8 GEODEPHAGA BRACHINIDiE. 



dot (sometimes wanting) on the disc; tarsi brownish ; basal joint of antenna? 

 sometimes pale. (L. 1^ 1.) Near London and in Norfolk: 5. 



25 impunctatus Ste. M. i- 23. — Sliort, brassy-black, opaque : elytra 

 brownish, with an obscure palish spot on the shoulder, and occasionally a 

 minute one on the disc ; thighs dusky ; tibiae (shanks) and tarsi pale 

 brown. (L. 1^ 1.) Near London, and Berkshire: 3-5, *. 



26 quadrillum Creutzer ? — De J. S. i. 249. — Ste. M. i. 23 Short, 



black, with a brassy tinge : elytra striated, the interstices punctured, with 

 a round pale spot on the shonxlder, and a smaller one on the disc towards 

 the tip (sometimes obscure, or wholly wanting). (L. 1^1.) Near London, 

 and Southend : 3-6. 



27 femoralis Marsh, i. 463, — Ste. M. i. 25. — Rather elongate ; black, 

 obscure : elytra faintly striated- the disc impunctate ; trochanters, coxae, 

 and base of thighs pale reddish -brown ; tibiae and tarsi pale brown ; 

 antenna? dusky, tips reddish. (L. 1^ 1.) Found near London : 4, *. 



28 glabratus' Duft. F. ii. 248. — De. J. S. i. 190. pi. xv. f. 3. —Ste. M. i. 

 25. — Oblong ; brassy-black : elytra very obscurely striated, the disc im- 

 punctate ; legs dull black ; tibiae and tarsi brownish-black. (L. l£-»l§ 1.) 

 Abundant on sandy heaths in the spring : *. 



29 angustatus Curtis ? — Step. N. 2. ed. col. 2. — Narrow, elongate ; glossy 

 black : thorax heart-shaped, much narrowed behind ; elytra smooth, 

 shining, not much shorter than the abdomen ; legs and antenna? black. 

 (L. 1| — 1|1.) London : 3-5, #. 



30 maurus Zeigler. — Ste. M. i. 176. — Very deep black: thorax short, 

 very much narrowed behind ; elytra very glossy, smooth, not punctured, 

 much shorter than the abdomen ; antenna? brownish. (L. 1^-1^1.) Not 

 uncommon; London district ; Berkshire, &c. : 3-5, *. 



31 truncatellus L. ii. 673. Pz. F. Ixxv. f. 12. —Ste. M. i. 26. — Short, 

 brassy-black : elytra faintly striated, the disc impunctate ; thighs pitchy ; 

 tibia? and tarsi brownish ; palpi blackish. (L. 1^. 1.) Common in dry 

 gravelly places, &c. : *, 0. 



32 foveolus Gyll. ii. 183. — Ste. M. i. 26 De J. S. i. 194. pi. xv. f. 7.— 



Short ; above bright brassy-black : elytra faintly striated, with 2 deeply 

 impressed dots on the disc, near the 3d stria ; beneath and legs glossy- 

 black ; tarsi brownish. (L. 1^-2 1.) Very common in sand and gravel 

 pits : *, 0. 



6 Lebia Latreille. 



33 crux-minor L. ii. 673. — Ste. M. i. 27. pi. i. f 6. — Black : thorax, 

 legs, and 3 basal joints of antenna? red ; elytra dull red, with the suture, 

 and the apical half black, leaving a round red spot at the tip. (L. 3 1.) 

 Very rare ; Windsor ; Coombe Wood ; near Dorking, 6 ; Lymington, 

 Hants ; Netley, Salop, 8 ; High Buckington, Devon : 5-7. 



34 f turcica Fab. E. i. 203. —Cur. ii. pi. 87. —Ste. M. i. 27. Black : 



mouth, palpi, antenna? and thorax red ; elytra black, with a large irre- 

 gular crescent-shaped yellowish -red patch on the shoulder, and a narrow 

 border of the same, reaching to the tip. (L. 2\ 1.) Extremely scarce: 

 Oakhampton Park, Somers. ; Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park : 5. 



35 haemorrhoidalis Fab. E. i. 203. — Pz. F. Ixxv. f. 6. — Ste. M. i. 28 



Red. : eyes and elytra black, the latter with a pale red spot at the tip ; 

 breast dusky. (L. 2 1.) Also very rare: Netley, Salop, and Devon- 

 shire : 6. 



7 Lamprias BonelH. 



36 cyanocephalus L. ii. 671. — Ste. M. i. 29. — Cur. vi. pi. 282. — Blue- 

 green or blue : thorax and legs red ; tips of the thighs and the tarsi black ; 



