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2936 minuta Ent. M. (Matt.) v. 196. — Black; thorax short, convex; elytra 

 longer than thorax ; abdomen broad, stout, deeply margined ; the last seg- 

 ment fuscous ; legs pitchy; basal joint of antenna; and mouth testaceous. 

 (L. fl.) Vegetable refuse : Weston: 2-3. 



2937 elongata Ent. M. (Matt.) v. 196. — Narrow, elongate; brown-black, 

 with a griseous pile ; thorax somewhat 4-drate, margins pale fuscous ; 

 elytra palest behind, the hinder angles very deeply notched ; abdomen 

 strongly margined and scarcely attenuated; legs long, pitchy-red; antenna; 

 fuscous, basal and 3 apical joints, and the mouth, testaceous. (L. 1| 1.) 

 Vegetable refuse : Weston : 6-7. 



2938 brevicornis Ent. M. (Matt.) v. 196. — Elongate; red; head darker 

 than the thorax ; elytra short, obliquely truncate towards the suture ; ab- 

 domen very little attenuated, apex obtuse, dusky, hinder edge of each 

 segment lighter ; legs and palpi pale ; antennae short, dusky, basal and 

 apical joint testaceous. (L. 1| 1.) Vegetable refuse : Weston: 6-7. 



2939 gracilis Ent. M. (Matt.) v. 197 Elongate; black, with a griseous 



pile ; thorax 4-drate ; elytra very obliquely truncate towards the suture ; 

 abdomen strongly margined and slightly attenuated ; the hinder portion 

 of the 2 apical segments fuscous ; legs and palpi brown-black, joints 

 lighter; antennae very short, articulations equal, black. (L. 1 1 1. ) Moss: 

 Weston : 2-3. 



611 Tachyporus Gravenhorst. 

 § A. Body generally slender, and elongated. 



2940 testaceus Fab. E. ii. 607. — Ste. M. v. 177. — Linear; testaceous; 

 very glossy and smooth ; glabrous ; eyes black ; abdomen dusky, or dull 

 testaceous-red ; legs pale ; antenna? yellowish, slightly thickened at the 



' apex. (L. li-l| 1.) 



Var. Ta. flavicornis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 177. — Larger, natter, and more 



glossy ; colours brighter ; antenna? tawny. 

 Var. A. nitidulus Oliv. E. iii. 34. pi. 3. f. 28. — Ta. nitidulus Ste. M. v. 



177. — Testaceous-red; legs black; head and abdomen pitchy-brown. 



Under moss, &c. : London and Edinburgh districts ; Norfolk ; Suffolk : 



10-5. 



2941 diffinis Kirhy. — Ste. M. v. 177. — Short; testaceous, obscure, smooth ; 

 elytra flat ; thorax slightly widened behind ; abdomen brownish, the tip 

 scarcely pilose ; legs and base of antenna? pale, tip slightly thickened. 

 (L. § 1.) Moss, &c. : London district ; Suffolk ; Devon : 10-4. 



2942 flavescens Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 178. — Testaceous; very glossy, smooth, 

 and glabrous ; eyes black ; abdomen red, or fuscescent, the tip black ; legs 

 and antenna? pale, tip of the latter dusky or testaceous: — head occasionally 

 pitchy. (L. 1|1.) Moss, &c. : Norfolk; Suffolk; Yorkshire: 4-6. 



2943 livens Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 178. — Black; shining; smooth; gla- 

 brous ; thorax pitchy, lateral and hinder margins livid ; elytra and legs 

 livid; antenna? black, base pale, tip thickened. (L. 1^1.) Moss, &c. : 

 London district ; Suffolk ; Norfolk : 4-6. 



2944 angustatus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 178. — Slender; black, extremely 

 glossy and smooth ; thorax fuscescent, base and sides livid ; elytra convex, 

 dusky-red ; antenna? slender, fuscescent, base red. (L. l g 1. ) Moss, &c. : 

 London district ; Norfolk; Raehills : 10-6. 



2945 minimus Leach. — Ste. M. v. 178. — Pitchy-black; very glossy and 

 smooth ; head wide, black ; thorax pitchy-red, the lateral margins and 

 the elytra red ; the latter spotless; abdomen black, apex pitchy; legs red; 

 antenna? pitchy. (L. f 1) Moss: London district ; Devon: 10-5. 



2946 basalis Ste. M. v. 179. — Slender; testaceous-red; shining; smooth; 



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