Typii^a like Mycetophagus (fol. 156) lias 4-jointed tarsi, 
the anterior being only triarticulate in the males ; the club of 
the antennae however, composed of 3 or at most of 4 joints, 
sufficiently distinguishes it ; but from Triphyllus I believe it is 
only separated by the length and form of the terminal joint of 
the palpi, so that it is doubtful if it be entitled to the rank of 
a genus. 
1. ferruginea Marsh. 125. 31. 
Club of antennae triarticulate. Elongate-ovate, ochreous, pu- 
bescent and coarsely punctured : thorax convex, with a deep- 
ish fovea on each side at the base : scutel transverse-ovate : 
elytra considerably broader than the thorax, especially across 
the middle, the shoulders slightly elevated : length 1-*. line. 
The trophi are nearly the same as those of the type, but 
the antennae vary, the 4th joint being shorter than the 5th ; 
the 7th and 8th are of equal size, and none of the tarsi are 
triarticulate in the specimens I have examined. 
June, common in Boleti in Norfolk, and under the bark of 
trees, with varieties of the following species. 
2. Sparganii Leach . Step . 
<e Oblong-ovate, ferruginous-ochre, somewhat pubescent, 
base of elytra, margin and suture fuscous-black: l£ line 
long.” Step. III. 
I suspect this is only a variety of the foregoing species, 
which Dr. Leach found at Cobham on the Sparganium 
(pi. 436). 
3. fumata Linn .? — Curt. B. E. pi. 702 $ . — testacea Step . — to- 
mentosa Step. var. 
Shining ferruginous, minutely punctured and clothed with 
longish depressed ochreous hairs : eyes black : elytra a little 
scabrous, with indistinctly punctured striae, the ochreous hairs 
raised and forming a distinct line down each stria. 
Not uncommon, I believe, in houses in Norfolk during the 
winter months : it is stated also to frequent flowers, rotten 
wood, and fungi in the neighbourhood of London : the variety 
was found in Yorkshire. As Linnaeus refers to Geoftroy, who 
says his insect is ^ a line long or even less, I do not feel satis- 
fied of the identity of our insect with the Linnaean species, and 
yet I am still inclined to believe they are the same. 
The Plant is Typha angustifolia , Less Reed-mace. 
