130 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA, 



Sp. 8. ochropterus. Oblongo-ovatus, niger, e^ytrorum thoracisque lateribus lu- 

 ridis, macula ante utrumque oculuin luridd ; elytris strid suturali impressd. 

 (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



Hy. ochropterus. Marsham. — Steph. Catal. No. 60. p. 609. 



Still less than the foregoing, which it greatly resembles : oblong-ovate, thickly 

 and finely punctulated; black, with the lateral margins of the thorax and 

 elytra lurid ; the head black, with a lurid spot before each eye : body dull 

 black beneath : legs pale testaceous, with the tarsi rufescent. 



This is apparently very distinct from all the preceding species 

 of this genus : — I obtained one specimen from Mr. Marsham's cabi- 

 net, and possess others captured near London : — it also occurs in 

 Norfolk. 



Sp. 9. fulvus. Oblongo-ovatus, niger, capite fulvo, thorace Jlavescente, disco im- 

 maculato, elytris Jlavescentibus, lineis obscuris nigris strid suturali impressd. 

 (Long. corp. 2| — 2f lin.) 



Hy. fulvus. Marsham. — Hy. bicolor. Steph. Catal. p. 60. No. 610. 



Allied to Hy. melanocephalus : black : head punctate, fulvous, or dusky : eyes 

 black: thorax yellowish or fulvous, disc immaculate, sometimes dusky an- 

 teriorly : elytra fulvous or flavescent, with obsolete logitudinal dusky lines, 

 and a deep stria parallel with the suture : abdomen dull black, pubescent : 

 legs testaceous with dusky femora. 



The Hy. fulvus of Marsham, which I formerly supposed to be synonymous 

 with Hy. bicolor of Paykul, proves, upon a re-examination of the authentic 

 Marshamian specimens, to be totally distinct ; I have therefore restored the 

 name of the former author. 



Not uncommon during the spring throughout the metropolitan 

 district. " Glanville's Wootton, Dorset." — J. C. Dale, Esq. 

 " Southend." —Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 10. lividus. Oblongo-ovatus paulo depressus, supra griseo-Jlavescentibus punc- 



tatissimus, strid suturali nulla, palpis longissimis. (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 

 Hy. lividus. Forster. — Hy. griseus. Illiger. — Steph. Catal. p. 60. No. 6 11. 



Rather more oblong and less convex than the preceding : above pale griseous- 

 yellow or ochraceous, very finely and delicately punctulated : head with the 

 crown rather dusky : thorax sometimes with obsolete fuscous clouds : elytra 

 griseous, thickly punctulated throughout, but not striated ; sometimes with a 

 few dusky longitudinal streaks: body beneath dusky-black : legs ferruginous, 

 with the femora dusky : palpi extremely long, pale, with the apex black, or 

 dusky. 



Va. /3. Steph. Catal. 1. c. With the thorax and elytra variegated with dusky 

 spots and lines. 



Plentiful during April in ponds in Batters ea-fi elds, at Hertford, 



