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1. Elytral rows of puiictiuvs scarcoly tiiicT 



towards suture G. maeinus, Gj/ll. 



2. Elytral rows of punctures much Hiicr towards 



suture G. MAiti.NUS, v. opacus, Salil. 



G-. minutas, F. The smallest and one of the ni(xst distinct of the 

 Britisli species ; ol)long-ovate, rather convex, of a bluish-lilack colour with 

 the sides of the liody and front of the head usually metallic ; upper surface 

 densely and finely coriaceous, so that the insect appears rather dull ; 

 scutelluni with a well-marked carina at base which at once distinguishes 

 the species ; elytra strongly and e([ually punctate-striate, the outer striic a 

 little more marked than the inner ones, underside including the inilexed 

 margin of the elytra entirely reddish : sometimes the basal segments of 

 the abdomen are a little clouded with a darker colour. Long. 3r,-4i, 

 lat. 2-2i mm. 



Local aud rare in England and Wales; formerly recorded from Swansen ; ]?armouth 

 (Blatcli) ; Northumberland, not common (Bold) ; Scotland, local l)ut souietiuies 

 abundant where it occurs, and widely distributed in both Lowlands and Hii,'hlaiuls in 

 the Tweed, Fortii, Sohvay, Civile, Tay, Dee and .Moray districts, and probably further 

 uortli. Ireland near Belfast, and abundant locally in Donegal. 



Ce. urinator, 111. {Uneahis, Steph.). Much larger than the pre- 

 ceding, ovate, l)road, and shining ; head with the front part brassy and 

 dull, the vertex black and shining; thorax shining with margins metallic, 

 with a long transverse impressed line across centre of disc, and besides 

 this a shorter one on each side ; elytra finely punctate-striate, the jiunc- 

 tures being almost obliterated except at sides and apex, shining black, 

 brassy at sides and suture, and more or less distinctly along the course of 

 the stria? ; under surface including the inilexed margins of the elytra 

 reddish testaceous. Long. 6-7, lat. S^-Bf mm. 



Very local; recorded by Stephens from Slapton Ley near Dartmouth, but this appears 

 to have been in eiror, as it has not occurred there since, althnut,']!, as being a south 

 European species, we might c.\].ect to lind it in the south of England rather than in 

 the north ; the only locality appears to be the Duabon (Ouseburn) near Newcastle-ou- 

 Tyne, where Mr. Bold has taken it in some numbers ; 1 have a record from Strathglass, 

 Scotland, but, as 1 have not seen the specimens, I cannot be certain of this locality.* 



G-. elongratus, Aubc (disthictzis. Sharp). Oblong-ovate, more or 

 less parallel-sided, upper side bluish black, shining, the sides brassy; 

 elytra punctate-striate, all the rows of punctures well marked, the inner 

 however being somewhat finer than the outer especially towards the base ; 

 apex of elytra sharply truncate with the external angle Avell marked ; 

 legs and reflexed nutrgins of elytra always, and mesosternum and 

 extremity of abdomen usually, red. Long. 5-0^, lat. 2^-3^ Jiim. 



Local but not uncommon in uiany parts of the country in botli fresh and brackish 

 water; Deal; Gravesend; Whitstable ; Harwich; Brighton; Boui-nemouth ; Wey- 

 mouth; Birchington, near Uamsgate; Wiekeu Fen; Norfolk; SuUblk ; Devonshire; 

 Caunock Chase ; Northumberland ; Scotland, scarce, Forth and Clyde districts. 



* Since writing the above 1 have heard from .Mr. (iillo of Bath that he has takeu 

 this species abundantly in the neighbourhood of that town. 



