearis. Steph. Catal. 285. No. 3058. 



Glossy-black : head cordate-ovate, brassy, finely punctured, with a short longi- 

 tudinal line above, and the sides with two obscure curved channels : thorax 

 also brassy, punctured, the punctures disposed in two distinct rows, and 

 other imperfect ones : e/?//ra glabrous, pitchy-brass, punctured: /<?^5 pitchy, 

 or pitchy-red, with the tarsi paler: palpi rusty-red: antennae pitchy. 



Common throughout the metropolitan district in damp fields, 

 gardens, woods, &c., beneath decayed leaves, grass, moss, 5cc. ; also 



