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ending anteriorly in a verj obsolete channel, which at length 

 disappears, thickly and very finely punctulate, thinly griseous 

 pubescent. Elytra longer than the thorax, rather transverse, and 

 widest towards the apex, sub -convex, shoulders rather prominent, 

 depressed behind the scutellum, very finely and closely punctulate, 

 more thickly griseous pubescent. Abdomen a little narrower 

 than the elytra, of a deeper black, not very long, sub-parallel, 

 the apex abruptly narrowed, finely and thickly punctulate, with 

 a distinct griseous pubescence, the first three segments with their 

 bases transversely depressed, the others more convex. Legs 

 moderate, black, joints of the femora and tibi^, tibioe at the tip 

 narrowly, and the tarsi entirely, pale ferruginous ; posterior tarsi 

 shortish; basal joint sub-elongate. 



A pair taken at Gosforth, on mud, in the bed of the Lake. — 

 T. J. B. July. 



Although unrecorded as a British insect, it occurs in various 

 parts of the island. I have a pair taken on the border of a pond, 

 in Berwickshire; and have seen others found by Mr. Walker, at 

 Plymouth, and by Mr. Janson, on the banks of the Brent, near 

 London. 



170. Calodera, Mannerheim. 



1. C. NiGRicoLLis, Payk. 



Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Staph., 64. — Steph. Manual, No. 

 2752. — Aleochara nigricollis, Gyll. Ins. Suec, ii., 384:. — 

 Steph. Illust. Mand., v., 125. 

 Under dead leaves, &c., rare. From the Ravensworth woods, 

 in spring. — J. H. 



2. C. LONGiTARsis, Kivhy. 



Erichson, Gen. et Spec. Staph., 66. — Aleochara longitarsis 



Steph. Illust., Mand., v., 110. — Ischnopoda longitarsis, 



Steph. Manual, No. 2765. 



Under stones, decayed leaves, &c., by river sides. " Twizell." — 



P. J, Selhy, Esq. Wooler, Bamburgh, Hartley, Long Benton, 



Prudhoe, sides of the Tyne and Derwent, dean near Winlaton, 



&c. May — July. 



