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shining spaces; tibiae and tarsi bine-black. (L. 4-4^1.) Coombe Wood ; 

 Swansea ; Devon ; Cambridge ; Fyfield, Hants, &c. : 4-6. 



468 cupreus Duft. ii. 194. — Stu. D. F. vii. pi. 182. f. A. — Ste. M. ii. 34. 

 — Glossy-brass : thorax as wide as the head ; deeply punctate ; elytra 

 with 4 rows of ocellated blue or violet-green circular spots, interrupted 

 with polished brassy spaces ; tibiae pale testaceous, the external tip bluish- 

 black. ( L. Sf-4 1.) Hampstead ; Battersea fields; Hertford; Newcastle; 

 Marstow ; Carlisle ; Whittlesea Mere, Scotland : rare : 3-6. 



469 Lapponicus Gyll. ii. 8. — Ste. M. v. 389. — Oblong ; coppery or brassy- 

 green, or bluish above : head and thorax very much punctured ; the latter 

 slightly foveolated ; elytra sparingly punctured, with about 20 violet or 

 bluish ocellated round spots disposed in 4 rows ; and some obscurely 

 elevated lines ; tibiae bronzed-green. (L. 4-4^1.) Catlaw, a mountain in 

 Forfarshire : 4-5. 



470 riparius L. ii. 658. — Don. ix, pi. 301. — Ste. M. ii. 35. — Brassy- 

 green, or bluish, rarely purplish ; very thickly punctulated : thorax slightly 

 foveolated, with a short dorsal channel, and thickly punctured beneath ; 

 elytra with 4 rows of brassy-copper, or violet ocellated round spots ; tibiae, 

 and sometimes the base of the thighs, testaceous. (L. 3-3^ 1.) Common; 

 pond sides, London district ; Swansea ; Bristol ; Devon ; Carlisle ; New- 

 castle ; Scotland, &c. : 4-7. 



88 Blethisa Bonelli. 



471 multipunctata L. ii. 672. — Ste. M. ii. 36. — Cur. vii. pi. 326. — 

 Bronzed-black ; shining ; margins of the thorax and of the elytra bright- 

 green or coppery : the latter punctate-striated, and with 2 rows of deep 

 shining brassy fovea?. (L. 5 1.) London district; Cambridge, common; 

 neav Carlisle ; in Suffolk ; rare in Scotland ; Ireland : 3-6. 



89 Pelophila De Jean. 



472 f borealis Fab. E. i. — Cur. vii. pi. 302. — Ste. M. v. 390 Brassy- 

 black, shining : thorax on the sides and elytra coppery ; the latter 

 punctate-striate, with 2 rows of rather large impressions ; legs dull red, 

 tips of thighs, tibiae, and joints of tarsi dusky. (L. 7 1.) Sandy shore of 

 Lough Neagh, Ireland. 



§ 1. Stirps 2. HYDRADEPHAGA. 



Fam. 8 Dyticid^e. Ant. long, setaceous : legs unequal, posterior pair 

 longest, deeply fringed, with broad flat tarsi (also fringed) terminating in 

 a point : $ with anter. tarsi more or less dilated : 9 sometimes with 

 elytra sulcated. 



Fam. 9 GvRiNiDiE. Ant. short, clavate, rigid, the 2d joint with a lobate 

 appendage : tho. transverse, waved before and behind : legs unequal, the 

 2 anterior very long, gressorial, the 4 posterior very short, compressed 

 and formed for swimming : eyes divided, appearing as 4 ; 2 above and 2 

 below. 



Fam. 8. DYTICIDiE Leach. 



xc. Halipmts Ant. 10-jointed, inserted on the forehead : max. palpi with 

 the terminal joint minute and subulate : post, coxa; dilated into a 

 large shield covering the base of the legs, which are somewhat gressorial ; 

 claws didactyle. 



xci. Cnemidotus Ant. 10-jointed, inserted in front: max. palpi with the 

 terminal joint larger than the preceding, conical : post, coxa: dilated as in 



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