128 NECROPHAGA. MYCETOPHAClDJE. 



longitudinal lines, the lateral margins each with 6 stout denticulations ; 

 elytra punctate-striate, alternate interstices elevated ; legs testaceous. 

 (L. lil.) In sugar casks, &c. ) 



(1033 dentatus Marsh, i. 108. — Ste. M. iii. 104. note. — Dull reddish; 

 antenna?, head, and thorax dusky ; elytra lighter, with 3 elevated obscure 

 stria 1 , with a slender one between each ; thorax with the lateral margins 

 crenate-dentate, and 2 fovea? near the base ; hinder thighs with a strong 

 tooth. (L. 2 1.) Also in sugar casks, &c.) 



1034 unidentatus Fab. E. i. 317. — Lat. G. iii. pi. 11. f. 2. — Ste. M. iii. 

 105. — Rusty-testaceous ; punctate ; glabrous : eyes black ; thorax elon- 

 gated, narrowed behind, the anterior angles acutely produced ; elytra 

 finely punctate-striate ; legs and antennae dull-red. (L. ljj-lf 1.) Under 

 bark ; Hainault and New Forests : 6-7. 



169 Latiudius Herbst. 



1035 lardarius Be Geer, v. 45. pi. 2. f. 25-31 Ste. M. iii. 111. — 



.Elongate ; testaceous-red ; glabrous : thorax oblong-quadrate, flat ; with 

 2 parallel ridges, dividing a deep basal fovea into 3 parts ; elytra ample, 

 rather narrowed at the tip, the disc punctate-striate ; legs and antenna? 

 pale testaceous, joints of the former dusky. (L. 1-1^ 1. ) Dunghills, 

 &c, London district ; Yorkshire; Carlisle: 3-6. 



1036 angusticollis Schuppel Gyll. iii. 186. — Ste. M. iii. 111. — Elon- 

 gate ; testaceous-brown, or chestnut : thorax oblong-quadrate, a little 

 narrowed behind, the disc with 2 ridges, and an interrupted basal fovea 

 as in the last species ; elytra with the shoulders much elevated, the sides 

 expanded, the apex obtusely rounded, and the disc deeply punctate-striate. 

 (L. 11.) Hedges near London : 3-6. 



1037 rugicollis Oliv. ii. pi. 3. f. 19. — Ste. M. iii. 111. — Rather short, 

 testaceous brown : thorax 4-drate, anterior angles rounded, not elevated ; 

 disc with 2 ridges, elytra with the apex rounded, the disc punctate-striate, 

 the alternate interstices and suture somewhat elevated ; legs and antenna? 

 testaceous, club of the latter dusky. (L. J|-l 1.) Near London, and in 

 Norfolk: 1-6. In moss, Humby : 12. 



1038 carinatus Gyll. iii. 137. — Ste. M. iii. 112. — Elongate, narrow; 

 brown, opaque : thorax somewhat heart-shaped, disc with 2 obscure ridges, 

 vanishing behind, the base with a continuous transverse channel ; elytra 

 rounded at the tip, the disc punctate-striate, the alternate interstices and 

 suture elevated ; antenna? and legs testaceous. (L. \ 1.) Hedges, Lon- 

 don district : 3-6. 



1039 hirtus Gyll. iv. 130.?— Ste. M. iii. 112. — Oblong; black; slightly 

 opaque ; thickly punctulate : thorax somewhat 4-drate, disc with a deep 

 central channel, terminating near the base in a deeper fovea ; elytra punc- 

 tate-striate, the interstices with erect, rigid, ashy hairs : legs and antenna? 

 reddish or pitchy. (L. 1 1.) Petty ward Wood, &c. : 3-6. 



1040 transversus Oliv. ii. 14. pi. 3. f. 20. — Ste. M. iii. 112. — Oblong; 

 dull red ; rather thickly punctulate : thorax short, broad, a little nar- 

 rowed in front, with a deep transverse fovea near the base ; neck exposed, 

 punctulated ; elytra rather deeply punctate-striate ; legs testaceous ; an- 

 tenna? dull red, rather short in the $ . (L. ^-4 1.) Under moss, bark, 

 &c, London district; Bottisham'; Edinburgh: 0. 



1041 porcatus Herbst. v. pi. 41. f. 4. — Ste. M. iii. 113. — Oblong; pitchy- 

 black ; punctulated : thorax somewhat heart-shaped, waved in front, the an- 

 terior angles rounded and ample, the disc with a faint channel and a trans- 

 verse basal impression ; elytra shining, deeply punctate-striate ; legs and 



