388 A1'1'ENJ)1X. 



Mr. Curtis's pi. 179, which is typical q{ tlie family, is totally ilestitiite of even 

 the vestige of what he is [ileased to term a notch. 



Page 32. Genus LXXIV. NOTIOPHILUS. In my remarks up n this genus 

 1 state, " It is probable that wc have more than two species in Britain," and 

 in my appendix to the volume I add two otliers from Curtis : however, 

 Mr. \V"aterhouse, in the Entomological iMagazine, as subsequently quoted, 

 increases their number to 18, giving detailed characters thereof; but, as I 

 conceive he has overstretched the point, 1 reduced them to six, at one '^' fell 

 swoop," in the second edition of my Nomenclature, and as I see no reason 

 for altering my opinion, I shall here endeavour briefly to characterise them, 

 and to notice their respective varieties. 



Sp. 1. Not. aquaticus. Linne. — Steph. iiumen 2d edit- col. 14. — Mneus, 

 nitidus,fronte plus minus striata, elytris ptinctato-striatis plaga longitvdivali 

 ad siituram nitidissima, antennis pedibusque cBueu-nigris. (Long. corp. 2^ — 

 3 lin.) 



Brassy, glossy, the forehead more or less striated longitudinally ; elytra 

 punctate-striated, with a highly polished longitudinal space towards the 

 suture ; antennae and legs brassy-black. 



Var. ,8. Not. pusillus. Ent. Mag. {^Waterhouse) v. \. p. 207. — Narrow, and 

 with the basal joint of the palpi pale testaceous, the rest black; head irre- 

 gularly striated between the eyes. 



Var. y. Not. parvulus. Ent. Mag. {Watn-hovse) v. ii. p. 208. — Narrow, with 

 the head longish, the frontal striae regular, the thorax much narrowed 

 behind, elytra faintly striated, and without an impressed dot at the apex. 



Common everywhere. 



Sp. 2. Not. tibialis. Steph. Novien. "M edit. col. 14. — M,neus, nitidus, capite 

 sublatu,fronte plus minus striata, elytris punctato-striatis, plaga longitudinali 

 IcEvissima angustiore, antennarum basi tibiisque piceo-ttstaceis. (Long. corp. 

 2i— 2|lin.) 



Above brassy, shining ; head rather wide, with the forehead more or less 

 striated ; elytra punctate-striate, with a narrow longitudinal polished streak 

 towards the suture; antenns at the base and the tibiae pitchy-testaceous. 



Var. a. Not. latior. Ent. Mag. (^Waterhouse) r. i. p. 207. — Rather larger and 

 broader ; the elytra more rounded at the sides ; the space between the first 

 and second striae narrow in proportion, arising from the strias being more 

 deeply impressed. 



Var. B. Not. brevis. Ent. Mag. {Waterhouse) v. i. 206. — Short, head wider 

 than the thorax, the latter much narrowed behind, and the six lateral striae 

 equidistant. 



Var. y. Not. nitidulus. Ent. Mag. (Waterhouse) v. i. 203. — Head coppery; 

 thorax and elytra blue-black ; body rather convex. 



Var. <^. Not. parallelus. Ent. Mag. {Waterhouse) v. i. 204. — Of a more 

 elongate form : head rather narrow ; thorax less attenuated behind. 



