116 ADEPHAGA. [Bemhi'llum. 



with ratlier fine punctured striae evanescent towards sides and apex, 

 testaceous markings not confluent (or only at extreme sides) ; legs 

 testaceous, femora pitchy at base. L. 4|-5 mm. 



D'amp saudy places ; widely distributed throughout England : Scotland, local, 

 Lowlands. Ireland, near Belfast ; Killiney, Kingstown. 



S. bruxellense, Wesm. (nqjestre, L. (?), femoratwn, GylL). Much 

 darker than the other species of the group ; somewhat resembles femora- 

 tum, but may at once be distinguished by its much darker legs, the 

 femora being entirely pitchy ; the head and thorax have a distinct 

 greenish tinge ; the antennae are brownish black, the basal joint alone 

 being entirely reddish testaceous ; the thorax is broader than in femora- 

 tum, with the posterior angles more acute, the dorsal furrow stronger, 

 and the basal foveas larger ; the elytra are broader with stronger stride ; 

 the orange spots are smaller, and are divided by a miich broader dark 

 space, so that the prevailing colour appears to be dark ; femora as above, 

 tibiae reddish testaceous, tarsi darker red. L. 5 mm. 



Marshy places, on the banks of rivers, near ponds in woods, &c. Local, but often 

 abundant where it occurs ; not common in the London district ; Bearsted, near 

 Maidstone ; Southampton ; Forest of Dean ; Bewdlcj- ; Sutton Park, Birmingham ; 

 Reptou (very common on the sides of a pond in Robins Wood); Cannock Cliase ; 

 Scarborough ; Northumberland and Durham, widely distributed, but rather rare ; 

 Scotland, common, Lowlands ; Ireland, local near Dublin and elsewhere. 



B. saxatile, Gyll. Dark brassy green, elytra with two testaceous 

 spots on eacli, the one at shoulder extending from the outer margin 

 almost, if not quite, to the suture, the posterior one round, lighter, and 

 more conspicuous ; antennae dark with three basal joints, and the base of 

 the two following, reddish testaceous ; thorax transverse, rather short, 

 with sides strongly rounded in front and contracted behind, posterior 

 angles sharp, somewhat projecting, basal furrow strong, basal foveas 

 deep, punctured ; elytra with sides somewhat parallel with strong 

 punctured striae, which become as usual feebler towards sides and apex, 

 but are all, even the exterior ones, distinctly carried to apex, a point which 

 at once distinguishes the species from its allies ; legs testaceous, femora 

 occasionally dusky at base, L. 4-4| mm. 



Marshy places ; river banks and on the coast ; widely distributed and not un- 

 common throughout England. Scotland, very local, Tweed, Tay, Solway ; Ireland, 

 near Dublin and other localities : the northern specimens are dark, and the southern 

 ones light : there is a permanent variety found in the Isle of Wight which I would 

 separate under the name var. vecfensis ,- the elytra are more parallel-sided than in 

 the type, the colour is paler, and the spots larger, the humeral ones being suffused 

 over almost the whole anterior half of the elytra, and the posterior ones round, very 

 large, and conspicuous. 



B. ang-licanum, Sharp. Closely allied to B. femoratum, but rather 

 larger on an average, with the head, thorax, and dark parts of the elytra 

 of a distinct metallic green colour, instead of dark-brassy ; it differs also 

 in having at least three joints of the base of the antennae entirely pale, 

 and the bases of the following joints more or less so, instead of only one 

 or two entirely, and the base of the third being pale ; also in its lunger 



