374 BRACHELYTRA. TACHYrORID.dE. 



head black ; thorax spotless ; elytra longish, base dusky ; abdomen dusky 

 testaceous- red, apex brighter ; legs and antenna; pale testaceous, tip of 

 latter pitchy. (L. l£ 1.) Moss: London district : 10-4. 



2947 gracilis Ste. M. v. 179. — Slender ; very glossy and smooth ; pitchy; 

 head smooth ; thorax pitchy-red, sides and base red ; elytra bright red, 

 spotless ; abdomen dusky-piceous, margins of the segments, and the apex, 

 slightly paler ; legs and antenna? pale testaceous, apex of the latter darkest 

 and slightly thickened. (L. I5 h) Moss: London district; Norfolk; 

 Suffolk; Bristol: 10-4. 



2948 libens Leach. — Ste. M. v. 179. — Short; pitchy, shining, very glossy 

 and smooth: head widish ; thorax with the margins broadly testaceous; 

 elytra livid, spotless ; abdomen very obtuse at the apex, dusky-piceous ; 



1 legs and antenna? testaceous, the latter darkest, and a little thickened at 

 the tip. (L. 11.) Moss, &c. : Battersea fields; Norfolk; Devon: 1-4. 



2949 thoracicus Ste. M. v. 1 80. — Rather broad ; pitchy-red ; slightly 

 shining ; very smooth ; head dusky or blackish ; thorax dull pitchy-red, 

 sides dilated, concolorous ; elytra longish, pitchy, with the apex rather 

 paler ; abdomen dusky jnceous, apex pale testaceous ; legs and antennae 

 red. (L. l-l&L) 



Var. Ta. brunneus Ste. M. v. 179. — Rather smaller and more slender; of 

 a darker hue ; elytra livid brown. Moss, &c. : London district ; Devon : 

 10-4. 



2950 pyrrhoceras Kirby. — Ste. M. ' v. 180. — Dusky-black, very glossy, 

 smooth, and glabrous ; thorax pitchy, lateral margins, especially behind, 

 paler; elytra and legs red; antenna? dull red, base pale. (L. l£ 1.) 

 Moss : London district ; and generally distributed : 10-6. 



2951 ruficollis Grav. Mi. 128. — Ste. M. v. 180. — Black, very glossy; 

 smooth ; glabrous ; thorax tawny-red ; elytra pitchy, tip pale ; legs yellow- 

 ish ; antenna? somewhat filiform, black, the base red. (L. 1£ 1.) Moss, 

 &c. : London and Edinburgh districts : 0. 



2952 nigripennis Ste. M. v. 180. — Broad; shining black; smooth; gla- 

 brous ; thorax bright tawny-red ; elytra pitchy-black, apex concolorous ; 

 abdomen pitchy-black, extreme edges of the segments reddish ; legs 

 ochreous ; antennae pale red, the tip dusky. (L. 1 1.) Moss, &c. : 

 London district : 10-4. 



2953 pusillus Grav. Mo. 9. — Ste. M. v. 180. — Shining black, smooth; 

 mouth brown ; thorax with the lateral margins, especially towards the 

 base, transparent testaceous ; elytra 4-drate, fuscous ; the lateral margins 

 rather obscure or dusky ; abdomen black ; legs pitchy-testaceous ; antennae 

 fuscous, the 2 basal joints red. (L. lg 1.) Moss: London district; 

 Norfolk; Suffolk: 10-4. 



2954 atriceps Ste. M. v. 181. — Pitchy-black; shining; very smooth ; head 

 « black, wider ; thorax spotless tawny ; elytra dull red, the tip clouded with 



brown, or dusky; legs and base of antenna? testaceous, apex of the latter 

 thickened and pitchy-black. (L. 1^ 1.) Moss: London district: 

 10-4. 



2955 pyrrhopterus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 181. — Shuck. B. C. pi. 21. f. 7. 

 — Black; very smooth ; shining; glabrous; head pitchy ; thorax yellow- 

 ish, its disc fuscescent, or pitchy ; elytra dull red, base within and lateral 

 margin dusky ; legs and base of antennae testaceous ; tip of the latter 

 slightly thickened and black. (L. 1| 1.) Moss: London district ; Suf- 

 folk : 10-5. 



§ B. Body short and rather broad. 



2956 chrysomelinus L. ii. 685 Pz. F. ix. f. 14. — Ste. M. v. 181.— 



Black ; shining ; glabrous ; very smooth ; thorax pale testaceous, very 



