conurus. _ 377 



2976 lacviusculus Man. Pr. 58 Cy. nigripes Ste. M. v. 188. — Black, 



shining, slightly pubescent ; head broad ; thorax with the hinder angles 

 very straight, the sides slightly pitchy; legs dusky-black; antenna? pitchy- 

 black, the 3 terminal joints distinctly largest. (L. £ 1.) Moss: London 

 district; New Forest; Raehills: Q. 



2977 parvulus Ste. M. v. 188. — Black; shining; slightly pubescent; head 

 and thorax glabrous ; hinder angles of latter slightly rounded ; elytra dull 

 chestnut, or pitchy-black ; legs and antennae pitchy-red. (L. £ L) Moss : 

 London district ; Bristol ; Raehills : 4-6. 



2978 anisotomoides Ste. M. v. 188. — Very convex, minute; deep shining 

 black ; smooth ; head and thorax glabrous ; elytra slightly pubescent ; 

 pitchy-brown; legs and antenna? red. (L. |-§1.) Moss: London dis- 

 trict ; Norfolk: 4-6. 



2979 biguttatus Ent. M. (Matthews) \. 198. — Black, shining, with a golden 

 pile: thorax with the margins tawny; hinder angles rounded; elytra with 

 a large red spot on the disc of each ; edge of abdominal segments and legs 

 red; palpi and antennae tawny. (L. £-| 1.) Moss: London district; 

 Weston : 3-4. 



615 Conurus Stephens. 



2980 pubescens Grav. Mi. 130. — Ste. M. v. 189. — Shuck. B. C. pi. ^l. 

 f. 6. — Convex; brown-black, somewhat pubescent; elytra chestnut- 

 brown ; margins of the abdominal segments reddish ; legs and antenna? 

 dull red. (L. 2-2 1 1.) 



Var. Co. Marshami Ste. M. v. 1 89. — Darker ; head and thorax somewhat 

 glabrous ; abdomen entirely black ; legs dusky : — sometimes wholly tes- 

 taceous. Moss, &c. : London district ; Norfolk; Bristol; New Forest : 

 4-6. 



2981 littoreus L. ii. 685. — Co. cellaris Ste. M. v. 189 — Black ; slightly 

 tomentose ; hinder angles of the thorax dull red ; elytra with a large 

 lunate patch at the base, and the legs testaceous-red ; antenna? red, brown 

 in the middle ; palpi red. (L. If -2 1.) 



Var. ? Ta. angularis Ste. M. v. 1 93. — Rather pitchy ; elytra chestnut, with 

 a paler patch at the base ; thorax with the hinder angles broadly, and the 

 extreme base pale testaceous. Moss, &c. : London district ; Norfolk ; 

 Suffolk ; New Forest : 5-6. 



2982 bipustulatus Fab. E. ii. 606. — Pz. F. xvi. f. 21. — Ste. M. v. 190. 

 — Dusky-black ; with a silken pubescence ; hinder margin of thorax 

 slightly testaceous ; elytra with a large transverse testaceous spot in the 

 middle of the base ; abdomen with the 2 apical segments, and the margins 

 of the rest, pale testaceous; antenna? and legs dull red. (L. 1^-2 1.) 



Var. Ta. Sowerbii Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 193. — Hinder angles of thorax 

 broadly testaceous ; abdomen black ; legs pale testaceous ; antenna? brown- 

 ish, the 2 basal and 2 apical joints testaceous. 



2983 2-notatus Grav. Mi. 1:32 Ta. fimetarius Ste. M. v. 192 Pitchy- 

 black ; shining ; thorax very glossy, lateral margins somewhat testaceous ; 

 elytra with an oblong spot on the shoulders, and the margin of the apex 

 dull red ; legs and antenna? pitchy- red. (L. 1^-1| 1.) 



Var. Ta. castaneus Ste. M. v. 192. — Colour paler; elytra dull red or chest- 

 nut, disc sometimes clouded. Moss, &c. : London district; New Forest; 

 Devon : 4-6. 



2984 obscuripennis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 191.— Dull red; very glossy; 

 smooth ; glabrous ; convex : head and thorax testaceous ; elytra sometimes 

 fuscescent, slightly pubescent ; abdomen rather dusky ; legs and base of 



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