380 BRACHELYTRA. TACHYPORID^E. 



shoulders pale, suture slightly raised ; abdomen with the apex piceous, or 

 reddish ; legs and antenna? pale, 6 terminal joints of the latter black. (L. 

 1J1.) Boleti, &c. : Hertford; Suffolk; Norfolk; Devon: 5-6. 



3007 ruficollis Ste. M. v. 176. — Rather narrow; black; shining; glabrous: 

 thorax red, spotless ; elytra fuscous, apical half dull red ; margins of ab- 

 dominal segments broadly testaceous ; legs and base of antennae pale tes- 

 taceous, tip of the latter dusky. (L. l£ 1.) Boleti: London district ; 

 Norfolk: 6-7. 



3008 piciceps Ste. M. v. 1 76. — Elongate ; black ; shining ; head somewhat 

 3-angular, piceous ; thorax testaceous-red, spotless ; elytra dull reddish, 

 base dusky ; extreme tip of abdomen reddish ; legs and antennae pale red, 

 tip of latter dusky. (L. 1|1.) Fungi, &c. : London district : 4-6. 



3009 f Simpsoni Spence. — Ste. M. v. 176. — Black; shining; smooth: head 

 minute ; mouth pale ; eyes large ; thorax broad behind, slightly notched 

 in front; elytra scarcely longer or wider than the thorax, finely punctured, 

 faintly notched at the apex towards the outer angle ; legs and antenna? 

 dull red, the latter nearly filiform ; palpi elongate, red, the tip brownish. 

 (L. 1|1.) Boleti: Yorkshire: 6. 



617 Mkgacronus Stephens. 



3010 analis Oliv. E. iii. 28. pi. 3. f. 24. — Ste. M. v. 165. — Shuck. B. C. 

 pi. 22. f. 1. — Black ; shining ; smooth ; glabrous : tip of abdomen, legs, 

 anterior coxae, mouth, and elytra red, the latter punctate-striate ; scutel 

 pitchy-red ; antennae pitchy, 4 basal joints and the terminal one, which is 

 thrice as long as the others, testaceous. (L. 2^-3 1.) Moss, &c. : Lon- 

 don and Edinburgh districts ; Bristol ; Devon, &c. : 3-5. 



3011 cingulatus Mann. Pr. 64. — Me. rufipennis Ste. M. v. 166. — Broad; 

 black ; shining ; glabrous ; elytra blood-red, with 3 obscure punctured 

 striae ; tip of abdomen and legs red ; antennae pitchy, the 3 basal, and 2 

 terminal joints testaceous, the terminal joint as long again as the others. 

 (L. S£l.) Moss: London district : 3-5. 



3012 merdarius Oliv. E. iii. 29. pi. 5. f. 45. — Ste. M. v. 166. — Black; 

 shining ; glabrous ; thorax very glossy, and with the scutel red ; elytra 

 dull red, obscurely punctate-striate; apex of abdomen and legs testaceous; 

 antennae pitchy-brown, the 4 basal joints and the terminal one pale testa- 

 ceous. (L. 2^1.) Moss, &c. : London district ; Norfolk: 1-6. 



3013 cernuus Grav. Mo. 31. — Ste. M. v. 167. — Pitchy-black ; smooth ; 

 shining : thorax black or chestnut, with 4 dorsal punctures; mouth, elytra, 

 margins of the abdominal segments, and the apex, chestnut ; legs reddish ; 

 antennae pitchy, the 3 basal joints red, terminal one rather longer than the 

 others. (L. 3 1. ) Moss, &c. : London district ; New Forest : 1-4. 



3014 castaneus Ste. M. v. 166. — Shining chestnut-red ; head pitchy; elytra 

 rather dull, with 3 faint punctured striae ; abdomen dusky, margins of the 

 segments and the tip bright chestnut ; legs testaceous ; antennae pitchy, 

 the 5 basal joints and the terminal one pale, apical joint smallish. (L. 

 2^ 1.) Moss, &c. : London district and Norfolk : 1-4. 



3015 nitidus Ste. M. v. 167. — Broad; pitchy-chestnut; shining; head and 

 base of abdomen pitchy, tip of the latter chestnut-red ; thorax chestnut, 

 impunctate ; elytra irregularly punctured : legs pale testaceous, 2 hinder 

 tarsi long, slender ; antennae long, filiform, pitchy, base and tip testaceous. 

 (L. S\ 1) Moss, &c. : London district, at Gravesend : 4-6. 



3016 formosus Grav. Mi. 32. — Ste. M. v. 167. pi. xxvi. f. 5 Slender, 



bright red, shining ; head black ; thorax brownish, with 4 impressions ; 

 elytra red-brown, irregularly punctured; abdomen black, tip red; legs 



