130 NEW BRITISH COLEOPTERA SINCE 1839. 



notice the present insect, which, notwithstanding the 

 softness of its elytra, when first taken, afford perhaps 

 sufficient evidence of its having undergone at least its 

 final metamorphosis in Great Britain, can surely 

 have no claim to admission into the lists of our indi- 

 genous species. 



125. Cardiophorus formosus, Curtis; Ann. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. v. p. 278 (1840), described; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 2nd 

 ser. vol. iii. p. 15, tab. ii. fig. 6 (1854), described. 



Observation. — Probably only a variety of C. sexpunc- 

 tatus, an exceedingly variable species, to which Mr. 

 Curtis indicates its near relationship ; it is not Car- 

 diophorus ornatus, Dej. 



126. Cardiophorus testaceus, F. ; A. R. Hogan, Zool., 

 p. 4197 (1854). 



127. Aplotarsus maritimus, Curtis; Ann. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. v. p. 277 (1840), described; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 

 2nd ser. vol. iii. p. 15, tab. ii. fig. 5 (1854), described; Hardy 

 and Bold, Cat. Col. Northumberland and Durham, p. 152 

 (1851). 



Observation. — This is probably a true Cardiophorus, 

 but it is certainly not congeneric with the insects 

 placed by Mr. Stephens in his Genus Aplotarsus. 



128. Ampedus tristis, L. ; Weaver, Proc. Ent. Soc. 

 Lond., 2nd May, 1853; Zool., p. 3921 (1853) ; Murray, Cat. 

 Scot. Col., p. 135 (1853), " Elater." 



129. Ampedus suBCARiNATUS,Germar; Zeitsch rift fur die 

 Entomologie, vol. v. p. 177, no. 39 (1844) ; Ampedus tibi- 

 alis, Dej. Cat.; Curtis, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 2nd ser. 

 vol. iii. p. 16, tab. ii. fig. 7, described; "Aplotarsus? co- 

 thurnatus, Curtis." 



130. Ampedus lugens, Recltenbacher, Dissert. Inaug. 

 Vindob. {\%4£)," Elater;" Germar,Zeitschrift,f.d.Entom., 

 vol. v. p. 177, no. 40 (1844) ; Ampedus anthr acinus, Dej. 



