LIMNIID^S. ELMIS. 107 



Oblong ; fuscous or pitchy-brassy : antennae rufescent : thorax with an elevated 

 line on each side, approximating in front, the intermediate space very glossy 

 and punctulate, the exterior margin rather opaque : elytra slightly tuberculate 

 at the base, and transversely impressed ; the disc aeneous, rather obsoletely 

 punctate-striated, the third stria from the margin rather elevated, and a little 

 remote from the second, the interstices finely punctated: the body pitchy- 

 brown, and punctulated beneath : legs rufescent. 



Found in Suffolk, and, I believe, also in Norfolk and near Hull. 

 " Clengre, Gloucestershire." — Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 3. variabilis. Plate XIII. f. 4. — Angustior, nigro aut piceo-oeneus, antennis 

 pedibusque rufescentibus, thorace suhnitido, bilineato, coleoptris basi simplicibus. 

 (Long. corp. £ — 1 lin.) 



Li. variabilis. Leach MSS.—El. variabilis. Steph. Catal. p. 56. No. 558. 



Oblong, rather narrow and depressed ; black or pitchy-brass : antennae and legs 

 rufescent : thorax with an elevated line on each side, approximating consi- 

 derably in front, the intermediate space rather opaque, and obsoletely punc- 

 tulated : elytra with the base simple ; the disc frequently rufescent, sometimes 

 pitchy or brassy-black, rather faintly punctate-striated, the three marginal 

 striae slightly elevated, the interstices obsoletely punctured: body pitchy 

 beneath. 



I believe this species chiefly frequents hilly districts. " Near 

 Carlisle and Spitchweek." — Dr. Leach. " Netley, Salop." — Rev. 

 F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 4. lacustris. Brevior, ovatus, rufo aut piceo-oeneus, antennis pedibusque 

 rufescentibus, thorace bilineato, coleoptris basi hand tuberculatis. (Long. corp. 

 i-flin.) 



El. lacustris. Spence MSS.—Steph. Catal. p. 56. No. 559. 



Shorter than the foregoing, ovate ; rufous or pitchy-brass, with the antennae and 

 legs rufescent : thorax as in the last, but broader and more glossy, and the 

 lateral striae less approximating anteriorly : elytra not tuberculated at the base 

 punctate-striated, the third stria from the margin elevated, and rather remote 

 from the second ; the margin rather opaque, and the disc glossy, and frequently 

 rufescent : body beneath pitchy. 



Taken near Hull ; my specimens I obtained from the Marshamian 

 collection. 



Sp. 5. fluviatilis. Brevior, ovatus, wneo-niger, antennis, tibiis tarsisque rufes- 

 centibus, elytris obsoletissime punctato-striatis, haud tuberculatis. (Long. corp. 

 | lin.) 



El. fluviatilis mihi. Steph. Catal. p. 56. No. 560. 



Shorter and broader than El. lacustris ; ovate, brassy-black ; with the antennae^ 

 tibiae, and tarsi alone rufescent: the thorax with the usual approximating 

 lateral lines, with the intermediate space rather depressed, glossy, finely and 



