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with lateral margins pitchy: elytra very wide, punctate-striated. (L. 6^ 1.) 

 Abounds near Cork : 3-5. 



109 brevicollis Fab. E. i. 191 , Sturm. I). F. iii. pi. lxvii Ste. M. i. 61. 



Glossy-black : antennae, palpi, tibia?, and tarsi pitchy-red ; elytra deeply 

 punctate-striate ; and 3 or 4 punctures on the 3d from the suture ; sides 

 of thorax rough. Legs sometimes wholly red. (L. 4^-6 1.) Extremely 

 abundant in banks throughout England ; rare in Scotland : 0, -*. 



110 iEthiops Ste. M. i. 179 Broad, depressed, black: tarsi pitchy-red; 



elytra moderately striated, the stria? faintly, but distinctly punctured, with 

 4 impressed dots on the sutural edge of the 3d. (L. 5 1.) Taken near 

 Hebden Bridge, Yorks. : 7. 



111 varicornis E. M. New. i. 285. — Ste. M. v. 372. — Pitchy-black: man- 

 dibles, palpi, and 1st joint of antenna? pitchy-red, 3 following black, rest 

 brown; thorax entirely black; elytra brown-black, punctate-striated; 

 legs pitchy, tibia? and tarsi lighter, 2 last segments of abdomen red. 

 (L. 51.) In plenty, near Nottingham. 



112 Marshallana Ste. M. i. 61. pi. iv. f. 4. — Pitchy-black, depressed : 

 base of antenna? and tarsi pitchy-red ; elytra broad , striated, the stria? 

 obscurely punctured, the 3rd from the suture with 3 or 4 larger impres- 

 sions, and the outer one, with distinct smaller ones. Sometimes pitchy- 

 red, with the femora dusky, and the tibia? and tarsi red. (L. 4^-51.) 

 Mountains of Cumberland, &c. : 4 — 6. 



113 nivalis PL i. 119.— He. Gyllenhalii. Cur. iii. pi. 103. — Ste. M. i. 62. — 

 Black: slightly depressed; tips of the palpi and of the antenna? pitchy ; 

 tarsi and sometimes the tibia? red ; elytra striated, the stria? obsoletely 

 punctured, 2 or 3 impressions near the 3d stria and some remote im- 

 pressed dots on the margin. Sometimes pitchy ; with the trochanters 

 and legs rusty-red, tip of thighs and the tibia? fuscous. (L. 4^-51.) 

 Abundant throughout the southern part of Scotland ; and especially in the 

 mountainous districts : 3-5. 



114 impressa E. M. Neiv. i. 285. — Ste. M. v. 372. — Black: thorax 

 very narrow, especially behind : elytra much depressed, striated, the 3d 

 and 5th from suture with impressed dots ; mandibles, palpi, antenna?, and 

 legs sometimes reddish, or pitchy. (L. 5\ 1.) Taken in Scotland: 5-7. 



22 Alp^eus Bonelli. 



(115 | castaneus Bon. Obs. i. 55^ — Ste. M. i. 63. — Pitchy-chestnut: 

 mouth, antenna?, and legs rusty-red ; elytra striated, the stria? with distinct 

 somewhat remote impressed dots. (L. 4^1.) Said to have been taken 

 near Ashburton, Devon: 5.) 



23 Leistus Frulich. 



116 f nigricans E. M. New. i. 286 Ste. M. v. 373. — Dull black, 



slightly iridescent : mouth and antenna? pitchy-red ; thorax black, elon- 

 gate ; elytra rather narrow ; femora and tibia? black ; tarsi pitchy. (L. 4^- 

 1. ) Near Manchester : 5. 



117 spinibarbis Fab. E. i. 181. — Pz. F. xxx. f. 6. — Ste. M. i. 63. — 

 Rather wide : above brilliant blu", sometimes with a greenish tinge ; 

 mouth, antenna?, and legs dull red, or brown ; rarely ochreous ; thorax 

 glossy, slightly convex, base and anterior edge punctured, the sides finely 

 punctured, and sometimes reddish, or pale ; elytra punctate-striate ; body 

 black beneath. (L. 3^-4^ 1.) Abundant in hedges near London: — 

 3-8, *\ 



118 fulvibarbis Hoffm.— Cur. iv. pi. 176. — Ste. M. i. 64. — Rather nar- 

 row and long: above deep blue-black, or violet; beneath pitchy ; thorax 

 very narrow at the base ; elytra punctate-striate ; mouth, antenna?, and 



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