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carinaio ; thorace angusto, ohlongo-ovato, cequali, in disco 

 posteriore foveola impresso ; elytris thorace longiorihiis ; 

 abdomine densius punctato. Long. 1 J-1 J lin. 

 S. atratulus, Erich., Gen, et Spec. Staph., 701. — Heer, Fn. 

 Col.Helv.,l,2lS), 19. 

 Three specimens near the Wooler Water, above Turvielaws, in 

 June. — J. H. 



With the appearance, and almost the puncturing of aS'^. 

 nigritulus, hut with a distinct margin to the abdomen ; rather 

 small, narrowish, black, shining, with a fine whitish pile ; antennse 

 black, shortish; palpi black, the first joint testaceous; head some- 

 what broader than the thorax, about half or less of the breadth of 

 the elytra, deeply and thickly but not very strongly punctate, 

 the front with two lateral rather shallow depressions, with the 

 interval moderately elevated longitudinally ; thorax slightly 

 convex, narrowish, rounded before the middle, contracting pos- 

 teriorly, rather strongly, deeply, and thickly punctate, furnished 

 behind the middle with a short shining elongate foveola ; elytra 

 more than double the width of the thorax, and about a third 

 longer, depressed lengthways along the suture, and slightly 

 towards the disc and the sides behind the shoulders, rather 

 strongly, thickly and deeply punctate ; abdomen gradually 

 narrowing towards the apex, thickly, but more finely punctate ; 

 legs black, tarsi shortish. 



7. S. MELANOPUS, Marsh. 



Steph. Illust, Mand., v., 299. — Stenus nitidus, Boisd. et 

 Lacord. Faun. Ent. Paris., i., 450. — Erichson, G&n. et 

 Spec. Staph., 703. 

 Not common. Ravensworth woods. — J. H. At Gosforth, on 

 the bottom of the lake, where the water was dried up. — T. J. B 

 February — July. 



8. S. PUSiLLus, Kirhy. 



Steph. Illust., Mand., v., 301. — Stenus exiguus, Erichson, 

 Gen. et Spec. Staph. 706. 

 Not uncommon in moss. Ravensworth woods, above Swalwell, 

 Long Benton, &c. January — May. 



