378 BRACHELYTRA. — TACHYPORIDJE. 



antenna? yellowish-testaceous ; eyes black. (L. 1 1.) Moss: London and 

 Edinburgh districts; Norfolk and Suffolk : 10. 



2985 flavus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 191. — Lanceolate-linear, slender ; testace- 

 ous-yellow ; pubescent, smooth ; eyes black ; legs and base of antennae 

 very pale ochreous-yellow. (L. 1^1.) Grassy places: London district, 

 &c. : 5-7. 



2986 flavipes Ste. M. v. 191. — Slender; testaceous-red; glossy; smooth; 

 nearly glabrous ; eyes black ; elytra rather dull ; abdomen dusky or 

 pitchy, edges of the segments reddish ; legs and base of antennas pale yel- 

 lowish ; apex of the latter pitchy-red. (L. 1 1.) Moss: London district : 

 10-1. 



2987 melanocephalus Ste. M. v. 191. — Convex; pitchy-red, very glossy; 

 nearly glabrous ; head black ; elytra dark pitchy, slightly pubescent; abdo- 

 men dusky-piceous, with the margins of the segments reddish ; legs and 

 antennae dull red, tip of the latter dusky. (L. ]i 1.) Moss: London dis- 

 trict : 12. 



2988 immaculatus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 190. — Brown-black, smooth ; rather 

 shining, slightly pubescent ; elytra somewhat narrowed at the tip, spotless ; 

 legs dull red ; antennae glabrous, dusky- red in the middle, the terminal 

 joint very short, obliquely truncate. (L. 1^1.) Grassy places, &c. : 

 London district ; Suffolk : 6-7. 



2989 pusillus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 190. — Brown-black, pubescent, slightly 

 shining ; thorax ample, base broadly testaceous-red ; elytra with the tip, 

 especially towards the suture, testaceous-red ; abdomen black ; legs dull 

 red; antennae pale, middle joints dusky-black. (L. 1 1.) Moss, &c. : 

 London district and Norfolk : 4-6. 



2990 obscuratus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 1 90. — Brown-black, pubescent and 

 rather glossy ; head and thorax dull red ; eyes black ; elytra with the 

 apex obscure red ; abdomen with the margins of all the segments, and the 

 tip, obscure red : legs dull red ; antennas pale red at the base, the tip 

 black. (L. 111.) Moss, &c. : Norfolk; Suffolk: 8-1. 



2991 pyrrhopterus Ste. M. v. 434. — Testaceous- red, shining; thorax paler: 

 eyes dusky-black ; elytra brownish ; legs and antennae pale ; tip of latter 

 pitchy. (L. 1^1.) Moss: London district : 6. 



616 Bolitobius Leach. 



2992 atricapillus Fab. E. ii. 599. — Ste. M. v. 172. — St. lunulatus Don. 

 xv. pi. 532. f. 1. — Red; glossy; glabrous; head, breast, scutel, and tip 

 of the abdomen black; elytra blue-black, with a lunate patch on the 

 shoulder, and the hinder margin whitish ; legs, 4 basal, and the terminal 

 joint of the antennae pale testaceous, middle of antennae black. (L. 2^-3 1.) 



In gills of fungi : Coombe Wood ; Darenth ; Hertford ; Suffolk ; Nor- 

 folk ; Edinburgh, &c. : 7-9. 



2993 lunulatus L. ii. 684. ? — Ste. M. v. 171. — Red; shining; glabrous: 

 head and breast black ; elytra blue-black, with the entire base and apical 

 margin testaceous- red ; antennae black in the middle. (L. 2^-3 1.) In 

 fungi : London district ? 6-7 ? 



2994 3-maculatus Pk. F. iii. 422. — Ste. M. v. 172. — Red; shining; gla- 

 brous; head and breast black; disc of thorax and abdomen fuscous; elytra 

 testaceous, with 2 crenulated striae, the region of the scutel, and the outer 

 apex dusky, or black ; legs and base of antennae pale testaceous, apex of 

 latter dusky, or black. (L. 2-3 1.) Fungi, &c. : London district, and 

 widely distributed : 5-8. 



2995 melanocephalus Marsh, i. 523. — Ste. M. v. 173. — Testaceous-red, 

 shining, smooth, glabrous ; head deep black ; elytra spotless, with 2 faint 



