346 BRACHELYTRA. PSELAPHIDiE. 



the forehead ; terminal joint rather large : max. palpi short, apical joint 

 ovate, conic : tho. somewhat heartshaped ; rounded at base : body elon- 

 gate, narrowed ; flat, 

 dlxxix. Claviger. Tarsi with 1 claw: ant. short, 6-jointed, 2 basal joints 

 minute, 3 following much thickened, somewhat hemispheric, perfoliated, 

 terminal one very stout, cylindrie, solid, elongate, abruptly truncate : head 

 ovate: eyes wanting: tho. subovate: abdomen with dorsal segments obsolete. 



570 Pselaphus Herbst. 



2701 Herbstii Reich. M. 25. — Den. M. pi. 9. f. 1. — Ste. M. v. 86. — 

 Dark chestnut ; slightly pubescent ; thorax elongate, somewhat cylindrie, 

 the base and apex somewhat narrowed, smooth ; shining ; abdomen 3-an- 

 gular ; antennae with 9th and 10th joints somewhat 3-angular : palpi yel- 

 lowish. (L. \\ 1.) Grassy places: London; Bristol; Lodden and 

 Woodbastwick, Norfolk ; Netley : 0. 



2702 Heisii Herbst. C. iv. 109. — Ben. M. pi. 9. f. 2. — Ste. M. v. 87. — 

 Elongate; dark chestnut, shining, slightly pubescent : thorax narrowed 

 at the base and apex, the middle considerably dilated, with 2 short obscure 

 lines in front ; abdomen long ; legs pale chestnut, thighs thickened ; an- 

 tennas with terminal joint a little produced within at the tip. (L. lg 1.) 

 London district ; chalk-pit, Barham ; Norfolk : . 



2703 longicollis Reich. M. 30. — Den. M. pi. 10. f. 1. — Ste. M. v. 87. — 

 Dark chestnut, shining, slightly pubescent ; thorax somewhat ovate, with 

 2 oblique lines in front, and 2 bent ones, united by a point in the centre, 

 at the base ; abdomen broad ; legs chestnut, thighs slightly thickened ; 

 antenna? pale ; palpi pale dull red. (L. 1|1.) Hertford; Horning, Nor- 

 folk : 7-4. 



2704 Dresdensis Herbst. C. iv. 110. — Den. M. pi. 10. f. 2. — Ste. M. v. 87. 

 — Pitchy-black, shining, pubescent ; head oval ; thorax obtusely angu- 

 lated in the middle, the front narrowed, base rounded and broad, with a 

 semicircular impression ; abdomen broad ; legs dull red ; antennae dull 

 liver colour, terminal joint lanceolate-ovate; palpi yellowish-brown. (L. 

 1$ 1.) Woodbastwick and Lodden : 9. 



571 Tyrus Aubc. 

 (2705f mucronatus Pz. F. lxxxix. f. 11. — Black ; with a fuscous pile: an- 

 tennae, elytra, and legs light red ; thorax with 3 foveolets behind, united 

 by an impressed line. (L. 1^1. ) I am not certain that this insect is 

 really indigenous.) 



572 Bryaxis Knock. 



2706 sanguineus L. ii. 685. — Den. M. pi. 7. f. 4. — Ste. M. v. 89. — 

 Short; obtuse; black; shining; thorax slightly narrowed before and 

 behind, with 3 foveolets, united by a faint semicircular line ; elytra red, 

 basal margin and suture dusky, with a stria near the suture and another in 

 the centre; antennae livid, with terminal joint obtuse. (L. 1^-lfl.) 



S ? Br. longicornis Leach Z. M. iii. 85. — Den. M. pi. 7. f. 2. — Ste. M. v. 

 88. — Longer, and narrow; antennae very long and slender, terminal joint 

 acute ; anterior tibiae with a notch, and a small spine, and a row of fine 

 hairs down the inner edge. Grassy places : Battersea fields ; Epping 

 Forest ; Norfolk : 2-4. 



2707 fossulatus Leach Z. M. iii. 86. — Den. M. pi. 8. f. 1.— Ste. M. v. 89. 

 — Pitch-coloured, pubescent ; smooth ; thorax rounded, with 3 large 

 equal foveolets ; elytra with a bent line at the base of each, and a stria 

 parallel with the suture : legs pale pitchy ; palpi testaceous ; terminal 



