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less closely punctured ; the hind body also is more sparingly punctured 

 on the centre of the segments, and has the basal impressions of the front 

 segments deeper ; the legs also are much more brightly coloured, being 

 dark reddish testaceous with the knees more or less broadly fuscous ; 

 both this and the preceding species may be at once distinguished from 

 all their allies l)y their dull appearance, and the close punctuation of the 

 hind body. L, 3^3| mm. 



Marshy places, in moss, sphagnum, &c. ; rare ; Hayes (Kent), Esher, Horsell, 

 Woking; New Forest; Repton ; Manchester; Scotland, local and not common, 

 Solway, Clyde, Dee, Moray, and Shetland districts; it probably occurs iu many other 

 localities. 



(Section VI.) 



The single species contained in this section is characterized by having 

 the penultimate joint of the tarsi strongly bilobed, the hind body not 

 margined, and each elytron furnished with a large and distinct orange- 

 red spot. 



S. Kiesenwetteri, Eosh. Black, when alive almost blue-black, 

 very shining, very coarsely punctured ; head broad with very prominent 

 eyes, forehead almost flat, the central interval being only slightly 

 elevated ; antennae and palpi testaceous, the base and club of former 

 being usually a little darker than the centre ; thorax a little longer than 

 l)road, moderately rounded at sides ; elytra about as long as thorax, each 

 with a large orange-red spot ; hind body somewhat cylindrical, without 

 margins, more closely punctured at sides and apex ; femora with a broad 

 orange band in middle, tibiae pitchy with apex testaceous, tarsi dull 

 testaceous. L. 5-6 mm. 



Male with the seventh ventral segment of hind body deeply excised, 

 the third, fourth, and fifth slightly depressed at apex. 



Marshy places, iu sphagnum, and at roots of grass ; rare ; first taken by Dr. Sharp 

 on Wimbledon Common ; Chobham, Surrey (Champion) ; New Forest (Blatch). 



This species closely resembles S. cicindeloides in shape, sculpture, and 

 general appearance, but may at once be known by the spots on the 



elytra. 



(Section VII.) 



The species belonging to this section have the tarsi strongly bilobed, 

 the hind body not margined, and the elytra without spots ; they differ 

 very much in general appearance, and, with one or two exceptions, are 

 very easy to determine. S. oscillator, Rye, rests on a single specimen, 

 and no other has been found either in Britain or on the Continent ; it 

 is therefore, rather doubtful, and may perhaps be a hybrid between 

 S. paganus and S. latifrons. 



1. Hind body subparallel, not strongly narrowed be- 

 hind; elytra not abnormally dilated. 

 i. AntenntB entirely testaceous, club a little darker j 

 size larger. 



