354 BRACHELYTRA. TACHYP0RID7E. 



the same, stoutish. (L. 1| 1.) Hunstanton, Norfolk; Birch Wood; 

 Castle Eden Dean: 8-4. 



2749 nitens Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 105. — Brown-black, shining; nearly 

 glabrous ; thorax gibbous, heart-shaped, with an obscure basal impression ; 

 elytra broader, pitchy-red, pubescent ; legs and antenna? reddish-brown. 

 (L. 1-1^1.) Under stones : London district ; Norfolk : 8-4. 



2750 floralis Spence? — Ste. M. v. 105. — Black, shining; slightly pubes- 

 cent ; thorax gibbous, obcordate, with an obscure puncture in the middle 

 behind ; elytra each with 2 impressions at the base ; legs and antennae 

 pitchy-red. (L. 1^-1.) Stones, &c. : London district ; Norfolk: 8-4. 



2751 flavipes L. ii. 685. ? — Ste. M. v. 105. — Dull-red, smooth ; head 

 dusky ; thorax gibbous, somewhat heart-shaped, pitchy-red, with a faint 

 dorsal line ; elytra broad ; abdomen with an obscure ring near the apex ; 

 legs pale testaceous ; antennas and mouth dull red. (L. 1| 1. ) Stones, 

 &c. : London district ; Bristol; Suffolk: 10-4. 



582 Calodera Mannerheim. 



2752 nigricollis Pk. F. iii. 400. — Ste. M. v. 1 25. — Red-brown ; opaque ; 

 very much punctured ; slightly pubescent ; thorax somewhat 4-drate, 

 brown; elytra, legs, and antenna? testaceous. (L. If -21. ) Under stones: 

 London district ; Barham ; Bristol ; Norfolk : 5-6. 



2753 nigrita Mann. Pr. p. 86. — Ste. M. v. 429. — Shuck. B. C. pi. 24. 

 f. 5. — Obscure black ; densely pubescent ; very finely punctulate : thorax 

 flattish, with an obscure channel ; abdomen above very thickly punctulate ; 

 mouth and tarsi ochreous. (L. 2^1.) Under stones : London district: 4. 



2754 uliginosa Eric. K. i. 305. — M. rufitarsis Ste. M. v. 124.? — Deep 

 black, slightly shining, with a delicate silky pubescence ; finely punc- 

 tulated ; thorax slightly convex, the base with 2 fovea? ; elytra 4-drate, 

 thickly punctured ; abdomen shining, slightly punctured above ; tarsi, 

 antenna?, and mouth red. (L. 1-g- 1.) Under stones: London district; 

 Devon ; Suffolk : 5-6. 



2755 JEthiops Grav. Mi. 77. — Pitchy ; slightly pubescent ; very finely 

 punctured ; thorax rather convex, the base with a transverse impression ; 

 abdomen very thickly punctured above; legs and antenna? pitchy. (L. 1 1.) 

 Under stones : London district : 4. 



583 Astilbus Dillwyn. 



2756 canaliculars Fab. E. ii. 599. — Pz. F. xxvii. f. 13. — Ste. M. v. 106. 

 — Testaceous-red, very thickly punctured ; thorax oblong, with a deep 

 longitudinal furrow, the disc flattish behind ; abdomen thrice the length of 

 the elytra, with a black ring towards the apex ; head black. (L. 2-2^ 1.) 

 Under stones, &c. : London district, and widely distributed: 0. 



584 Ocalea Erichson. 



2757 picata Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 125. — Oc. castanea Eric. K. i. 299. — 

 Shuck. B. C. pi. 24. f. 4. — Elongate ; pitchy-brown, shining, finely 

 punctured ; thorax somewhat orbiculate, truncate in front, and with a 

 fovea at the base ; elytra punctulate ; legs pale testaceous ; antenna? and 

 palpi testaceous-red. (L. 2 1.) Moss, &c. : London district; Norfolk; 

 Suffolk; Southend; S. Wales: 4-6. 



585 Polystoma Stephens. 



2758 obscurella Grav. Mi. 159. — Shuck. B. C. pi. 24. f. 8 Al. micans 



Ste. M. v. 113. — Black, with a dense golden silky pubescence ; head 

 finely punctured, and with a smooth line ; thorax with an obscure dorsal 



