56. Hydrophorus. 419 



8. H. obscurus: cinorascens, Ihorace fusco-lrivilla- 

 to; antcnnis nigris, basi testaccis, epistomate ajneo, in- 

 fernc cyanco-viridi nilidissimo^ ore pcdibusqne atris; alis 

 byalinis, hallcribus pallidis. (^^. (Long. fere 2 lin.) 



Zell. Ins. Lapp. 701. 6. $. 



Hab. in Scandinavia, 2 — 23 Aug. passim; scilicct in 

 Scania ad Espcrod , parce; in Ostrogotbia ad Gusum cfe 

 Larkelorp, haud raro; in Westrogothia, ct in Uplandia 

 ad Ilolmiam ulcrque sexus, D. tVahlberg ; in Helsingia 

 ad Lofvik; in Dalccarlia; in Jemllandia ad Sather & 

 Faxelfvcn, frcq. ^; in Lapponia Tornensi rar. ; in Nor- 

 vegia rarissime, lantum ad Alslahaug tfe Levanger ((^), 

 tC; ad Bossekop Finmarkia; (^), rarissime mihi obvius. — 

 (^ cliam e Rcincrz a D. Zeller raissa.) 



(JJ. In hac Subtlivisione luagnus. Siniiiis sequenti , sed ro- 

 bustior, obscurior, antennaruni articulo primu rufo-testaceo 

 & pedibus tutis nigris preecipue distinctus» Caput in fundo 

 leneum , fronte cinpreo-micantc. Antennarum articulus ulti- 

 nius rotundatus, upice puberulus, setu terminali nigra. Epi- 

 stoma infra suturain transversam aureu-viride, cyaneo- 

 niicans, valde nitiduiii. Os iiiagnum , saccatum , atrum. 

 Thorax ubscure cinereus, dorso pilosus, vittis 3 laetebrun- 

 neis, subiiitentibus. Oculi in vivo senescentes, niacula in 

 cantho 8U[)eriori violacea. Abdomen subnudum , subniti- 

 duni, iii o cylindricuin , nigruni, cauda longe inflexa ejus* 

 dem coloiis; in $ uvatum, obscure cinereum, oviductu ex- 

 serto , nigro , nitido. Alae hyalinee, nervis longitudiiialibus 

 3 c(: 4 in mediu late remotis, posterius sensim appropin- 

 quantibus, in apice approximatis (non cueuntibusj, angusto 

 spatio leniotis. Hulteres albidi. Pedes subsequaliter lungi, 

 simplices, validi, paruni pubescentes, inermes, nigri , sub- 

 nitidi, coxis cinerascentibus , anticis pauUo elongatis. 

 9. H. rostratiis: ajnescenli cinereus, thorace laete 

 brunneo-triviltato, antennis uigris; epislomate aureo-viri- 



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