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PALLIPES, OravenJtorst, M'icJison. Also of the size and general 

 appearance of Ericlisoni, but considerably duller, more pubescent, with 

 the elytra wider, not contracted at the shoulders, not quite so strongly 

 but rather more irregularly punctured, the interstices distinctly aluta- 

 ceous ; the abdomen narrower ; the legs, antennae, and palpi darker 

 testaceous, and slightly suffused with pitchy. 



Northumb., very rare : Bungay, Eepton, Holme Bush, and Eltham. 

 Common at Hammersmith Marshes. 



FLAYiPES, {Kirby) Stephens, 111. Mand. v. 289. 24 (1832), and 

 coll. (nee Erichson). 



filum, Erichson 1840. 



About the size of Ericlisoni. Linear, rather depressed; black, 

 slightly shining ; the legs, palpi, and antennae yellow, the latter with 

 the basal joint black, and the two apical joints brownish. Eather 

 strongly, but sparingly, punctured. Head depressed, with the vertex 

 wide and smooth. Thoi-ax, with the disc, smooth. Elytra slightly 

 longer than the thorax, a little contracted at the shoulders. Abdomen 

 elongate, linear, and rather widely margined. 



Common, Northumb., Cumb., Preston, Fens, Eepton, Brighton, 

 Bungay, and London district. 



B. Abdomen unmargined. 

 a. elytra spotted. 



KiESENWETTEBi, Sosenh.; Kraafz, Ins. DeutscM. 



1\ lin. Somewhat similar in size and appearance to cicindeloides 

 (in the next division) , but differing from that species as follows — apart 

 from its spotted elytra. It is more convex ; the head is wider ; the 

 thorax wider in the middle, and more contracted behind, with the punc- 

 tuation not quite so close ; the elytra are smaller, and not so closely 

 punctured, and the transverse furrows of the abdomen are not so closely 

 punctured. Black, (when alive almost blue-black), very shining, and 

 coarsely punctured ; the elytra each with a large round orange spot ; 

 the femora with a broad orange-yellow band in the middle, the tibiae 

 pitchy, with the apex and the tarsi dull testaceous. 



We are indebted to Mr. D. Sharp, a gentleman of the greatest 

 energy and discernment, for this splendid addition to our lists. It was 

 discovered by him, in the early part of this year, in a ravine on Wim- 

 bledon Common, the bottom of which was very wet, and overgrown 

 with Spliagnum ; and has been siibsequently taken, at the same place, 

 by myself, Messrs. F. and C. Waterhouse, Dr. Power, Mr. Smith, and 

 Mr. Janson, &c. I believe upwards of sixty specimens have been taken 

 in all. 



