42 MAND1BULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



deep-ferruginous beneath ; the laminae deeply punctate : legs elongate, pale- 

 testaceous. 



Taken in the neighbourhood of London, at Hertford, Whittlesea 

 Mere, and in Norfolk. " At Bottisham, sparingly. " — Rev. L. 

 Jenyns. " Wandsworth-common and Copenhagen-fields." — Mr. 

 Ingpen. 



Sp. 8. margine-punctatus. Flavo-griseus, aut fuscus, elytris punctato-striatis 

 maculis marginalibus utrinque tribus. (Long. corp. if lin.) 



Dy. margine-punctatus. Panzer. — Ha. margine-punctatus. Steph. Catal. p. 43. 

 No. 420. 



Ovate, griseous-yellow, or fuscous : head small, castaneous, slightly punctulate : 

 thorax ferruginous, immaculate, obsoletely punctulate : elytra acuminate, tes- 

 taceous, or dusky, with brownish striae, the striae composed of impressed dots, 

 the interstices with a few minute scattered impressions, and the margin with 

 three rounded black or fuscous spots : body fuscous beneath ; legs dusky. 



Rare, found near London, and in Cambridgeshire. " A single 

 specimen taken in the pond in the Botanic Garden, Cambridge." 

 — Rev. L. Jenyns. 



Sp. 9. ruficollis. Saturate rufo-testaceus, vertice abdominisque basi piceis, 

 elytris punctato-striatis, interslitiis fusco-maculatis, thorace immaculato, disco 

 subl&ve. (Long. corp. \\ — if lin.) 



Dy. ruficollis. Be Geer ? — Ha. ruficollis. Steph. Catal. p. 43. No. 421. — Dy. 

 minutus. Don. ii. pi 68. f. 1.2. 



Deep testaceous red : head finely punctured, with the vertex piceous : thorax 

 pale, or yellowish-red; glossy, the disc nearly smooth, the margin finely 

 punctate, with a transverse waved striga of small, obsolete, impressed dots, 

 and a minute stria at the base on each side : elytra acuminate, rather convex, 

 pale dusky-testaceous, deeply punctate-striated, the punctures dusky, and the 

 interstices more or less spotted with deep pitchy dots, and each with a few 

 minute scattered impressions, the sutural one with the latter approximating : 

 body pale-testaceous beneath : the lamina deeply punctate : legs and antennae 

 pale. 



Very abundant in ponds and ditches throughout the metropolitan 

 district: also found in Norfolk, in Whittlesea Mere, &c. " Wands- 

 worth-common and Copenhagen-fields." — Mr. Ingpen. " At Bottis- 

 ham, plentifully." — Rev, L. Jenyns. 



Sp. 10. affinis. Griseo-Jlavus, capite rufo-testaceo, elytris punctato-striatis, 

 striis infuscatis, inter stitiis immaculatis, thoracis disco obsoletissime punctu- 

 lato. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Ha. affinis mihi. Steph. Catal. p. 43. No. 422. 



Griseous-yellow : head testaceous-red, obscurely punctulate: thorax with the 

 disc very obsoletely punctulate, the margins distinctly punctate, the base with 



