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Not as above. Ints. of e. strongly punc. in fr. , only 

 very obsc. behind. A rather narrow species. E. 

 finely p. -s. H. and th. b. E. b. pit. or r., with 

 paler ap. Legs r. Pal. pit. § 1. B. ! 



.... ... pretty thickly, unif. and quite dist. punc. 



.... ... spar, and not very dist. punc. [short, very 



conv. species, with rounded sides.] 

 Ba. of th. not mar. Moi-e than ^ 1. Pal. b. or pit. b. * 



, Not as above. .... 



Side mar. of th. carried delicately round the ba. H., 

 th. (exc. side mars.), cl. of an., ap. j. of pal., sut., 

 a large spot about centre of sut., and the u.-s., b. 

 Rest of the insect test, or pale. E. strongly p.-s. ; 

 ints. thickly and dist. punc. ij^L 6.! , 



Ba. of th. not mar. Ba. of pal. and of an. pale ; ap. 

 of both b. H., th., and e., deep b. Sides of th. 

 pale. Sides and ap. of e. consp. test. Legs r. A 

 moderately broad species with sides dist. rounded. 



pygmaeum 

 3 



12 



4 

 6 



unipunctatum 



l% 1. 



B. 



B. or pit. Legs 

 s. ; ints. finely and 



E. p. -s. ; ints. strongly punc. 



Moderately wide species. 



Short, and very broad and conv 



and ap. of e. r. E. finely p. 



thickly punc. i£ 1. B. . 



Mar. of e. emarginate near ap. , so that the ap. appears 



prod. E. finely p.-s. ; ints. finely and thickly punc. 



Widest in fr. of mid., narrowed behind. H. and th. 



b. E. pit. : ap. and some obsc. marks near ba. r. 



Legs reddish. \% — 1 / 2 \. E.S.I.!! 



Resembles flavipes in shape and punctuation. E. test. 



or r. with a large b. triangular blotch at ba. of sut. 



E.S.I 



aquatieum 

 5 



obsoletum 



flayipes 



i#L 



it 



melanocephalum 

 alum 



6. El. species, not very conv., with rather parallel sides, 



and the e. not wider in fr. of mid. than at mid. 

 Not as above. . . . . 



7. The punc. str. on e. are faint near mars, and obsc. near 



ap .. • • . • • . 



E. strongly p.-s., very deeply behind. Ints. finely and 

 not closely punc, elev. behind. H. and cl. of an. 

 dusky. Th. pit. or r. E. vary from dull r. with 

 test. ap. to b. with test ap. In some specimens 

 the e. are test, with dusky clouds ; in others b. with 

 pale mars, and spots. Ap. always test. Legs and 



7 

 9 



8 



pal. test, or dusky r. I 



if 1. 



8. Shining pit. b. Mars, of th. and e. (gen. ) pale. Ap. 

 of e. test. cl. of an dusky. Pal., legs, and rest of 

 an. r. E. finely p.-s. ; ints. finely and spar. punc. 

 I M 1. E. S. c 



littorale 



depressum 



*In some specimens of littorale and depressum (which occur in sea-weed) 

 the pal. are pit. r. They might possibly be confused with this group. 



