84 COLEOPTERA. 



elongatum, var., Ericlis. Gen. et Spec. Staph. 590; 

 Fairm. et Lab., Faun. Ent. Franc, i. p. 551. 

 Detected by me amongst L. elongatum, Lin. ; from which 

 species it may be distinguished on the upper surface by the 

 equal breadth of the thorax and elytra, and comparative 

 shortness of the latter ; on the undei' surface the head is less 

 thickly punctured, and the penultimate segment of the abdo- 

 men in the male presents no central excision, the hairy ridges 

 being also shorter, and more parallel. It is as common as 

 L. elongatum. In Dr. Schaum's Cat. Eur. Col. he identifies 

 this species with boreale, Hochs. 



49. LiTHOCARis RiPicoLA, Kraatz, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xv. 126, 

 xvi. 165, 4; Ins. Deutschl. ii. 715, 8. 

 fuscula, Muls. et Rey, Opusc. Entomol. ii. 78. 



Head blackish, thickly and finely punctured, rather dull ; 

 thorax red-bi'own, very shining, finely and thickly punctured, 

 wqth a smooth central fine; elytra red-brown, rather duller 

 than, and nearly half again as long as, the thorax, very 

 thickly and finely punctured ; abdomen darker and duller 

 than the elytra, antennae and legs reddish-yellow. 



Differs from fuscula, Mann., in not being quite so large, 

 and the head being darker, thorax brighter, and punctuation 

 very much finer ; also in having the elytra of greater length, 

 in which character it resembles apicalls, Ktz., immediately 

 before which it must come in our lists. From brunnea, Er., 

 it may a fortiori be known by its much longer elytra. 



I determined this pretty species from five examples detected 

 by me among some un-named Brachehjtra belonging to 

 Mr. Douglas, who, with his usual liberality, presented a 

 specimen to me, and another to Mr. Waterhouse. Mr. 

 Douglas took them on the 19th May, 1861, under seaweed 

 on the shore near Southampton. 



