41 6 BRACHELYTRA. OXYTELIDJE. 



taceous; thorax with 2 approximating incurved foveae towards the base ; 

 legs and antennas dull red. (L. | 1.) Under stones, &c. : Aldham, Suf- 

 folk; Marton Lodge, Yorkshire; Winterborne Stoke, Hants ; Norfolk; 

 Devon : 3-5. 



Fam. 79. OXYTELID^E Stephens. 



dcliv. Siagonium Body flat, linear : ant. not elbowed ; elongate, pilose : tho. 

 obcordate : elytra long : tibice ciliated within ; anterior pair denticulate 

 without ; tarsi distinctly 5-jointed : labrum deeply notched : £ with head 

 cornuted. 



dclv. Bledius Body convex, narrow : ant. elbowed : tho. slightly produced 

 in front, rounded behind : elytra remote : tibia ciliated ; anter. toothed 

 without; tarsi retractile, 4-jointed : <J with head and thorax cornuted. 



dclvi. Hesperophilus Body slightly convex, narrow : ant. elbowed, basal 

 joint long, 2d and 3d short : tho. shield-shaped : elytra remote : anter. 

 tibicB denticulate-pectinate without ; tarsi 4-jointed : palpi with terminal 

 joint slender : head and thorax unarmed. 



dclvii. Phytosus Body slightly convex, elongate: ant. elbowed, 2 basal joints 

 equal, 3d short : tho. flattish, without a channel, with a short bent spine 

 beneath the anterior angles : tibice pilose, 4 anter. spinose ; tarsi anter. 4-, 

 poster. 5-jointed : S with abdomen broad and obtuse at apex ; <j> with 

 elytra longer and wider than thorax. 



dclviii. Platysthetus Body short, broad in front : ant. not elbowed : tho. 

 convex, with a dorsal channel : head large, lobed : elytra flat : legs short ; 

 tibice all denticulate-pectinate : tarsi 3-jointed, retractile. 



dclix. Oxytelus Body flat, elongate, somewhat linear : ant. not elbowed : 

 tho. flat, with several channels : legs short ; tibice ciliated, 4 anterior alone 

 denticulate-pectinate : tarsi 3-jointed : head and thorax unarmed. 



dclx. Aploderus Body flattish, elongate, wide : ant. not elbowed, tho. un- 

 even, notched in front, rounded behind, and somewhat lunate : elytra 

 very short : abdomen rather linear : tibice ciliated, 4 anterior denticulate- 

 pectinate : tarsi 3-jointed : head small, orbicular : palpi with terminal 

 joint minute. 



dclxi. Trogophl^eus Body flat, linear : ant. elbowed: tho. convex, foveolated : 



k elytra with prominent shoulders : tibice unarmed, ciliated ; tarsi 3-jointed, 

 terminal joint longer than the others, arched : palpi with terminal joint 

 minute, aciculated. 



dclxii. Carpalimus Body flattish, linear : ant. straight : tho. truncate-heart- 

 shaped, foveolated : legs short ; tibice ciliated, simple ; tarsi indistinctly 3- 

 jointed, terminal joint longest. 



654 Siagonium Kirby. 



3324 4-corne Kirby. — Cur. i. pi. 23 Ste. M. v. 306. — Flat ; pitchy, 



shining, and glabrous; head dusky, tuberculated in £ , horned in $ ; elytra 

 with 4 stria?, 2 of them foveolated, disc with an oblique rusty dash, 

 outer angle dusky ; tip of jibdomen rusty; legs end antenna? red. (L. 

 2-2i 1. ) Under bark of elm : Kensington Gardens : South Lambeth ; 

 Norfolk; Suffolk: 2-6. 



655 Blebius Leach. 



3325 tricornis Ph. F. iii. 396. — Ent. Tr. pi. in p. 97. — Ste. M. v. 307 



Black, slightly shining, deeply punctured ; legs pitchy-red ; elytra rusty- 

 red, with the base nd s uture black. S with a stout bent porrected horn 

 on each side of the head, and an elongate glabrous one on the anterior edge 

 of the thorax, grooved above : ^ with 3 small tubercles in place of the 



