APPENDIX. 373 



" Black, glossy ; mandibles, palpi, antennae, and legs sometimes slightly 

 rufous, but generally quite black: prothorax exceedingly narrow, and 

 attenuated posteriorly: the elytra are striated, much depressed, and 

 indented with irregular fovese on the third and fifth striae from the suture." 

 — Newman, I. c. 



" Taken in Scotland by ]Mr. Walker." — Newman. 



Page 63. Sp. 1 a. fLsisTus nigricans. Ent. Mag. (^Newman) v. i. p. 286. — 

 Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 4. — "Nigricans, tenuiter iridescens; ore, antennis, 

 tarsisque griseis" — Newman, 1. c. (Long. corp. 4| lin.) 



"Dull black; in some lights with a slightly iridescent tinge: mandibles, 

 palpi, and antennae pitchy-red : prothorax black, considerably more elongate 

 than that of L. spinibarbis; elytra likewise narrower; femora and tibiae 

 black : tarsi pitchy." — JVewman, I. c. 



" Taken by the late Mr. Hobson near Manchester."— iVe«;7wan, I. c. 



Tage 64. Sp. 3 a. t^EiSTus Janus. Ent. Mag. (^Newman) v. i. p. 286. — 

 Steph. Nomeii. 2d edit. col. i^. — " Rufescens ; prothorace capiteque cwruleo- 

 nigris; ore, antennis, pedibusque ferrugineis." — Newman, 1. c. (Long. corp. 

 4i lin.) 



"Mandibles, palpi, antennae, and legs ferruginous; head blue-black; pro- 

 thorax blue-black, with a slender rufescent margin ; elytra rufescent, with 

 an iridescent tinge." — Newman, I. c. 



" Abundant in the north of England." — Newman, I. c. 



rage 64. Sp. 3 a. tLEisxus indentatus. Ent. Mag. {Newman) v. i. p. 286. — 



Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. ^.—" Purpureo-niger ; ore, antennis, pedibusque 

 j'errngineis ; elytris prope basin striga communi transversa indentatis." — 



Newman, 1. c. (Long. corp. 3§ lin.) 

 "Mandibles, palpi, antenna?, and legs ferruginous: head, prothorax, and 



elytra glossy, purple-black: elytra with a deep transverse indentation, 



common to both, near their insertion." — Newman, I. c. 

 " Taken near Cromer in Norfolk, by L. Rudd, Esq."— iVewmare, I. c 



Page 64. Leistus montanus : has occurred in several places in the north of 

 England and south of Scotland; also on the mountains of Wales. 



Page 72. Sp. 2 a. Badister microcephalus. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 5.— 

 Niger, capite thorace multo angustius, thorace postice angusto scutello pedi- 

 busque rufis, elytris rujis maculis duabus atris. (Long. corp. 2— 2i lin.) 



Black, head rounded, much narrower than the thorax, the latter elongate, 

 very much narrowed behind, and with the scutellum and legs pale red : 

 elytra also pale red, with two blue-black rounded spots towards the apex, 

 a little behind the middle: antennse pale red at the base, the apical joints 

 slightly pitcliy. 



Found, but not commonly, hi the vicinity of London, in the spring. 



