134 COLEOPTERA. 



Ragilus pitnctipennis, Steph., has, according to the pub- 

 lished descriptions [Illustr. Mand. v. 278, 3 (1833), Man. 

 Brit. Col. 408, 3252 (1839)], the "elytra brassy black, 

 spotless," and can scarcely be referred to the present species, 

 in which the elytra are pitchy, with the apex testaceous. 



64. P^derus caligatus, Eric. ; Waterhouse, Cat. Brit. 



Col. 27 (1858). 

 Found by Mr. Waterhouse, near Alverstoke, Hants. 



65. Stenus solutus, Eric. ; Waterhouse, Cat. Brit. Col. 



29 (1858), Proc. Ent. Soc. 3 May, 1858, Zool. 6116 

 (1858) ; E. Shepherd, Proc. Ent. Soc. 3 May, 1858, 

 Zool. 6114(1858). 

 Taken at Cowley, near Uxbridge, and at Lee, Kent, by 

 Dr. Power, and within the London district by Mr. E. Shep- 

 herd and myself. Mr. Squire has likewise met with it at 

 Whittlesea, and at Horning, Norfolk. Although widely 

 distributed it appears to be very scarce. 



66. Stenus picipennts, Eric. ; E. W. Janson, Proc. Ent. 



Soc. 5 April, 1858, Zool. 6072 (1858); Waterhouse, 

 Cat. Brit. Col. 28 (1858). 

 First identified as a distinct unrecorded British species by 

 Mr. Edwin Shepherd, who captured it in the autumn of 

 1857, at which period he presented me with specimens and 

 pointed out to me its characteristics. Found by Dr. Power 

 in Hampshire, and by myself at Hampstead, Highgate and 

 Southend. 



67. Stenus rugosus, von Kiesenwetter ; T. V. Wollaslon, 



Zool. 5928 (1858). 

 Stenus Guynemeri, Jacq. Duval; Waterhouse, Cat. 

 Brit. Col. 28 (1858). 

 " Caernavon, amongst wet earth and shingle at the edges 

 of a small trickling stream, which finds its way into the 



