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spots on the middle of the elytra which are said to occur sometimes 

 in this species. 



H. fulvus, Fabr. — I have taken this species at St. Faith's, Hors- 

 ford, Horning, and Brandon, in Norfolk ; it has not been recorded 

 from Grloucestershire. 



H. variegatus, Sturm. — This I have taken in Eanworth and 

 Brandon in Norfolk, as well as at Wicken. 



H. laminat'us, Schall. (cinerens, Aube). — In elytral pattern this 

 species resemhles fliiviatilis, from which it differs in the more decided 

 angle at the junction of the outline of the thorax and elytra as seen 

 from above (not from the side as Fowler has it). The male characters 

 are very distinctive ; the claws on the front tarsi are very similar ; on 

 the middle tarsi the basal joint is produced at the apex beneath into 

 a shovel- shaped process which reaches the base of the third joint, the 

 second and third joints are very short, the two together not exceeding 

 the fourth joint in length. The species is not uncommon in hill-ponds 

 in the Cotswold district. In coll. Champion is a specimen from 

 Sandown, I. W., in which the femora, the upper-side of the head 

 from the haK-length of the eyes forward, and the upper-side of the 

 foui' basal joints of the antennae are piceous ; the tibiae and tarsi also 

 are darker than usual. 



H. mficolUs, De Geer. — Of this abundant species I have seen 

 specimens from various localities ranging from Rannoch to the New 

 Forest. 



H. fulvicollis, Er. — Similar to H. ruficoUis, but scarcely so wide 

 at the shoulders and more gradually narrowed behind, the ground 

 colour dark red-yellow (fulvous), the black markings on the elytra 

 more pronounced, and the punctulation of the elytra in the females 

 confined to the apex and the distal half of the suture. The prosternum 

 is sparingly and coarsely punctured, grooved down the middle of the 

 front half, flat behind. Morden, Surrey, the original Acylophorus lo- 

 cality, Sept. 23rd, 1864; Cambridge, Sept. 13th, 1868 (Dr. Sharp); 

 Isle of Sheppey, Nov. 2nd, 1873 (J. J. Walker). The English speci- 

 mens, which are all females, agree with H. fulvicollis from Eisleben, 

 received from Herr Schulz of Hamburg ; from which circumstance 

 I conclude that the small amount of punctulation on the elytra 

 of the females was overlooked by Grerhardt and Wehncke, who 

 speak of the elytra as witliout punctulation. Through the kind- 

 ness of Mr. Champion I have also examined a female from Italy 



