130 KECROPHAGA. MYCETOPHAGID^E. 



1051 linearis Ph. F. i. 302. — Ste. M. iii. 108. — Elongate, dusky-ferru- 

 ginous, slightly pubescent : thorax heart-shaped, very narrow at the base, 

 which has a shallow fovea, the sides finely crenulated; elytra wide at base, 

 the shoulders rectangular, disc convex, punctate- striate, interstices im- 

 punctate, faintly wrinkled ; legs pale testaceous ; antennae rusty, with the 

 tip brownish. (L. f 1. ) Under bark ; London district : 3-6. 



1052 ferruginea Marsh, i. 121. — Ste. M. iii. 108. — Somewhat linear, chest- 

 nut ; glabrous : head blackish ; thorax nearly 4-angular, scarcely narrower 

 than the elytra, disc very thickly punctured, the base with a small fovea ; 

 elytra pale testaceous, punctate-striate, interstices impunetate ; legs pale 

 red; antennas pale. (L. 11.) Under bark; London district, common; 

 Edinburgh : 0, ^. 



1053 elongata Sch'up Grjll. iv. 132 Ste. M. iii. 108. — Somewhat 



linear, flat ; densely pubescent ; testaceous : eyes black : thorax transverse, 

 as wide as the elytra, sides near the hinder angle slightly denticulate, base 

 with a rounded fovea; elytra pale, regularly punctate-striate, interstices 

 impunetate; legs and antennas pale. (L. I 1. ) Under bark; London 

 district : 3-6. 



1054 gibbosa Herbst. v. 5. pi. 44. f. 2. — Ste. M. iii. 109. — Short, convex ; 

 rusty-brown, slightly glossy : thorax narrow, rounded behind, the disc 

 with a transverse bent fovea behind the middle ; elytra pilose, punctate- 

 striate, the tip obtusely rounded; legs and antennas testaceous, club of the 

 latter dusky. (L. ^-| 1.) Under bark, &c. ; abundant in London dis- 

 trict ; Edinburgh : 0, ^. 



1055 transversalis Sch'up. — Gyll iv. 133. — Ste. M. iii. 109. — Short, 

 convex ; rusty-brown, slightly shining ; thorax rounded behind, finely 

 punctate and pubescent ; the disc with a slightly interrupted straight fovea 

 behind the middle ; elytra punctate-striate, the interstices each with a row 

 of hairs, and elevated, narrow, and thickly plaited with transverse wrinkles. 

 (L. ^-1 1.) Under bark, &c. ; London district : 0. 



1056 pallida Marsh, i. 112. — Ste. M. iii. 109. — Short, convex; rusty- 

 brown ; pubescent : thorax transverse, the base truncate ; disc punctate, 

 with a deepish transverse-ovate fovea near the base ; elytra rather faintly 

 striate, interstices slightly elevated : body pitchy beneath ; legs and an- 

 tennas pale. (L \-^ 1.) Under bark, &c. ; near London: 3-6. 



1057 similata Sch'up. — Gyll. iv. 134. — Ste. M. iii. 110. — Short, convex; 

 rusty-brown ; pubescent : thorax transverse, the disc with 3 foveas, hinder 

 angles acute ; elytra slightly convex, testaceous-brown, punctate-striate, 

 the interstices narrow, elevated with transverse wrinkles, and each with a 

 row of short hairs. (L. £ 1.) Under bark, &c. ; London district: 3-6. 



171 Paramecosoma Curtis. 



1058 bicolor Ent. M. {Cur.) i. 186.— Ste. M. v. 410. —Cur. xiii. pi. 606. 

 — Dull red, shining ; with ochreous pubescence : head, eyes, thorax, and 

 scutellum black, punctured ; the latter with 2 small basal foveae ; elytra 

 somewhat punctate-striate. (L. |-1 1.) Near London, and in Hants; 

 Knaresborough, off furze : 7. 



172 Psamm^chus Boudier. 



1059 bipunctatus Fab. E. i. 291. — Pz. F. xxvi. f. 9. — Ste. M. iii. 103. — 

 Testaceous : head black, or pitchy ; elytra obsoletely striated ; the inter- 

 stices transversely punctured ; the disc with a round black dot ; part of 

 the suture and the abdomen black ; antennas with the club dusky. (L. 

 2-2 J 1.) Marshy places; Hertford; Cambridge; Norfolk; Somerset- 

 shire ; Devon : 5-6. 



