MALTHINUS. MALACHIUS. 193 



smooth, red, spotless ; as wide as the head ; elytra linear, roughly punc- 

 tured, short, fuscous, tip sulphureous ; margins of abdominal segments, 

 and its tip, tibiae, tarsi and base of antennas yellowish. (L. 2 1.) Trees : 

 London district ; Edinburgh, &c. : 5-6. 



1527 fulvicollis Kirby. — Ste. M. iii. 309 Black • thorax tawny, spotless, 



smooth ; elytra short, rather rough, fuscous, with the tip yellow ; lews 

 entirely and base of antennas pale yellow. (L. 2 1.) Trees, &c. : London 

 district and Suffolk : 5-6. 



1528 minimus L. ii. 649 Ste. M. iii. 309 Black: head and thorax 



smooth, the anterior and posterior (and sometimes the lateral) edo-es 

 yellow ; elytra short, dusky, tip yellow ; abdominal segments edged with 

 whitish, apex yellow in the $ ; base of thighs pale. (L. lj-2| 1.) Trees: 

 London district : 5-6. 



1529 cognatus Ste. M. iii. 309. — Black : forehead with a yellow dot ; 

 thorax ochreous-yellow, with a black spot on the disc ; elytra fuscous, with 

 a small yellow spot at the tip ; legs fuscous ; antennae pale at the base. 

 (L. 2-2^1. ) Woods: London district ; Swansea: 5-6. 



1530 melanocephalus Marsh, i. 374 Ste. M. iii. 310 Black: head 



spotless; thorax yellow, with a glossy central black spot ; tip of the elytra 

 yellow ; thighs fuscous ; tibia? pale ; antennas fuscous, the base pale. 

 (L. l|-2 1. ) Trees: London district ; Bristol; Swansea: 5-6. 



1531 concolor Kirby. — Ste. M. iii. 310. — Black : thorax shining, spotless; 

 elytra dull fuscous, longish, spotless ; tibiae and base of antennas dull 

 fuscous, or palish. (L. 1^-lf 1.) Trees: London district; Bristol; 

 Swansea : 5-6. 



1532 brevicollis Pk. F. i. 269. — Ste. M. iii. 310 Black: mouth fus- 

 cous ; thorax very short, transverse, flat, shining ; elytra linear, thickly 

 punctulate, spotless; body and legs fuscous. (L. |-li 1.) Trees: 

 Wandsworth Common ; Woodland, Devon : 5-6. 



Fam. 42. MELYRIDiE Leach. 



ccci. Malachius Palpi filiform, narrowed at the tip : head transverse, deeply 

 inserted into the tho., which has a retractile vesicle in front on each side ; 

 and the abdomen is furnished with a similar appendage at the base. 



cccii. Aplocnemus Palpi unequal, slightly thickened, the terminal joint a 

 little acute ; pilose : ant. short, slightly serrated within, joints transverse : 

 body short, oblong : elytra dilated behind the middle : legs short, stoutish ; 

 tarsi simple. 



ccciii. Enicopus Palpi rather thickened at the apex, and obliquely truncate : 

 ant. rather short, serrated, joints short : body oblong, very pilose : elytra 

 parallel: hinder thighs robust; $ with hinder tibice bent; anter. and 

 poster, tarsi with a long, recurved basal spine. 



ccciv. Dasytes Palpi thickened at the tips, the terminal joint truncate : 

 ant. rather long, joints elongate, occasionally serrated : body narrow, linear, 

 pilose: elytra slightly gaping at the apex : legs long ; claws with a mem- 

 branous process beneath. 



cccv. Dolichosoma Palpi short, slightly thickened at the tip, obliquely 

 truncate : ant. longer than the head and thorax, slender, faintly serrated 

 within : body very slender and elongate ; elytra acute, scaly : head wider 

 than tho., which is elongate and somewhat cylindric : legs long, slender. 



301 Malachius Fabricius. 

 1533 asneus L. ii. 648. — Wood. i. pi. 20. — Ste. M. iii. 311. Brassy- 

 green ; head reddish-yellow in front : elytra blood- red, with the base and 

 half the suture brassy-green ; thorax with its anterior angles blood-red ; 



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