344 BRACHJELYTRA. 



pitchy-chestnut ; shining, pubescent ; thorax narrowed behind and rugu- 

 lose ; elytra bright chestnut, with 2 basal impressions; legs pale chestnut; 

 antennas testaceous-yellow, 7th joint enlarged, 8th smaller, 3 terminal 

 ones largest, apical being obtuse. (L. | 1. ) Moss, &c. : London dis- 

 trict; New Forest and Norfolk: 3-5. 



2694 collaris Kunze, 26. — Den. 69. pi. 14. f. 2. — Ste. M. v. 82. — Ob- 

 long, black ; punctured ; thorax wide in front, very narrow behind, with 

 2 rows of impressed dots at the base ; the anterior consisting of 4, and the 

 posterior of 2 punctures ; elytra with 2 basal depressions ; the suture and 

 scutel a' little raised; antennas pale testaceous, gradually clavated, ter- 

 minal joint elongate-ovate. (L. |-1 1.) In moss, &c. : London district; 

 Madingley Wood ; Lodden, &c. : 4-5. 



2695 pusillus Kunze, 25. — Den. 70. pi. 14. f. 1. — Ste. M. v. 83 Ob- 

 long, black, slightly pubescent, shining ; thorax longish, the base con- 

 tracted, with a transverse line, composed of 6 punctures; elytra punctured, 

 base with 4 furrows ; the suture slightly raised near the scutel : 

 legs slender ; tibia?, tarsi, and antenna? testaceous. (L. j}-§ 1. ) Moss, &c. : 

 London district ; Bristol ; Norfolk : 0. 



2696 impressus Gyll. iv. 322. — Ste. M. v. 427 Black, shining, pubes- 

 cent ; thorax scarcely narrowed behind, with 4 deep foveolets ; the 2 inner 

 ones approximating; antennae dull red, and thickened exteriorly. (L. 

 11.) Moss, &c. : London district ; Nottingham, and N. of England : 

 3-5. 



2697 punctipennis Ste. M. v. 428. — Oblong, black ; shining, somewhat 

 pubescent ; thorax convex, not foveolated ; elytra rather deeply punctate, 

 the base with 2 furrows; legs and antennas dull red. (L. | 1.) Moss, 

 &c. : London district ; N. of England : 3-4. 



2698f Wighami Den. 71. pi. 14. f. 3. — Ste. M. v. 83. — Black, shining, 

 pubescent ; thorax smooth, the base truncate, and with 3 foveolets ; elytra 

 oblong, with 4 basal impressions, the sutural ones largest : head with 2 

 frontal foveolets ; legs and antenna? pale chestnut, tip of the latter acute. 

 (L. £1.) Moss: Lodden: 3. 



568 Megaladerus Stephens. 



2699 thoracicus Kunze, 12. — Den. 61. pi. 11. f. 3. — Ste. M. v. 84. — 

 Pitchy, pubescent : head dull chestnut; thorax dark chestnut; rounded 

 in front, gibbous ; elytra with 2 angular depressions at the base ; legs 

 rusty-yellow; antenna? testaceous-yellow, hairy; palpi yellowish. (L. 

 §-§ 1.) Moss: at Knight's Hill, Dulwich ; Lodden, &c. : 10-4. 



569 Eutheia Stephens. 



2700 Scydma?noides Ste. M. iii. 115. pi. xviii. f. 2. — Pitchy-black, with a 

 golden pubescence; thorax pulvinated, with 5 foveolets placed transversely 

 near the base ; elytra faintly punctured, the base with 2 short furrows ; 

 the apex sometimes chestnut; legs and antenna? rusty-red. (L. i-£ 1.) 

 Moss, &c. : Highgate ; Petty wad Wood, near Wimbledon ; Ripley : 

 3-6. 



§ 2. Stirps 3. BRACHELYTRA MacLeay. 



Fam. 75 Pselaphid^e. Tarsi 3-jointed, basal joint minute, terminal furnished 

 with a single claw, very rarely with 2 : head exserted : ant. clavate : max. 

 palpi generally very long, clavate ; lab. minute : eyes prominent : elytra 

 nearly half the length of the abdomen, folded at the base. 



Fam. 76 TACHYPORiDiE. Tarsi mostly 5-, never 3-jointed ; terminated with 

 2 claws : head generally deeply inserted into the thorax, the latter broadest 



