376 BRACHELYTRA. TACHYPORID^E. 



slightly pubescent ; legs and base of antenna; dull red, apex of the latter 

 black. (L. lfl.) Moss: London district ; Suffolk: '3-6. 



2966 putridus Ste. M. v. 185. — Black, shining, very smooth; mouth 

 pitchy ; thorax wide, base and lateral margins behind broadly pale ; elytra 

 pitchy-red, with a blackish cloud near the scutellum ; abdomen very acute, 

 its segments edged with reddish ; legs and base of antennae testaceous. 

 (L. l|l.) Moss: London district : 10-4. 



2967 abdominalis Fab. E. ii. 607.7 — Ste. M. v. 185. —Red; shining; 

 glabrous ; eyes black ; thorax broad, spotless ; elytra convex, wide, clear 

 red ; abdomen short, dull fuscous ; legs and base of antenna? pale. 

 (L. 1^1.) Moss, &c. : London district; Norfolk; Suffolk; Penller- 

 gare : 10-4. 



2968 apicalis Ste. M. v. 185. — Testaceous, shining; smooth; glabrous; 

 head reddish ; eyes black ; thorax spotless, pale, with the margin paler ; 

 elytra and abdomen pa^e testaceous ; legs pale ; antennae reddish at the 

 base, black at the tip. (L. 1^ 1.) Moss: London district : 10-4. 



2969 dimidiatus Fab. E. ii. 607. — Ste. M. v. 186. — Black; polished; 

 smooth ; glabrous ; thorax short, hinder angles broadly red ; elytra 

 elongate testaceous, base slightly dusky within ; abdomen with the edges 

 of its segments reddish ; legs testaceous ; antennae black, base dull red. 

 (L. If 1.) Moss: London district; Norfolk; Suffolk; Cramond : 

 10-4. 



2970 macropterus Ste. M. v. 186. — Black; shining; smooth; glabrous; 

 thorax with the hinder margin testaceous ; elytra elongate, pitchy, the 

 margins entirely red ; abdomen black, strongly margined, slightly pilose ; 

 legs and base of antenna? testaceous, tip of the latter dusky. (L. 1^-1.) 

 Moss: London district : 10-4. 



2971 t formosus Ent. M. (Matthews) v. 197. — Bright yellow ; eyes black; 

 base of elytra nearly black ; abdomen black, edges of the segments broadly 

 red, penult, segment wholly red, terminal entirely black ; legs and antenna? 

 yellow. (L. 2 1.) Moss: Weston: 2-3. 



612 Habrocerus Erichson. 



2972 nodicornis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 186. — Pitchy-black; shining; thorax 

 reddish ; abdomen with the apex slightly reddish and pilose ; legs, mouth, 

 and palpi red; antenna? reddish, nearly as long as the thorax. (L. 1| 1.) 

 Decayed wood : Holme-juxta-mare, Norfolk : 8. 



613 Tkichophva Mannerheim. 



2973 pilicornis Gyll. ii. 417. — Black; pubescent; very thickly punctured; 

 elytra fuscous, flattish ; legs testaceous-brown ; antenna? with the 2 thick- 

 ened basal joints fuscous, the remainder hair-like and palish. (L. 1^ 1.) 

 Under bark : London district ; very rare: Yarm, Yorkshire : 6. 



614 Hypocyptus Schvppel. 



2974 Agaricinus L, ii. 570. — Ste, M. v. 187. — Black, shining; elytra 

 pitchy or chestnut ; head transverse; thorax rather glossy, obscurely punc- 

 tured ; legs and antenna? pale testaceous, latter very slender. (L. £ 1.) 

 Under moss, &c. : London district ; Norfolk; Suffolk; S. Wales: (*). 



2975 longicornis Pk. F. iii. 340. — Cy. rufipes Ste. M. v. 187. — Shuck. 

 B. C. pi. 21. f. 5> — Black; slightly pubescent, and shining; thorax with 

 the lateral margins slightly pitchy, the hinder angles nearly straight ; legs 

 and antenrta? dull red, the latter slightly thickened towards the tip. (L. 

 §-^ 1. ) Moss : common in London and Edinburgh districts ; S. Wales : 



