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forms, of which a^ compared with typical jrz^.*.ri/)e5, is shorter, 

 broader and more globose, with shorter legs and tarsi, the 

 elytra not so evidently crenate-striate, and with no larger 

 irregular punctures in the alternate interstices ; and ft, though 

 apparently quite mature, is conspicuous from its bright metal- 

 lic green colour and light legs. 



47. ANACiENA GLOBULUS, Payk., Faun. Suec, i, p. 188 



{Mydrophilus) ; D. Sharp, /. c, vol. vi, p. 255. 

 Mydrohius Umhatus, Wat. Cat. 



Larger, broader and more convex than the two next 

 mentioned species, with the elytra darker and tarsi stouter. 



48. Anac^na variabilis. Sharp, /. c, vol. vi, p. 255 



(described). 



This insect, common in England and rare in Scotland, has 

 a black head, with pitchy palpi, of which the apical joint is 

 black, the base of the antennas testaceous, the thorax pitchy- 

 black with lighter sides, the elytra pitchy or pitchy-testa- 

 ceous and the legs pitchy-red. A variety has a small rufo- 

 testaceous spot on each side of the head, before the eyes. 



49. Anac^na bipustulata, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. ii, 



p. 133 {Hydrohius) ; D. Sharp, I. c, vol. vi. p. 256. 



Common in England, but apparently not occurring in 

 Scotland. The large testaceous mark on each side of the 

 head, the testaceous palpi, of which the apical joint is pitchy, 

 the testaceous thorax, of which the disc is more or less in- 

 fuscate, the testaceous, black-freckled elytra and testaceous 

 legs, added to its rather more widely oval shape, will serve 

 to distinguish this from the preceding species. 



