30 ADEPHAGA. [Badister. 



in size and sometimes obsolete ; scutellum red ; legs reddish testaceous. 

 L. 7 mm. 



Marshy places, at roots of grass, &c. Local and not common. Lewisham, Merton, 

 Putney, Battersea, West Grinstead ; Hythe ; Wiltshire ; Newark. 



B. bipustulatus, F. Very like the preceding, but distinguished 

 by its smaller size, narrower head and the black mesothoracic episterna ; 

 the elytra are less deeply striated and the dark patch reaches, as a rule, 

 further towards base, and is less cyaneous ; the scutellum is usually black, 

 but occasionally red. The best character for separating the two species is, 

 perhaps, the shape of the thorax, which in bipustulatus is larger, sub- 

 quadrate, with sides very slightly narrowed behind, and the ' anterior 

 margin almost as broad as the posterior. L. 4-6 mm. 



Damp and marshy yilaces at roots of willows, &c. ; also in moss, under stones, &c., 

 in all sorts of localities ; very common and widely distributed; Scotland, common, 

 Lowlands. Ireland, near Belfast ; also near Dublin (scarce). 



B. sodalis, Duft. {JmmeraUs, Bon.). Obscure black, elytra with 

 somewhat cyaneous reflection ; head black, smooth, antennae yellowish 

 at base and apex ; thorax and elytra with narrow yellowish margins, the 

 former about as long as broad, with sides contracted behind, strong 

 central furrow and two deep depressions at base ; elytra plainly striated 

 with two impressions on the second stria of each, interstices smooth ; 

 suture behmd and a broad spot at shoulders yellow ; legs pale yellow. 

 L. 3| mm. 



Not uncommon in marshy places ; also in drier places (chalky districts, &c.) under 

 moss and dead leaves; rather local, but widely distributed. Darenth Wood, Kent; 

 Mickleham and many other localities in Surrey ; Tonbridge ; Henley ; Eath ; 

 Southampton ; Newnham-on-Severn ; Carlisle ; Northumberland. Doubtful as 

 Scottish (recorded by Leach from Loch Awe, but Dr. Sharp considers that this is 

 almost certainly an error). Ireland, near Belfast. 



B. peltatus, Panz. Shining black with a strong cyaneous reflec- 

 tion, especially on the elytra ; margins of thorax and elytra at the 

 extreme edge brownish or yellowish, but this is often hardly perceptible ; 

 thorax and elytra much the same as in the preceding in shape and sculp- 

 ture, except that the thorax is rather more transverse and lias the sides 

 less rounded in front, and the elytra are broader ; legs dusky testaceous. 

 The insect bears a very strong resemblance to a small Anchomenus. 

 L. 4| mm. 



.Very local and rare; in marshy places ; Notting Hill and Hammersmith Marshes 

 (Dr. Sharp and others); Balcombe, Haywards Heath (Dr. Power); Cowbit Marsh, 

 near Spalding (Mr. Rye and Archdeacon Hey) ; Shipley, Horsham, and Isle of 

 Wight (Mr, Gorham) ; Portsmouth ; Hythe (Mr. Champion). 



ZiICINUS, Latreille. 



The species of Licinus are rather large, black, depressed insects ; they 

 are about fifteen in number, and are confined to central and southern 

 Europe, Egypt, Syria, and Algeria, with the exception of one species 



