184 MALACODERMA. 



1449 longicollis Fab. E. ii. 241. — Pz. F. xciii. f. 12. — Ste. M. iii. 277.— 

 Black, very much punctured ; pubescent : thorax elongate, narrow, with 

 a short dorsal groove and 2 foveae behind ; the sides and hinder angles 

 testaceous ; elytra wider than the thorax, rather deeply punctate-striate ; 

 pale testaceous, outer margin broadly dusky, suture more or less black : ^ 

 with the thorax broader and more convex ; antennae reddish. (L. 4^-5£ 1.) 

 Woody places : Darenth and Coombe Woods ; New Forest ; Norfolk ; 

 Bottisham ; Swansea : 5-7. 



1450f Campyloides Ent. M. (Newman) i. 509. — Ste. M. v. 415. — Ferru- 

 ginous ; eyes black : elytra faintly striate, rather convex ; hinder angles 

 of thorax slightly acute. (L. 4^1.) In alders ; Ramsgate : 6. 



288 Campylus Fischer. 



1451 linearis L. ii. 653. — Ste. M. iii. 278.— <J El. bicolor Pz. F. via. 

 f. 11. : <j> El. mesomelus Pz. F. vii. f. 6. — Beneath black, sides and tip 

 of abdomen testaceous: thorax red with an impressed cross: elytra striate- 

 punctate, pale testaceous, suture sometimes dusky ; base of thighs mostly 

 blackish, rest of legs pale testaceous ; antenna? testaceous, tips of the joints 

 sometimes dusky : eyes black : $ with the elytra rather dilated, generally 

 black with a red margin, thighs occasionally entirely testaceous. In both 

 sexes the head and the disc of the thorax are at times black, &c. (L. 5-7 

 1.) Hedges, &c, in the S. of England ; not uncommon: 5-6. 



§3. Stirps4. MALACODERMA Latreille. 



Fam. 38 Cebrionidje. Ant. 11-jointed, filiform, articulations cylindric : 

 palpi filiform ; tab. short : head small, inclined : body hard, convex : 

 tarsi 5-jointed, penultimate joint bilobed. 



Fam. 39 Cyphonid^. Ant. II -jointed, filiform, sometimes rather serrated: 

 max. palpi filiform ; lab. bifurcate : mand. concealed : body soft : elytra 

 flexible : head very small : tarsi 5-jointed, penult, joint bilobed. 



Fam. 40 Lampyrid^. Ant. 11-jointed, approximating at the base, filiform, 

 sometimes serrated, or pectinated : max. palpi much longer than lab. y 

 slightly thickened at the tip : mand. acute : head concealed beneath the 

 anter. margin of thorax : elytra Avanting in some $ s. : tarsi 5-jointed, 

 penult, joint bifid. 



Fam. 41 TELEPHORiDiE. Ant. 11-jointed, rather remote at their origin, 

 elongate, setaceous, rarely serrated : max. palpi largest, terminal joint 

 ovate or hatchet-shaped : head exserted : body very soft : elytra long : 

 tarsi 5-jointed, penult, joint bifid. 



Fam. 42 Melyrid^e. Ant. 11-jointed, short, setaceous, sometimes serrated: 

 palpi nearly equal, somewhat filiform : mand. elongate : head small, deeply 

 inserted in the tho., which is wider: body rather firm; elongate: tarsi 

 5-jointed, joints all simple. 



Fam. 43 Tillid^:. Ant. 11-jointed, the 3 or 4 terminal joints, especially 

 the apical one, thickened : head inflexed, retractile within the tho. to the 

 eyes, the latter lunate, the tho. and body elongate, soft : tarsi 5-jointed, 

 penult, joint bifid. 



Fam. 44 Ptinidje. Ant. 11-jointed, filiform, elongate, simple, occasionally 

 serrated or pectinated ; or shortish, slightly thickened at the apex, with the 

 3 terminal joints suddenly elongated : mand. and palpi short, apical joint of 

 latter longest : head rounded, deeply inserted in the tho., which is gene- 

 rally produced in front : tarsi 5-jointed, short, simple. 



Fam. 45 Lymexylonid^e. Ant 11-jointed, short, fusiform, or somewhat 

 serrated : max. palpi of $ with branched appendages ; lab. simple : neck 



