370 BRACHELYTRA. TACHVP0RIDJE. 



black, with a silken pile, delicately punctured ; thorax rather convex, sides 

 and base testaceous, the latter with an obscure fovea ; elytra testaceous, 

 dusky towards the scutellum, and on the sides ; abdomen with the margins 

 of the segments and the apex testaceous ; legs testaceous ; antennae red, tip 

 sometimes fuscous. ( L. 2-3 1. ) Boleti ; rare : Norfolk ; London district 

 and Scotland : 4-6. 



2908 lata Ste. M. v. 150. — Dusky-black ; slightly pubescent ; obscure ; 

 broad ; head small, black ; thorax convex, with a deepish basal fovea ; 

 elytra dull testaceous- red ; suture dusky; abdomen strongly margined, 

 black, with the edges of all the segments red ; legs testaceous-red ; antennae 

 black, longish. (L. 1^1.) Boleti: London district; Suffolk ; Devon: 6. 



2909 Sheppardi Kirby."— Ste. M. v. 148. — Black, slightly pubescent, mi- 

 nutely punctured ; elytra rather wider than the thorax, pitchy ; with an 

 oblique red dash from the shoulder to the suture ; abdomen with the base 

 and apex palish-pitchy ; legs dull red ; antennae pitchy-black, base slender 

 and red ; palpi red. (L. If 1.) Boleti: Ipswich: 6. 



2910 nigrofusca Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 150. — Dusky-black, shining, with a 

 short dull silken pile : head black ; thorax with a faint dorsal channel ; 

 elytra somewhat 4-drate, fuscous, flattish towards the base of the suture ; 

 abdomen linear, black, base and apex pitchy ; legs dull red ; antennae stout, 

 fuscous. (L. 1$1.) Boleti, &c. : London district ; Barham : 1-6. 



2911 lividipennis Mann. Pr. 70. — Ste. M. v. 432. — Shuck. B. C. pi. 23. 

 f. 5. — Fuscous, with a silken pile ; thorax with a faint basal fovea ; elytra 

 4-drate, testaceous, dusky towards the scutellum ; abdomen with its apex 

 and the edges of the segments testaceous ; legs and base of antennae dull 

 testaceous. (L. 2 1.) Boleti: London district. 



2912 livida Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 147. — Black, rather obscure: head with a 

 frontal fovea; thorax flattish, with a dorsal channel ; elytra flat, livid ; ab- 

 domen pitchy-black, the apex reddish ; legs and palpi testaceous ; antennae 

 pitchy, testaceous at the base; mouth pitchy. (L. 1^ 1.) Boleti: Hert- 

 ford ; Bantham, Devon : 6. 



2913 curvipes Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 147. — Black, with an obscure ashy pile, 

 slightly shining ; elytra livid, sides, suture, and base black ; legs pale tes- 

 taceous ; thighs brownish, bent and depressed ; antennas pitchy-black. (L. 

 1| 1.) Boleti: London district; Norfolk; Suffolk: 6. 



2914 umbrata Grav. Mi. 90.? — Ste. M. v. 148. — Dusky; obscure; with 

 a dull dusky-brown pubescence ; thorax narrowed in front, with a very ob- 

 scure dorsal line; elytra pitchy-brown; legs and base of antennae testa- 

 ceous; terminal joint of the latter elongate, acute. (L. 1|- 1.) Boleti: 

 London district ; Norfolk ; Suffolk ; Devon : 4-6. 



2915 emarginata Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 148. — Pitchy-black, obscure, slightly 

 pubescent ; thorax with a moderate basal fovea ; elytra dark pitchy, the 

 outer angle with a deep notch ; legs dull pitchy-testaceous ; tibiae paler 

 and brighter; antennae piceous, terminal joint elongate, acute. (L. 1^ 1.) 

 Boleti : London district ; Bristol ; Norfolk ; Scotland : 6. 



2916 longiuscula Grav. Mi. 80 Al. longiuscula? Ste. M.v. 118. — Elon- 

 gate ; black ; somewhat glossy ; with a delicate silken pile ; thorax slightly 

 convex, with a fovea at the base ; elytra linear ; legs and base of antennae 

 testaceous-red. (L. 1^1.) Boleti: London district : 6. 



2917 brevicornis Kirby Ste. M. v. 149. — Black, rather obscure, slightly 



sericeous ; minutely punctured ; elytra fuscous ; abdomen somewhat conic, 

 its apex fuscous ; legs pale testaceous ; antennae somewhat clavate, basal 

 joint reddish; palpi red. (L. ljl. ) Boleti: London district: 6. 



2918 melanocephala Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 149. — Pitchy-brown, with a 

 short obscure pile, finely punctured ; head somewhat orbiculate, blackish : 



