110 NECROPIIAGA. SCAPHIDIDJE. 



sutural stria; body beneath pitchy; legs red; antenna; pale. (L. ^-| 1.) 

 Boleti, near London ; Netley, &c. : 3-6. 



141 Myljechus Latreille. 



872 brunneus Latr. G. ii. 30. pi. 8. f. 11. — Ste. M. iii. 4. — Oblong- 

 ovate ; chestnut-brown, with a griseous pile ; finely but very irregularly 

 punctured : head black ; thorax widest behind ; elytra gradually narrowed 

 from the base to the tip, which is rounded, with a single sutural stria ; 

 legs pitchy-brown. (L. 1 1.) Hull; N. of England, &c. : 4-5. 



142 PxoMArHAGUs Ittiger. 



873 truncatus 111. K. i. 42. — Ste. M. iii. 5. — He. dermestoides Pz. F. 

 lvii. f. 2. ? — Somewhat quadrate-oblong, rather widest in front, black, 

 and clothed with a dense grisescent down ; beneath which the surface is 

 transversely but delicately acuducted : elytra with the apex somewhat 

 truncate, with a sutural stria; base of antennae dull red, 8th joint 3 

 times shorter and more slender than the adjoining ones. (L. £-1^ 1.) 

 Fungi, carcases, dry bones, &c, London district; Norwich; Bottisham ; 

 Dorsetshire ; Notts ; Carlisle ; Swansea. 



874 velox Lin. Tr. (Spence) xi. 154. — Ste. M. iii. 6. — Ca. agilis Pz. F. 

 xcv. f. 10. ? — Oval, rusty-brown, darkest beneath, with a yellowish pile : 

 head black ; antenna? slightly clavate, the 8th joint equal to the adjoining; 

 elytra rounded at the tip ; legs, antenna;, and palpi dull red : centre of 

 thorax sometimes with a dusky, or black, cloud. (L. Ii) Fungi, &c, 

 Kensington Gardens; Norfolk; Yorkshire; Devon: 3-6. 



875 fumatus Lin: Tr. (Spence) xi. 155. . — Ste. M. iii. 6. — Ci. fusca Oliv. 

 iii. pi. 1. f. 14. a? — Oblong-oval, black; with a dense griseous pile: 

 antenna; fuscous, the 2 or 3 basal joints dull red, the 8th shorter than 

 the adjoining ; elytra dull rusty-brown, rounded at the tip ; legs and 

 palpi dull rusty-red. (L. 1^1.) Carcases, &c, London district; Norfolk; 

 Suffolk ; Yorkshire; Humby, Lincolnshire ; Penllargare : 3-6. 



876 Watsoni Lin. Tr. (Spence) xi. 156. — Ste. M. iii. 6. — Oblong-oval, 

 black ; with a slight tawny pile : antennae short, robust, the 3 basal 

 joints reddish-brown, the terminal one pale ; hinder angles of thorax red- 

 dish ; elytra red-brown, acute at the apex; legs red-brown. (L. lgl.) 



Fungi, &c, London district ; Hull; Bottisham; Nottingham: 3-6. 



877 anisotomoides Lin. Tr. (Spence) xi. 157. — Ste. M. iii. 7. — Oval, 

 convex ; shining, pitchy-black, with a slight grisescent pile : antennae pale 

 yellowish, the 8th joint small, the apical one large, subglobose ; thorax 

 with the hinder margin palest and straight ; elytra ovate, convex ; legs 

 pale dull-red. (L. §-| 1.) Fungi, &c, London district; Hull; Bottisham; 

 Humby; Salop, &c. : 3-6. 



878 Wilkinii Lin. Tr. (Spence) xi. 158. — Ste. M. iii. 7. — Oblong; pitchy- 

 brown, with a short grisescent pile : antennae, legs, and palpi pale rusty- 

 yellow ; thorax with its hinder margin straight ; elytra oblong, the sides 

 nearly straight, the tip 

 Norfolk ; Salop : 3-6. 



879 Davisii Ste. M. iii. 7. — Oblong-oval, rather narrowed behind ; fuscous- 

 brown, slightly pubescent : thorax very large, convex, the hinder margin 

 straight ; elytra more pubescent, the apex somewhat acute, and paler than 

 the base ; legs pitchy-brown ; antennae testaceous-red, the basal joint of 

 the latter large, and the club broad and distinct, obtuse. (L. f-1 1.) 

 Moss; Humby, Lincolnshire: 12; near London and in Scotland: 4. 



