66 COLEOPTERA. 



however, is never uniformly pitchy, but has a spot of brown. 

 Its chief character seems to consist in the position of the in- 

 termediate pair of thoracic punctures, which are not more 

 remote from the hinder pair than from the anterior margin. 



24. LiTHOCARis FERRUGiNEA, Er., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 



613, 6; G. R. Crotch, Cat. Brit. Col. ed. 2. 

 Appears to be distinguished from its allies, X. hrunnea 

 and L. fuscula, chiefly by the strong and very close punc- 

 tuation of the head. 



25. Stenus glacialis, Heer, Faun. Col. Helv. p. i, fasc. 



2, 224, 35; Ktz. Ins. Deutschl. ii, 787, 58; E. C. 

 Rye, Ent. Mo. Mag. vol. iii, p. 21. 

 muscorum^ Fairm. (De Mars. Cat., TAbeille). 



I have referred to this species a female specimen taken 

 by Mr, R. Hislop, in August, 1865, on the Cheviots. It is 

 at first sight strongly suggestive of S. lustrato?^ on account 

 of its size, colour and Yevy slender limbs ; but is not in the 

 same section as that insect, having the penultimate joint of 

 its tarsi bilobed, though narrowly and minutely only. It 

 is black, shining, sparingly and very sti'ongly punctured, 

 with thin, long pubescence, testaceous palpi and legs, and 

 the femora broadly fuscous at the apex. Mr. Hislop's in- 

 sect appears to be much abraded, so that the long pubescence 

 is only evident towards the sides of the elytra. 



The size, IJ Hn., given for this species by Kraatz is (from 

 his description) evidently a misprint for 2 J lin. 



26. Trogophlceus subtilis, Er., Col. March. ; Gen. et 



Spec. Staph. 812, 25 ; G. R. Crotch, Cat. Brit. 

 Col. ed. 2. 

 Seems to be allied to T. tenellus, but with entirely testa- 



