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Genus [350]. Melanotus. EscTi. One species. 



M. fulvipes, Herbst. Deep pitchy black ; legs usually ful- 

 vous ; from seven to ten lines ; common in grassy places 

 and woods. PL 47, fig. 10. 

 Genus [351]. Ludius. Latr. One species. 



L. ferrugineus, Lin. Ferruginous brown, excepting the 

 bead, antennae, posterior edge and angles of the thorax, 

 scutellum and legs, which are brownish black ; eight to 

 eleven lines ; rare ; Richmond Park, Darenth Wood and 

 Windsor Forest. PL AS, fig. I. 

 Genus [352]. Ctenicerus. Latr. Six species. The an- 

 tennae are merely serrated in the female. 



C. pectinicornis, Lin. Metallic green, somewhat pubescent; 

 antennae and legs black ; about eight lines ; not uncom- 

 mon in grassy places in the West and North of England. 

 PL AS, fig. 2. 

 Genus [353]. Selatosomus. StepJi. Two species? 



S. aeneus, Lin. Either of a rich and shining brassy green 

 or of a metallic blue or violet; antennae pitchy; legs 

 varying from fulvous to black ; about eigbt or nine lines ; 

 not uncommon in woods, very common in Scotland. 

 PI. AS, fig. 3. 

 Genus [354]. Cardiophorus. FJscJi. Three species. 



C. thoracicus, Fab. Black, with the thorax bright shining 

 red ; about four lines ; rare ; woods. PI. AS, fig. 4. 

 Genus [355]. Aplotarsus. Steph. Three species. 



A. rufipes, Fab. Obscure pitchy black ; legs either ful- 

 vous or pitchy ; about four lines ; meadows and pastures. 

 PL 48, fig. 5. 

 Genus [356]. Synaptus. FJsch. (Ctencnychus, Steph.) 

 One species. 



S. filiformis, Fab. (hirsutus, Steph.) Brownish black ; 

 thickly covered with long mouse-coloured hair ; antennae 

 and legs varying from testaceous to pitchy ; about five or 

 six lines ; Bristol ? PL AS, fig. 6. 

 Cenus [357]. Athous. Each. Nine species ? 



A. vittatus, Fab. Pale pitchy black ; pubescent; posterior 

 angles of the thorax, elytra (excepting their lateral mar- 

 gins), base of antennae and legs all testaceous; about 

 five lines ; New Forest and Hampstead, not common. 

 PL 48, fig. 7. 

 Genus [358]. Campylus. Fischer. One species. 



C. linearis, Lin. Either testaceous, with the head and 

 thorax red, or the elytra black and the lateral margins 

 reddisb, the thorax varying from black to reddish testa- 

 ceous, or sometimes merely its disk ; about six or seven 

 lines ; not uncommon in hedges. PL 4tS,fig. 8. 



