Plate \. — Cuntinued. 



the ajiex, tlie second interstice with a large inii)ression. Beneatli lilaok. Legs red, termiual joints 

 of tarsi and occasionally the posterior thighs pitrhy brown. Length, 2^-3 lines. 



Xear Carlisle ; at Shirly Common, near Croydon, Surrey ; and at Darenth Wood, and 

 (ireenwich Park, Kent; beneath dead leaves in shady places. 



Fig. 42. ELAPHRUS ULIGINOSUS, Fah. Curtis. \F. Elaphridrc. G. Elaphras, F.] 



Above brassy green or brown, the head, sides of thorax, and sometimes of the elytra, cojjpery. 

 Head thickly, rather finely, punctate, constricted and depressed behind the eyes, a transverse ridge 

 between the antenna?, an elongate curved impression on each side, and a shallow fovea on the fore- 

 head ; mandibles, palpi, and antennw black, three basal joints of the latter brassy green. Thorax 

 wider than the head, its greatest width in the middle, narrowed in front, constricted behind, the 

 sides rounded and dilated anteriorly, posterior angles acute and slightly prominent ; thickly 

 jninctate ; central impressed longitudinal line terminating in front in two curved fovea', dilated 

 behind, reaching neither the anterior nor posterior margin, on each side, equidistant from it and 

 the lateral margin, a round fovea ; hind margin obliquely truncate on each side, with a large 

 impression at tiie angles. Elytra ovate, each with four rows of ocellated violet semi-opaque 

 impressions united by longitudinal nearly smooth ridges ; interstices finely and rather thickly 

 punctate. Underside and thighs brassy green; tibire and tarsi bluish green. Length, 3^-4 lines. 



Frequents peaty bogs. Found at IJannoch ; on the Grampians ; Whittlesea Mere, &c. 



Fig. 43. HALIPLUS FULVUS, Fah. [F. Haliplida;. G. Ilaliplus, Latr.l (H. ferrugineus, 

 Curtis.) 



Rnst-red, elytra with oblong fuscous patches, elongate-ovate, convex. Head minutely and 

 sparsely punctate, jialpi and antenna', testaceous. Thorax longer than broad, narrowed in front, 

 anterior margin slightlj' produced in the middle, posterior margin bi-sinuate, punctate, punctures 

 somewhat closely set in front and behind, sparser on the disc. Elytra ovate, obliquely truncate at 

 the apex, sutural angle produced, each with ten rows of large punctures ; interstices flat, with a 

 few small irregularly disposed punctures. Length, 2 lines. 



Common in ponds and ditches throughout the countrj'. 



Fig. 44. BLETHISA MULTIPUNCTATA, Linn., Curtis. [F. Elaphridfe. G. Blcthisa, 

 Bonelli.~\ 



Brassy brown, margins of thorax and elytra brassy green, antenna> and legs Idack. Head with 

 a transverse imj)ression between the anlennie, a deep bi-arcuate fovea on each side near the eyes, 

 and a transverse impressed line behind them, smooth in front, finely and sparsely punctate 

 posteriorly. Thorax much wider than the head, transverse, slightly narrowcil in front, sides 

 gently rounded, lateral margins reflexed, the sides and base ruggedly punctate, posterior angles 

 acute, hinder margin with a large deep punctate impression on each side bounded extenially by 

 a longitudinal ridge. Elytra oblong, wider than the thorax, each with nine shallow stria>, the 

 stria> finely remotely punctate, interstices uneven, the third with four or five, the fifth with two 

 large impressions. Length, 5-5^ lines. 



Local, but widely distributed. Conceals itself at the roots of plants growing on the muddy 

 margins of lakes, &c. 



Fig. 45. IIYDROPORUS DECORATUS, Gyll., Curtis. [F. HydroporidcT. G. Ilydro- 

 poras, Clairv.'] 



Reddish brown, he.ad, anterior and lateral margins of thorax, base of antenna>, legs, sides and 

 two spots on each elytron ferruginous. Head liiiely and sparsely punctate. Thorax transverse, 

 narrowed and widely emarginate in front, sides slightly rounded, base bi-sinuate, rather coarsely 

 and somewhat thickly ]iunctate in front and behind, very finely and sparsely on the disc. Elytra 

 with the external margin and a sub-humeral and a sub-ai)ical transverse spot united thereto rust- 

 red, coarsely and sjiarscly jiuuctate, the interstices with finer punctures. Length, 1^ line. 



The localities registered for this species are : York ; Norfolk ; Northampton ; and near 

 London ; apparently scarce. 

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