382 BItACHELYTRA. TACHYPOItlDJE. 



3027 rufescens Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 170 Red ; glossy, smooth ; glabrous: 



head pitchy ; thorax and elytra testaceous, the latter each with 4 stria? of 

 minute punctures ; abdomen brownish ; legs testaceous, hinder tarsi as 

 long as the tibiae; antenna? pitchy, base testaceous. (L. l^-lf 1.) Moss, 

 &c. : London district ; Suffolk; Norfolk: 1-4. 



3028 punctus Grav. ML 27. — Ste. M. v. 171. — Ohlong ; red-brown; 

 shining ; glabrous ; head black, mouth and palpi red ; thorax red ; elytra 

 testaceous-red, lateral margins dusky, each with 3 punctured striae; ab- 

 domen pitchy, tip reddish; legs red; antenna? pitchy, base and terminal 

 joint testaceous. ( L. 1 1 1. ) Under stones : London district ; Suffolk : 

 1-4. 



3029 f brevicornis Ent. M. (Matthews) v. 197. — Red, shining, smooth; 

 thorax glossy, narrowed in front, light orange, with a few scattered punc- 

 tures ; elytra with a dusky spot at the scutellum, and a single deeply 

 punctured stria near the outer margin ; abdomen coarsely punctured, 

 black, hinder margin of the segments broadly red ; legs testaceous ; an- 

 tennae short, robust, dusky, the base testaceous. (L. 2 1.) Weston: 7. 



619 T A c h i N u s Gravenh orst. 



3030 Silphoides L. ii. 684. — Ste. M. v. 194. — Ox. suturalis Pz. F. xviii. 

 f. 20. ? var. — Shining black, smooth ; sides of thorax, legs, and base of 

 antennae livid ; elytra livid testaceous, the lateral margins and an irregular 

 longitudinal patch on the disc black ; tip of abdomen testaceous. (L. l£l.) 

 Dung, &c. : Camberwell, and in other parts of London district; Norfolk ; 

 Suffolk ; Cramond : 5-7. 



3031 collaris Grav. M. 143. — Ste. M. v. 193. — Rather convex; pitchy- 

 brown; shining, glabrous, thickly punctured; head black; thorax, legs, 

 and antenna? rusty-red, the disc of the former sometimes clouded ; J with 

 3, $ with 4, anal styles. (L. 1|-1§ 1.) 



Var. Ta. corticinus Grav. Mi. 141. — Ste. M. v. 193. — Paler; immature. 

 Grassy places : London district ; Devon ; Cramond : 6-8. 



3032 marginellus Fab. E. ii. 607. — Ste. M. v. 194 St. marginatus 



Don. xv. pi. 582. f. 2. — Slightly convex; pitchy-black, shining; gla- 

 brous ; finely punctured ; thorax, with the lateral and basal margins, and a 

 longitudinal streak within the outer base of the elytra, and the tips of the 

 latter, red ; legs and base of the antenna? rusty-red. (L. 1^-2 1.) 



Var. ? Ta. laticollis Grav. ML 141. — Ste. M. v. 194. — Thorax broad, its 

 lateral margins pale reddish, or concolorous ; elytra dusky, with the tip red. 

 Under stones, &c. : London district, and widely distributed : 4-8. 



3033 fimetarius Grav. ML 141.? — St. fuscipes Pz. F. xxvii. f. 12.? — . 

 Ta. nigripes Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 195, — Black ; shining; glabrous; elytra 

 and abdomen finely punctured ; the margins of the thorax and the elytra 

 red-brown, disc of the last generally clouded with dusky ; legs dull red ; 

 antennae black. (L. < 2\ 1.) Moss, &c. : London district: 5-6. 



3034 brunnipennis Ste. M. v. 195. — Black; shining; glabrous; thorax 

 ample, the lateral margins rounded and reddish ; elytra long, red-brown, 

 disc clouded behind ; tip and margins of abdominal segments and legs red- 

 dish ; antennae rusty-piceous, the base obscure. (L. 2^1.) Moss: Lon- 

 don district : 6. 



3035 apicalis Ste. M. v. 195. — Black; shining; glabrous; punctured; 

 thorax with the lateral margins dilated, base slightly reddish ; extreme tip 

 of elytra, and of abdomen, and edges of the segments of the latter, and also 

 the legs, red; antenna? slender, pitchy-red. (L. 2^ 1.) 



Var. ? Ta. fulvipes Ste. M. v. 1 95. — Darker and more deeply punctured ; la- 

 teral and hinder margins of thorax pitchy ; elytra entirely pitchy-black ; 



