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red; antenna? filiform, brown, with the 2 basal joints paler. (L. 3§ 1.) 

 Moss, &c. : London district and near Swansea : 4-6. 

 301 7 f elegans Ent. M. (Matthews) v. 197. — Slender, pitchy-red; very- 

 glossy : head dusky ; mouth and 2 streaks testaceous ; thorax testaceous- 

 red, spotless ; elytra dusky, shoulders and tip broadly red, each with a 

 single punctured stria; margins of abdominal segments broadly red ; legs 

 and basal joint of antenna? testaceous, remaining joints dusky. (L. If 1.) 

 Moss : Weston : 4-5. ? 



618 Mycetoporus Mannerhehn. 



3018 splendens Marsh, i. 524. — Ste. M. v. 168. — Shueh. B. C. pi. 22. 

 f. 2. — Black ; shining ; smooth ; glabrous ; head somewhat orbiculate ; 

 thorax round in front, wide behind ; elytra bright blood-red, with a punc- 

 tured stria? on each near the suture ; tip of elytra and legs red ; antennas 

 clavate ; base testaceous. (L. ££].) Under stones, &c. : London district; 

 Suffolk: 4-6. 



3019 tenuis Fab. E. ii. 599. — Ste. M. v. 169. — Black ; glossy; smooth ; 

 glabrous ; mouth pitchy ; thorax testaceous ; elytra pitchy, tip red, each 

 with a punctured stria ; margins of abdominal segments and legs red ; 

 antenna? pitchy, base paler. (L. If L) Under bark : London district; 

 Suffolk; Norfolk; Bristol; S. Wales: 1-4. 



3020 lepidus Grav. Mo. 26. — Ste. M. v. 169. — Black; shining; glabrous; 

 mouth reddish; thorax pitchy, with 2 basal impressions; elytra pitchy, 

 hinder margin reddish, each with 3 punctured striae ; abdomen with the 

 tip and edges of the segments dull red ; legs testaceous ; antenna? dusky, 

 base reddish. (L. If 1.) Under bark, &c. : Hertford; Bristol; Norfolk; 

 Suffolk ; Edinburgh : 1-4. 



3021 punctatostriatus Pk. F. iii. 417. — Ste. M. v. 169. — Black, very 

 smooth and glossy ; mouth red ; thorax pitchy-red or black, margins red- 

 dish ; elytra blood-red, each with 3 punctured stria?, the outer margin 

 dusky; tip of abdomen red; legs and antenna? testaceous. (L. If 1.) 

 Under stones: London and Edinburgh districts; Norfolk: 1-6. 



3022 clavicornis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 169. — Black, shining; mouth red, 

 glabrous ; head pitchy; thorax and elytra testaceous, the latter each with 

 a single punctured stria ; abdomen with the extreme tip reddish ; legs and 

 base of antenna? testaceous, tip of the latter black and thickened ; middle 

 joints transverse. (L. l|-2 1.) Moss, &c. : London district; Suffolk: 6. 



3023 splendidus Grav. Mo. 24. — Ste. M. v. 1 70. — Black or pitchy, very 

 smooth and brilliant, glabrous ; mouth and elytra red, the latter with the 

 outer portion black, disc with an obscure punctate stria ; abdomen pitchy, 

 margins of the segments, apex, and legs red ; antenna? pitchy, base and 

 apex pale. (L. 2± 1.) Under stones: London district: 6. 



3024 nigricollis Ste. M. v. 434. — Broad, deep glossy black ; elytra pale 

 chestnut-red, each with 2 rows of punctures ; abdomen with apex, and the 

 margin of its segments, chestnut ; mouth, legs, and base of antenna? red ; 

 hinder thighs brown. (L. 3|-4 1. ) Under stones : London district : 1-4. 



3025 melanurus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 1 70. — Deep black ; very glossy and 

 smooth ; glabrous ; elytra blood-red, each with a punctured stria ; extreme 

 tip of abdomen sometimes dull red ; legs testaceous ; base of antenna? oc- 

 casionally pitchy. (L. 1^1.) Under stones, &c. : London district ; Suf- 

 folk ; Devon : 1-4. 



3026 brunneus Marsk. i. 524. — Ste. M. v. 170. — Red-brown; smooth, 

 shining ; head black ; thorax and elytra red, the latter each with a central 

 punctate-stria, extreme tip brownish; legs and antenna? red. (L. 1^1.) 

 London district : 6. 



