LATHROBIUM. 405 



645 Lathrobium Gravenhorst. 



3224 quadratum Pk. M. S. 29. — Ste. M. v. 266. — Deep black, slightly 

 pilose and shining ; finely punctured ; thorax somewhat 4-drate ; elytra 

 slightly glossy ; abdomen obscure, with long anal styles: legs and antennae 

 pitchy, or testaceous. (L. 3^ 1. ) 



Var. La. terminatum Grav. Mi. 53. — Cur. xiv. pi. 650. — Elytra with a 

 red spot at the tip, legs, and base and apex of antennae, testaceous. Damp 

 places : Battersea fields ; Isle of Sheppy, Rochester ; Norfolk ; Suffolk ; 

 Cramond : 1-6. 



3225 brunnipes Fab. E. ii. 609. — Ste. M. v. 266. — Black, shining; punc- 

 tured ; thorax oblong ; elytra concolorous, slightly pubescent ; faintly 

 punctured ; legs testaceous ; mouth and antennae red ; anterior thighs and 

 tibiae slightly toothed. $ with the penult, segment of abdomen broadly 

 and deeply notched : <j> with a notch on each side of the same segment, 

 and a central lacinia, rounded at the tip. (L. 3^-4 1. ). Under stones, 

 &c. : London and Edinburgh districts ; generally diffused : 10-4. 



3226 atriceps Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 267. — Dull red; punctulated; head 

 somewhat ovate, black ; glabrous ; shining ; thorax dark rust-colour, with 

 a smooth dorsal line ; elytra tawny, base dusky ; abdomen obscure ; legs 

 tawny, anterior thighs with a single tooth; antennae dull red, tip paler. 

 (L. 3^1.) Under stones : London district ; Norfolk; York: 10-4. 



3227 elongatum L. ii. 685. — Pz. F. ix. f. 12. — Ste. M. v. 267. — Black; 

 shining ; punctured : head somewhat 4-drate ; thorax oblong, with a 

 smooth dorsal line ; elytra behind, legs and antennae, dull red, the former 

 thickly punctured ; anterior thighs and tibiae with a tooth. $ with the 

 6th segment of the abdomen with 2 channels, and notched ; <j> with it 

 entire and rounded. (L. 4 1.) Under stones: London district, and 

 widely distributed : 10-4. 



3228 fulvipenne Grav. Mo. 104. — Ste. M. v. "j267. — Black ; shining ; 

 punctured ; head somewhat heart-shaped ; thorax oblong, with a minute 

 smooth dorsal line; elytra as long as the thorax, flattish, testaceous- 

 yellow, dusky at base, slightly pubescent ; legs red ; anterior thighs ob- 

 scurely toothed. (J with penult, segment of abdomen notched beneath, 

 but not impressed, <j> with it conic and entire. (L. 3^ 1. ) Stones, &c. : 

 London district ; Rochester ; Suffolk : 4-6. 



3229 rufipenne Gyll. iii. 704. — Ste. M. v. 268. — Black; slightly shining; 

 punctured ; head and thorax oblong, the latter with a narrow smooth 

 dorsal line ; elytra longer than the thorax, convex ; bright red, with the 

 base black ; antennae and legs testaceous. $ with the penult, segment of 

 the abdomen beneath with 3 notches, of the <j> entire, rounded. (L. 3^1.) 

 Under stones : London district : 10-4. 



3230 ochraceum Marsham. — Ste. M. v. 268. — Black, shining, sparingly 

 punctured ; head somewhat heart-shaped ; thorax oblong, with a narrow 

 smooth dorsal patch ; elytra pale ochreous, minutely punctured ; penult, 

 segment of abdomen rather broadly edged with testaceous; legs pale ochre- 

 ous; antennae pitchy. (L. 3^1.) Stones: London district : 10-4. 



3231 punctatostriatum Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 268. — Filiform; black; slightly 

 shining ; glabrous ; punctured ; head somewhat heart-shaped ; thorax ob- 

 long, with a smooth dorsal line ; elytra rather convex, chestnut, deeply 

 punctured, the punctures disposed in close striae ; abdomen pitchy be- 

 neath ; legs testaceous-red; anterior thighs and tibiae with a small tooth, 

 antennae and palpi red. (L. 3^1.) Under stones. London district; 

 Dover; Bristol; Devon; Suffolk: 10-6. 



3232 punctulatum Mann. Pr. 37. — Ste. M. v. 269. — Black, slightly shin- 



