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brown. Pal., an., and fr. legs, r. Some obsc. rows of 

 puncs. on e. 5 1. B. 



4. Brassy b. Rather el. and narrow ; sides little rounded 



Mars, of th. and hi. legs obsc. r. brown. Pal., an. 



fr. legs and fr. of h. r. 4% 1. B. . 

 Very like prec. B. (not brassy). Obsc. rows of puncs 



on e. 4X 1. E. . ' . 

 Very like oenescens. More brassy. An. pit. near ap 



[Doubtful as. British.] 



5. Widest at mid. On the u. -s. the plate on the side of ba 



of mid. legs is triangular and broad. 

 Widest behind mid. On the u. -s. the plate on the side of 

 the mid. legs is narrow, with its hi. side rounded. 

 Brassy brown. Pal., an., legs, back of h. , side 

 mars, of th. and of e., and u.-s., r. -brown. The 

 pale mar. of e. gen. leaves a dist. pale dash within it, 

 on the e. behind mid. 5 1. E. 



6. Resembles prec. The pale mar. is wider, paler, and 



much more consp., not leaving a pale dash within. 

 On the e. it is (at its widest) about as wide as 

 diameter of the eye. 4.7^ 1. E. S. I. ! 

 Resembles prec. Wider. The pale mar. of th. and e. 

 is obsc. and narrow. 5 1. E. 



Leiopterus (i species) and Agabus. 



1. Surface of e. covered with fine longi. str. (or wrinkles) 



which occasionally 'run into one another, 

 Not as above ...... 



2. The str. on e. very close and running almost entirely 



in a longi. direction. A tooth at ba. of in. claw of fr. 

 tar. of S • E. with some rather dist. rows of puncs. 

 Sides rounded. ..... 



- - - - not very close, and intersected by numerous dist. 



tr. str. Shining. Not very narrow. Sides little 

 rounded. B. ; often with an obsc. pale mark near mar. 

 of e. behind mid. An. and pal. dullr. Legs pit. A 

 small tooth at ba. of in. claw of fr. tar. of 6 . Fr. 

 claws of 6 equal. 4^ 1. B. x - 

 The str. on e. closer and more dist. longi. than in prec. No 

 tooth at ba. of in. claw of fr. tar. of 6 . The claws 

 equal. An el. narrow species ; flat, with parallel 

 sides. Some obsc. large puncs. on e. hardly form 

 rows exc. near ba. B. Fr. of h., 2 marks on h., an., 

 and pal., r. Legs more or less r. ^H 1. E. 



3. A wide species. Ba. of th. sinuate, its hi. angs. ac. 



Th. wide. Colored much as prec. 6 brassy, ? dull. 



Mars, of e. often obsc. r. 4^ 1. E. S. I. ! ! 



Very like prec. Narrower, and more pointed behind. 



Th. narrower, its ba. dist. narrower than ba. of e. , 



and hardly sinuate ; its ba. angs. slightly obt. 4^ 

 1 S 



(To be continued. ) 



obscurus 



cenescens 



guttiger 



angnstior 



fenestratus 



fuliijinosus 



subauuus 



2 



4 



tarsatus 



str'ulatus 



bipustulatus 



Solieri 



