TASGIUS. QUEDIUS. 389 



3075 phaeopus Ste. M. v. 212. — Deep black; very thickly and finely punc- 

 tured ; head and thorax rather glossy, with a faint dorsal line ; elytra 

 opaque, pubescent; legs and antennae dull red-brown. (I*. 7 1.) Under 

 stones: London district : 10-4. 



627 Tasgius Leach. 



3076 rufipes Latr. Gr. i. 285. — Ste. M. v. 213 Cur. x. pi. 438. ? — 



Black ; head and thorax with a slight brassy tint, coarsely and deeply 

 punctured, very glossy ; with a slender smooth dorsal line ; elytra obscure, 

 with a bluish tinge ; legs tawny red, with obscure coxae ; antennae brown, 

 the base red, apex tawny. (L. 6-8 1.) Under stones: London district; 

 Devonshire : 10-4. 



3077 confinis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 211. — Black, obscure; slightly pubes- 

 cent ; head and thorax glossy, blackish-brass, thickly punctured ; elytra 

 dull blackish-brass, with a puncture within the apex ; legs pitchy-black ; 

 tarsi pitchy-red. (L. 6-7 1.) Under bark, stones, &c. : Epping Forest; 

 Tottenham, &c. : 10-5. 



628 Oxyporus Fabricius. 



3078 rufus L. ii. 684. — Samou. pi. 4. fill. — Ste. M. v. 305 Red ; 



shining ; glabrous : head, breast, elytra, except at the shoulders, 2 apical 

 segments of the abdomen, coxae, trochanters, and base of the thighs, black. 

 (L. 3-5 1.) Gills of fungi : Coombe Wood ; Ripley; Bristol; Norfolk; 

 Suffolk ; S. Wales, &c. : 5-6. 



3079 maxillosus Fab. E. ii. 605. — Cur. ix. pi. 418. — Ste. M. v. 305. — 

 Black ; shining ; 2 dots between the eyes, and 1 or 2 towards the base of 

 the thorax, red ; elytra lurid ochreous ; hinder margin, especially at the 

 angles, black ; abdomen pale red, tip more or less fuscous ; legs pale red ; 

 antennae fuscous. (L. 3-4 1.) On fungi: near Cheltenham and Bris- 

 tol: 6. _^2_ 



629 Euryporus Erickson. 



3080 f picipes Pk. F. iii. 426. — Shuck. B. C. pi. 20. f. 6. — Black; shin- 

 t iug; thorax very smooth ; glossy; with 6 punctures, forming 2 dorsal toavs 



in front of the disc ; legs pitchy-red ; mouth and base of the antennae red. 



(L.^4| 1. ) Under bark of trees : Norfolk ? 



630 Astrap^eus Gravenhorst. 



3081 f rufipennis Leach. — Ste. M. v. 214. — Black; shining; head and 

 thorax smooth; elytra chestnut-red, with a longitudinal row of punctures; 

 penultimate segment of abdomen, 2 basal joints of antennae, and labrum, 

 red; tibiae and anterior tarsi brownish. (L. 6 1.) Coombe Wood and 

 Devon : 6. 



631 Microsaurus Be Jean. 



3082 lateralis Grav. Mi. 35. — Ste. M. v. 216. and 485. — Cur. xiv. pi. 

 638. — Black, shining ; base of antennae, palpi, and tarsi pitchy-red ; 

 thorax with a faint metallic tinge ; elytra opaque, finely punctured, the 

 lateral margin broadly testaceous. (L. 6-6^1). Darenth Wood ; Spitch- 

 week, Devon ; Stockton, and near Edinburgh : 6-7. 



632 Quedius Leach. 

 § A. Eyes very large, ovate. 



3083 tristis Grav. Mi. 34. — Ste. M. v. 215 Black, obscure ; head and 



thorax glossy ; the former with 6 punctures placed transversely between 



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