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glossy, the sides pellucid ; elytra testaceous- red, the base and lateral 

 margins in front black ; breast and legs pale testaceous ; antenna? dusky ; 

 base pale. (L. If 1.) 

 Var. Ox. merdarius Pz. F. xxvii. f. 18. — Ste. M. v. 182 Elytra tes- 

 taceous, with the region of the scutellum dusky ; antennae somewhat 

 clavate, livid. Moss, &c. : London district ; and generally distributed : 



2957 marginellus Marsham. — Ste. M. v. 182. — Testaceous- red, highly 

 polished and smooth ; head black ; thorax tawny, spotless ; elytra with 

 the lateral margins fuscous ; legs and antennae pale testaceous, the base of 

 the latter palest. (L. \\ 1.) Moss, &c. : London district; Bristol; 

 Cramond : 10-4. 



2958 obtusus L. ii. 684. — Ste. M. v. 182. — Testaceous- red ; very glossy 

 and smooth ; glabrous; eyes, base of the elytra, and breast behind, black; 

 antennae dull red, base paler. (L. 1^-lf 1.) 



Var. Ox. analis Fab. E. ii. 606. — Ste. M. v. 1 82. — Tibiae and 2 apical 

 segments of the abdomen, black. 



Var. ? St. melanurus Marsh, i. 525. — Ste. M. v. 183. — The 3 apical seg- 

 ments of the abdomen black. Moss, &c. : London district ; generally 

 distributed: 0. *. 



2959 collaris Ste. M. v. 183. — Broad; testaceous; shining, and very 

 smooth ; head and thorax pitchy, margins of the latter pale ; elytra spot- 

 less ; abdomen brownish, tip obtuse ; legs and base of antennae pale ; tip 

 of the latter brownish. (L. 1^ 1.) Moss, &c. : London district; Rae- 

 hills: 10-4. 



2960 subtestaceus Ste. M. v. 1 83. — Pale testaceous, shining, smooth ; 

 glabrous; head reddish ; eyes black ; thorax broad, with a basal depres- 

 sion ; elytra slightly fuscescent on the suture ; abdomen reddish, the ter- 

 minal joint black; legs and antennae pale. (L. 1^ 1.) Moss, &c. : 

 London district ; Bristol; Norfolk; Raehills : 10-4. 



2961 Hypnorum Fab. E. ii. 607. — Ste. M. v. 184. — Black, very smooth, 

 glossy, glabrous ; lateral margins of the thorax behind pale testaceous; 

 elytra red, dusky towards the scutelltim, and black at the base of the 

 lateral margins ; legs red ; antennae testaceous. (L. lg-lf 1.) 



Var. Ta. marginatus Grav. Mi. 127. — Ste. M. v. 183. — Lateral margins 

 of the thorax entirely testaceous. Moss, &c. : generally distributed : 

 0. *. 



2962 nitidulus Marsh, i. 520. — Ste. M. v. 1 84. — Black ; glossy ; smooth ; 

 glabrous ; thorax with the lateral margins, especially behind, broadly rusty- 

 testaceous; elytra dull red, outer margins black at the base ; legs and base 

 of antennae dull red. (L. 1-1§ 1.) Moss, &c. : London district, and 

 widely distributed : 0. 



2963 nitidicollis Ste. M. v. 184. — Pitchy-black; shining; glabrous; 

 smooth ; thorax polished, pitchy-red, margins pale ; elytra with the base 

 indeterminately black, apex pitchy ; abdomen with the extreme tip black ; 

 legs and antennae dusky dull-red, base of the latter pale. (L. 2 1.) Moss: 

 London district : 10-4. 



2964 erythropterus Ste. M. v. 184. — Pitchy-black; shining; glabrous 

 and smooth ; head black ; thorax with the lateral margins red ; elytra 

 ample, bright red ; abdomen with the margins of its segments red ; legs 

 and base of antennae red, apex of the latter black. (L. l| 1.) Moss: 

 London district ; Bristol; Norfolk: 10-4. 



2965 lateralis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 185. — Black ; polished, smooth ; thorax 

 pitchy, sides dull reddish; elytra pitchy, slightly pubescent; abdomen 



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