400 APPENDIX. 



punctate-striate, the striae somewhat confluent ; antenna?, legs, and palpi, 

 testaceous-retl. 

 Taken near Epping- and London. 



Page 117. Sp. 9. Hyd. testacea. Curtis, pi. 307.— Steph. Nomen. 2d edit, 

 col. 21. — Pallide,piceo-testacea, capite-nigro, dense jyunctato, tho7'ace angustiore 

 profunde punctato, ad nnguhs depresso ; elytris prnfunde punctato-striatis ; 

 palpis pallide testaceis, apice nigris, gracilHoribus. (Long. corp. | lin.) 



Pale pitchy-testaceous ; head black, densely punctate ; thorax rather narrow, 

 deeply and coarsely punctate, and depressed towards the angles ; elytra 

 deeply punctate-striate ; palpi pale testaceous, and very slender and long, 

 with the apex black. 



Found in Battersea fields, near Epping, and Halifax. 



Page 117. Sp. 10. Hyd. nigrita. Midler. — Hyd. pusilla. Steph. v. i. p. 118.— 

 Atra, opaca, thorace brevi, dense punctato, sulco utrinque longitudinali versus 

 latera impresso, elytris brevibus, ovatis Icevissime punctato-striatis, antennis 

 pedibus, palpisque rufo-testaceis. (Long. corp. f lin.j 



Black, opaque ; thorax short, densely punctured, with a longitudinal groove 

 on each side towards the margin; elytra short ovate, very delicately 

 punctate-striate; antennae, paipi, and legs pale testaceous-red. 



Taken near London. 



Page 117. Sp. 11. Hyd. fulvipes. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 21. — Ater, 

 thorace angustato, rugoso,foveis 4 impressis ; elytris obtusis, Icevissime punc- 

 tato-striatis ; antennis pedibusque fulvis. (Long. corp. | lin.) 



Deep black; thorax narrow, rugose, with four impressed foveae ; elytra obtuse, 

 delicately punctate-striate; legs and palpi bright fulvous. 



Found near London. 



Page 117. Sp. 12. Hyd. pygmasa. Ent. Mag. v. i. p. 295. — Steph. Nomen. 



2d edit. coZ. 21. — Piceo-brunnea, capite nigro ; thorace antice lato, postice 



attenuato,foveis sex impressis; elytris brevibus ovatis, dense punctatis. (Long. 



corp. I lin.) 

 Pitchy-brown ; head black ; thorax broad in front, attenuated behind, with 



six impressed foveae ; elytra short, acute, and densely punctured. 

 Taken in the vichiity of London. 



Page 124. Spercheus emarginatus. Curtis, v. viii. pi. 394. — Has been taken 

 in '^ Burwell Fen, Cambs." — C. C. Babington, Esq. 



Page 126. Sp. 4. Berosus spinosus. Ahr . Faun. Europ. iu- f- o. — Steph. 

 Nomen. 2d edit. col. 21. — Ater, supra griseus, elytris versus apicem appendiculo 

 spinoso. (Long. corp. 2^ — 3 lin.) 



Head griseous, very much punctured ; thorax also punctured, rather paler, 

 and sometimes with two obscure dusky clouds, placed transversely ; elytra 

 oblong, ashy-griseous, with irregvdar blackish clouds, the outer margin 

 towards the apex with an acute short, straight spine, the disc punctate- 



