356 BRACHELYTRA. TACHYrORID^E. 



fovea ; tibia?, especially the anterior, somewhat pitchy ; tarsi pitchy-red. 

 (L. 1^ 1.) Grassy places: Ryde, and near London: 6. 



2768 ruficrus Kirby Ste. M. v. 111. — Black, with a short silken ashy 



pubescence ; head rounded ; thorax with a distinct dorsal furrow ; ab- 

 domen strongly margined ; tibiae and tarsi (the latter stoutish) pale red ; 

 antenna? long, pitchy-black, terminal joint stoutest, ovate. (L. 1^1.) 

 Near London ; Suffolk ; Norfolk ; Devonshire : 3-6. 



2769 frontalis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 111. — Black, smooth, with an obscure 

 pile ; head somewhat orbiculate, pitchy, with a deep frontal impression ; 

 thorax flattish, with a dorsal furrow ; elytra pitchy-black ; abdomen 

 linear ; legs and base of antenna? tawny-ochreous, apex of latter pitchy. 

 (L. 1±1.) Suffolk: 5-6. 



2770 foveata Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 111. — Deep black, rather shining, with a 

 slightly silken pubescence ; head 3-angular-orbiculate, with a large 

 frontal impression ; thorax with an obscure dorsal furrow, and some 

 minute punctures ; elytra distinctly punctured ; abdomen linear, smooth ; 

 legs pitchy, anterior tibia? and all the tarsi fuscous; antenna? with terminal 

 joint ovate-acute. (L. l£ 1.) London district ; Devon; Great Blaken- 

 ham, Suffolk : 10-4. 



2771 attenuata Marsham. — Ste. M. v. 112. — Deep black; slightly shining ; 

 with an obscure pile ; thorax rather convex, with a broad shallow fovea 

 towards the base ; elytra dull pitchy ; abdomen glossy, much narrowed 

 towards the apex, which is acute ; thighs dusky ; tibia? and tarsi pitchy- 

 red ; antennas pitchy, the terminal joint ovate-obtuse. (L. 1^1.) Lon- 

 don district : 4. 



589 Tachyusa Erichson. 



2772 f constricta Eric. K. i. 307. — Slender ; pitchy ; finely pubescent ; 

 thorax somewhat ovate ; abdomen very much narrowed at the base ; legs 

 and antenna? red. (L. \\ 1. ) Near Yarm, Yorkshire: 7. 



2773 atra Grav. Mo. 162 Shuck. B. C. pi. 24. f. 2 Deep black, 



opaque ; scarcely punctulated ; with a fine ashy pubescence ; thorax 4- 

 drate ; flattish, with an obsolete central channel ; abdomen rather nar- 

 rowed towards the apex ; legs elongate, pitchy-brown ; tibia? somewhat 

 testaceous ; tarsi ochreous ; antennae long, filiform, pitchy. (L. 1^1.) 

 Under moss, &c. : Isle_of Wight : 6. 



590 Phloeopora Erichson. 



2774 reptans Grav. Mo. 154. — Shuck. B. C. pi. 24. f. 1 Al. confinis 



Ste. M. v. 123. — Black, slightly shining, finely punctured; thorax 

 transversely 4-drate, the anterior angles obtuse ; elytra, tip of abdomen, 

 legs, and antennae, pitchy-red. (L. li 1.) London district, and in Nor- 

 folk : 4-6. 



2775 corticalis Grav. Mi. 76 Ste. M. v. 127. — Pitchy-black, rather 



shining ; obsoletely punctate ; thorax somewhat 4-drate, anterior angles 

 rounded ; elytra dull reddish, apex brighter ; tip of abdomen and legs 

 testaceous; antenna? dull red, apex obtuse. (L. 1-1^ 1.) 



Var. Al. teres Grav. Mi. 79. — Ste. M. v. 117. — Darker; the elytra 

 fuscous, with the extreme tip pitchy, or reddish. Under bark : London 

 district ; Suffolk ; Norfolk ; Scotland : 4-8. 



591 Hygronoma Erichson. 



2776 dimidiata Grav. Mo. 149. — Cur. xi. pi. 514. — Al. basella Ste. M. 

 v. 112. 430. — Black; rather obscure; forehead flat; thorax with a 

 dark furrow ; elytra luteous-yellow, with the base black; legs and 4 

 basal joints of the antennas reddish yellow. (L. 1^1.) On banks of 



