370 APPENDIX. 



Small ; brownish-brass ; thorax slightly globose : elytra ovate, less convex and 

 longer than in De. gibbus, deeply punctate-striatc, the striiu not reaching to 

 the apex : antennse and legs red ; anterior tibiae with two spines at the tip, 

 and obsoletely bideiiticulated externally. 



Taken near London and Carlisle. 



Page 42. Sp. 6 a. Dyschirius punctatus. De Jean, Col. i. 414. — Supra aneus, 

 tibiis anticis apice bispinosis, extrorsmn obsolete hidenticulatis, elytris ovatis 

 profunde striato-jmnctatis, striis apice ahbreviatis, antennis pedibusque rujis. 

 (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



Brassy above, broader and more convex than D. feneus, which it resembles ; 

 thorax more globose ; elytra rather shorter, oblong-ovate, very deeply 

 punctate-white : antennse red : legs pitchy-red : anterior tibiae bispinous at 

 the tip, externally bidenticulate. 



Taken on the coasts of Sussex and Hants : also in the Isle of Wight. 



Page 43. Sp. 7 a. Dyschirius fulvipes. De Jean, Col. i. 425. — Supra nigro- 

 wneus, tibiis anticis apice bispinosis, extrorsum bidenticulatis, elytris ovatis, 

 punctato-striatis, antennis pedibusque rujis. (Long. corp. 2.f lin.) 



Rather longer than De. thoracicus, which it greatly resembles ; above brassy- 

 black ; elytra ovate, punctate-striate, the striae rather deeply impressed : 

 legs and antennae rusty-red. 



Found on the coasts of Essex and Suffolk. 



Page 43. Sp. 8 a. Dyschirius pusillus. De Jean, Col. i. 425. — Supra ceneus, 

 tibiis anticis apice bispinosis, extrorsiim, bidenticulatis, elytris elongato-ovatis, 

 profunde striato-punctatis, antennis pedibusque rufo-piceis. (Long. corp. 

 li lin.) 



Brassy above; rather less than D. aeneus, but more oblong and nearly 

 cylindric ; elytra narrow, elongate-ovate, deeply punctate-striate : antennae 

 and legs pitchy-red. 



Taken in Norfolk and on the Yorkshire coast. 



Page 43. Sp. 9 a. Dyschirius minimus. Curtis, fol. 354. — Supra chalybeus, 

 ore antennisque Jerrugineis, pedibus castaneis, tibiis anticis calcariis duabus 

 incurvis armatis. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 



" Dull bluish-black : trophi and antennae ferruginous, the latter dark towards 

 the apex : legs castaneous : thorax with a transverse channel before, and an 

 obscure one down the centre, deep at the base : elytra with eight punctured 

 striae on each, vanishing at the apex ; anterior tibiae terminated by two 

 incurved spurs." — Curtis, I. c. 



Found near London, and in Norfolk. 



Page 43. Distomus. — This name must be changed, it being previously 

 employed by Lamarck : as the species is doubtfully British, I have retained 

 Zeigler's name of Aristus to the genus in my Nomenclature (2d edit.) 



Page 46. Cyghrus rostratus. Curtis, ix. pi. 426. — This author, with his 

 habitual tact for misrepresenting what I observe, says, " C. elongatus and 

 C. attenuatus have carelessly been recorded as British; but the specimens 



