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l);iso is a short row of punctures; alternate interstices slis^^litly raised ; 

 legs testaceous ; underside thickly puljescent. L. 5-7 mm. 



Common iiiul wiiU'ly distributed throughout the kingdom. 



The V. (cqvalis (H. ccqualis, Thorns., fni/idns, Graells) is perhaps 

 entitled to he considered a species, hut it comes very close to the type form, 

 and the differences are to a great extent comparative : it is smaller, and 

 as a rule darker ; the sides of thorax are less rounded, and the surface less 

 closely granulose ; the elytral interstices are not raised, and the tlepression 

 lu'fore hase is hardly traceahle ; the posterior tarsi have the second joint 

 almost douhle as long as the third instead of only one and a half times as 

 long, and the last abdominal segment is simple, and not minutely serru- 

 lated as in //, aquatictis. L. 4-6 mm. 



Ajjparciitly not uucommon, nnd standing: in many collections under aqnaficus. 

 lislier, Lincoln, Hepton, kc. ; also from Scotlan<l. 



In ]\Ir. jMatthews' collection there is a specimen of //. aqualicua with 

 Iho alternate interstices strongly raised ; it does not, however, appear to 

 1m' anything hut an abnormal form : it was taki'ii many years ago in 

 Oxfordshire. 



ZX. dorsalis, ^Nlursh {q/fccdrisir/natui^, Each. 1 cenniymnis, Thorns, 

 var.). Oldong; head and thorax iridescent, greenish or coppery, the 

 latter granulate, with the granulations more or less obsolete on disc, in- 

 ternal furrows angular in middle ; elytra at base wider than base of 

 thorax, dark bronze with distinct testaceous patches and markings, which 

 aic more or less regular, two before middle and two towards apex being 

 usually especially conspicuous ; punctured stria? strong, interstices rather 

 convex but not raised ; underside dark, abdomen sometimes marked 

 with yellow ; legs testaceous, claws black. L. 3|-4 mm. 



Rare: Hammersmith Marslies (formerly), Hampstend, Wimbledon, Clnygate Lane 

 (Ksher); Hastings; Exeter; Holm Hush, Britrhton ; (llanvillcs Wootton ; Malvern; 

 ^n'oillniinbi'rland district, rare; recorded IVoni Dollar in ^Murray's Catalogue, but con- 

 sidered to be doubtfully Scottish by Dr. Sharp. 



H. Ecneipcnnis, Thorns, ((/ranularis, Gyll., (/ra/nilaris v. obt<rHni'^, 

 ^Fuls). Oblong or oval-oblong; head and thorax iridescent, antennre 

 and paljji testaceous, tip of latter sometimes dark ; internal furrows of 

 tliorax always plainly angular in the type form ; elytra dark testaceous, 

 (ir, more commonlj', of a dark brownish-bronze colour with a distinct 

 metallic reflection ; punctured stria? rather strong, interstices somewhat 

 convex, but not raised ; legs testaceous, claws dark. L. 3-4 i nun. 



Common and widely distributed tliroughont England and Wales and Scotland; 

 Ireland, near Waterford, and {)rob.ibly comuion. 



Of all the species of Ilelophori this is the most variable ; several new 

 species have been split olf from it, and any one who examines a long 

 series of specimens from various localities would have no difficulty in 

 forming several others; //. tinrsaliti, ]\rarsh, has licen retained as a 



