OMALIIDJB. 421 



paler; antennas dull pitchy, basal joint reddish. (L. ^-1 1.) In moss, &c. : 

 London district. 



662 Carpalimus Kirby. 



'3365 bilineatus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 324. pi. xxvii. f. 4. a-g. — Black ; slightly 

 pubescent ; thorax obcordate, with 2 slightly bent approximating dorsal 

 fovea? ; elytra minutely punctured, pitchy-black ; tip of last abdominal 

 segment pitchy beneath ; legs dull red ; antennae pitchy, base dull red. 

 (L. 1 i - 1 i 1.) Under stones, moss, &c. : London district; Barham : 12-5. 



3366 arcuatus Kirhy. — Ste. M. v. 324. — Black ; slightly pubescent ; thorax 

 with 2 minute fovea?, and a round one on each side towards the hinder 

 margin; elytra finely and thickly punctured ; legs pitchy. (L. l\ 1.) Under 

 stones, &c. : London district and Suffolk : 2-5. 



3367 bicolon Kirby. — Ste. M.v. 325. — Black; shining, glabrous; head large; 

 thorax obcordate, with 4 discoidal punctures placed tetragonally ; elytra 

 thickly and finely punctured ; antennas slender at the base, the tip some- 

 what clavate, (L. f 1.) Moss, &c. : London district; Norfolk; Suffolk; 

 Hull: 1-5. 



3368 fuliginosus Grav. Mi. 102. ? — Ste. M. v. 325. — Black, rather glossy ; 

 thorax with 2 faint impressions behind, and a very short slightly raised 

 ridge between ; elytra obscure, somewhat silky; legs and palpi dull red; 

 antenna? dull red, the terminal joints thickened and black. (L. 1^ 1.) 

 Moss, &c. : London district ; Bristol ; Norfolk ; Suffolk ; Devon : 1-5. 



3369 picipennis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 325. — Black ; rather obscure ; thorax 

 with 4 obscure impressions towards the base ; elytra pitchy-red, with a 

 delicate pubescence ; legs testaceous ; antenna? moderate, slightly thick- 

 ened at the tips; mouth reddish. (L. | 1.) Under stones, &c. : London 

 district ; Suffolk : 1-5. 



3370 rufipennis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 326. — Black ; smooth, nearly glabrous ; 

 thorax with the disc obscurely impressed ; elytra and legs red ; antenna? 

 shorter than the thorax, rather thickened at tip, the terminal joint 

 acute. (L. sj 1.) Moss, &c. : London district ; Norfolk; Suffolk; Devon: 

 1-5. 



3371 affinis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 326. — Broad; black, obscure; thorax very 

 obscurely impressed ; elytra with a delicate silken pile, faintly punctured ; 

 thighs pitchy, or red ; tibae and tarsi dull red ; antenna? with basal 

 joint testaceous. (L. | 1.) Moss &c. : London district; Suffolk; Devon: 

 1-5. 



3372 obscurus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 326. — Black ; obscure ; slightly pubescent ; 

 thorax with a slightly bent impression on each side towards the base ; 

 elytra pitchy-black; legs dull piceous ; tarsi brighter; antenna? pitchy. 

 (L. 1-11.) Moss &c. : London district; Norfolk; Suffolk; Devon; 

 York: 1-5. 



3373 atratus Ste. M. v. 327. — Deep black ; narrow ; slightly shining ; 

 thorax with a deep, slightly bent impression on each side towards the 

 base ; elytra finely and thickly punctured, and with a faint depression 

 near the base of the suture ; abdomen rather widened towards the apex : 

 legs and antenna? deep pitchy-black. (L. fl.) Moss: London district; 

 Wilts: \-5. 



Fam. 80. OMALIID.E Leach. 



dclxiii. T\fl3N0SOMA Body linear, narrow : palpi max. with penult, joint di- 

 lated, apical one small, subulate : tho.. narrower than the head : elytra 

 flat : abdomen obtuse : tibia unarmed ; tarsi 5-jointed, terminal joint as 

 long as all the preceding. 



dclxiv. Phl^eocharis Body somewhat linear, convex : palpi max. with apical 



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