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slightly villose ; thorax somewhat rounded in front ; abdomen rather acute, 

 black; antenna; and legs pale red, the latter short. (L. |-1 1.) Among 

 nettles, London district ; Netley ; Swansea ; Edinburgh : 5-6. 



984 Linarise Kirby. — Ste. M. iii. 53. — Oblong-ovate ; deep black ; finely 

 punctate and slightly pubescent; thorax wide, straight in front; elytra 

 truncate ; legs black, or pitchy ; anterior tarsi and antenna; rusty- red. 

 (L. 1^ 1.) On Linaria?, near London, and in Suffolk : 5-6. 



985 nitidus Kirby. — Ste. M. iii. 53. — Oblong-ovate, convex ; pitchy-fer- 

 ruginous ; glossy; punctulated : antenna? and legs pale red. (L. 11.) 

 Grassy banks ; London district ; Bristol ; Suffolk : 5-6. 



986 glaber Ent. M. (A r ewm.) ii. 200. — Ste. M. v. 407. — Very black and 

 shining ; antenna? black, club slightly downy ; head, thorax and elytra 

 shining, sparingly covered with a grey villosity ; elytra short and abruptly 

 truncate; legs entirely black. (L. | 1.) Nettles, between Ipswich and 

 Woodbridge, Suffolk : 5. 



987 ruficornis Marsh, i. 131. — Ste. M. iii. 53. — Oblong-ovate, convex; 

 deep glossy-black ; faintly punctulated ; antennae and legs entirely red. 

 (L. |-f 1.) Grassy banks, London district; Swansea: 5-6. 



988 pyrrhopus Marsh, i. 138. — Ste. M. iii. 53. — Oblong-ovate; slightly 

 convex ; deep glossy black ; deeply punctate : antenna? and legs red. 

 (L. 11.) Grassy banks, London district; Netley: 5-6. 



162 Micropeplus Kirby. 



989 porcatus Pk. M. S. 50. — Oliv. iii. pi. 4. f. 33. — Ste. M. iii. 55. — 

 Obscure black ; minutely punctured : sides of thorax flat, with a minute 

 tooth in the middle, the disc foveolated ; elytra rather dilated on their sides 

 towards the apex ; abdomen above with transverse and longitudinal ridges: 

 base of antenna? and the legs entirely rusty or testaceous-red. (L. ^-1| 1.) 

 Under bark, &c. London district ; Norfolk ; Suffolk ; Hurne ; Netley ; 

 Swansea ; Notts ; Carlisle ; Maiden Park ; Duddington, &c. 0. 



990 staphylinoides Marsh, i. 137. — Ste. M. iii. 55. pi. xvi. f. 6 Black, 



slightly glossy; punctulate : thorax with the sides entire and red, disc fo- 

 veolated ; elytra parallel ; abdomen with slightly raised transverse and 

 longitudinal lines; antennae and legs wholly rusty-red. (L. |-1 1.) Under 

 moss, &c. , London district ; Bottisham ; Petworth ; Stockton ; Netley ; 

 Swansea; Edinburgh, &c. : 3-8. 



991 obtusus Ent. M. (Newm.) ii. 201. — Ste. M. v. 40. — Entirely pale 

 brown : head obtuse in front, and rounded ; lines on the elytra more ele- 

 vated than in Mi. staphylinoidis, (L. 11.) Under bark, &c, near Halifax 

 and Nottingham : 5-7. 



992f Tesserula Cur. v. pi. 204. — Ste. M. iii. 56 Short ; pitchy-black, 



shining ; minutely punctured : thorax with the sides dilated, and dull 

 red, disc with 2 fovea? behind ; abdomen with a raised line down the back, 

 and an interrupted elevated line on each side; legs dull red. (L. f ? 1.) 

 Belfast: 2. 



Fam. 20. MYCETOPHAGID.E Westwood. 



clxiii. Trichopteryx Ant. 1 1 -jointed, 2 basal joints large, elongate, 9th and 

 10th joints equal, club 3 -articulate : body oblong, 4-drate : tho. with sides 

 entire : wings very narrow, fringed with very long hairs : tarsi 5-jointed. 



clxiv. Anisarthria Ant. 11 -jointed, 2 basal joints large, elongate, 10th 

 joint minute ; club 3-jointed : body broad, somewhat ovate, convex : tho. 

 with sides entire : tarsi 5-jointed. 



clxv. Atomaria Ant. 11-jointed, basal joint large, 2d slender, longer than 



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