88 Mr. Babington on Dromius, 



12. D. linearis. Oliv. 



Elongatus, fusco-fen-ugineus ; fronte striis plurimis longitudinal! - 



bus; thorace subcordato ; elytris punctato-striatis, pallidioribus, 



postice infuscatis; antennis pedibusque pallidis. 

 Long. 2 — 2i, lat. 1 — §■ lin. 

 D. linearis, Dej. Spec. Col. i. 233. ; Iconogr. 1. 11./. 4. Sturm. 



Deuts. Faun. vii. 1. 169. ? Steph. III. (M.) i. 25. Aud. et BrulU, 



Hist. Ins. iv. 187. 

 Car. linearis. Oliv. Ent. iii. 111. /. 14. /. 167. Marsh. Ent. 



i. 463. 



Dusky ferruginous above ; thorax rather paler than the head, qua- 

 drato-cordate ; head with numerous longitudinal striae between 

 the eyes ; elytra deeply punctate-striate, rather pale ; body be- 

 neath ferruginous, with the abdomen darker. 



Very common, as I believe, throughout England. 



13. D. longiceps. Dej. Plate X. Fig. 5. 



Elongato-linearis, pallide fusco-ferrugineus ; thorace subquadra- 

 to ; elytris striatis obsoletissime punctatis, sutura et macula 

 communi subapicali cuneata nigris ; antennis pedibusque pal- 

 lidis. 



Long. 3, lat. ^ — 4 lin. 



D. longiceps. Dej. Spec. Col. ii. 450. ; Iconogr. t. 11./. 3. Ba- 

 bington in Lond. Mag. of Nat. Hist. v. 327. Steph. III. (M.) 

 V. 368. 



Head with two oblique longitudinal punctate foveas between the 

 eyes ; elytra with the suture dark, that colour gradually in- 

 creasing in width till near the apex, when it is rounded off so 

 as to leave the apex pale. 



Taken in small quantity from the sedge-boats at Cambridge, in the 

 spring, but not from moss, as it is incorrectly stated in the Mag. of 

 Nat. Hist, and Steph. lUustr. It also occurs at Whittlesea Mere, 

 Huntingdonshire . 



