DOLERUS ANTHBACINUS. 175 



Distinguished from all the other British species 

 (save Anthr acinus) by the semicircular middle lobe of 

 mesonotum, and shining, brilliant, bluish-black body. 

 D. varispinus, which agrees with it in the neuration, 

 differs, inter alia, in the thicker stigma, shorter antenna, 

 longer cerci, and pale spurs. 



Rare. Manchester district (Chappell). South of 

 England. 



Continental distribution : Sweden, Germany. 



19. DOLERUS ANTHRACINUS. 

 PI. XIX, fig. 5, Saw. 



Dolerus anthracinus, Klug, Berl. Mag., viii, 302, 233; Htg., 



Blattw., 238, 27 ; Zad., Beschr., 

 16. 



Similar to Coracinus, but the body darker, the bluish tinge not eo 

 conspicuous, body broader compared to its length ; transverse radial 

 nervure received at a little distance from the second transverse cubital ; 

 transverse median nervure received nearer the basal, while in Coracinus 

 it is received in the middle of the cellule ; and the stigma is pale on 

 lower edge. If anything, the head is stouter ; cenchri darker, blotch 

 narrower at the apex. 



The (^ has the antennae a little longer than the abdomen (teste 

 Zaddach). 



Length 4 lines. 



This is apparently the anthracinus of Klug and 

 Zaddach, the description of the latter being taken from 

 original type ( 3 ) in the Berlin Museum. The ? 

 described by Klug, however, is different ; it is carlo- 

 narius, Zad., a species related to fissus. Hartig's 

 anthracinus is perhaps different, for he says that the 

 middle lobe of mesonotum is triangular at the apex as 

 in niger. Thomson's anthracinus is also different, it 

 apparently = oblongus, M. 



Rare. A single specimen from near Manchester 

 (Dunham Park). 



Continental distribution : Germany. 



