StemiP.] STAPHTLINIDJi). 329 



S. bipunctatus, Er. Very like the preceding, hut rather larger, 

 and a little more robust, with the lirst joint only of the palpi testaceous ; 

 the head is a little narrower and less hollowed in front, and the 

 antennae are rather shorter and darker; the elytral spot is rather larger 

 and lighter, and situated a little further from the suture ; the legs are 

 rather shorter, and the trochanters are more darkly coloured ; the male 

 has no impression at the apex of the fifth ventral segment of hind body. 

 L. 5 mm. 



Margins of ponds, rivers, &c. ; local; Darenth Wood, Loe, Sevenoaks, Aslistead, 

 MickKhani, Reigate, Hendon, Charlton; Hastings; Glanvilk-s Wootton ; banks of 

 Dove; Bewdley; Tewkesbury; Wicken Fen; Lincoln; Manchester; not recorded 

 from the northern counties of England, or from Scotland ; Ireland, near Belfast. 



S. g-uttula, Midi, {geminus, Heer). Narrow and slender, smaller 

 than either of the preceding, black, with a large yellow spot on each 

 elytron ; pubescence short and silvery ; head much broader than thorax 

 rather strongly and thickly punctured, antennae pitchy with the first 

 joint and club darker, palpi testaceous, with the second joint often 

 darker ; thorax somewhat cylindrical, strongly, very thickly, and rugosely 

 punctured ; elytra slightly longer and much broader than thorax, very 

 tliickly and rugosely punctured, yellow spot nearer sides than suture ; 

 hind body rather narrow, finely and thickly punctured ; basal segments 

 strongly impressed transversely ; legs testaceous, with the apex of femora 

 broadly dark, and the tibite and tarsi more or less ferruginous. L. 

 4 mm. 

 ^ JNIale with the seventh ventral segment of hind body feebly, and the 

 sixth more strongly, sinuate, the latter with a smooth impression before 

 sinuation. 



Damp margins of streams, ponds, &c., and in wet places generally ; local ; London 

 district, not common, Tottenham, Hijrhgate, Sheerness, Amberley, and Charlton ; 

 Cambridge; Heme Bay; Bimtray, Suffolk ; Hastings; Isle of Wight ; Devonshire- 

 Knowle; Bcwdley; Tewkesbury; banks of Dove, Burton-on -Trent ; Bridlington' 

 Yorkshire ; Isle of Man ; Manchester, Preston, and Liverpool ; Northumberland' 

 Durham, and Cumberland ; Scotland, common, Solway, Tweed, Forth, Tay, and Dee 

 districts ; Ireland, banks of Dodder and Loughlinstown. 



S. bimaculatus, Gyll. Elack, rather dull, larger and more robust 

 than either of the preceding, clothed with short ashy pubescence, front 

 parts rather strongly, thickly, and rugosely punctured ; head with two 

 impressed longitudinal grooves with a raised space between them ; 

 antennee pitchy, palpi yellow, with apical joint fuscous, except at base ; 

 thorax longer than broad, more narrowed behind than in front, with 

 sides rounded ; elytra about as long as thorax, with the yellow spot rather 

 small in proportion and situated at about an equal distance from the 

 sides and suture ; hind body with the centre of base of front segments 

 furnished with a distinct longitudinal keel, rather finely and thickly 

 punctured, more feebly towards apex ; legs testaceous, with the coxae 

 black, apex of femora and the entire tarsi pitchy, tibice often ilarker. L. 

 bh mm. 



