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94 Hygrotus Stephens. 



491 fluviatilis Leach. — Ste. M. ii. 46. pi. xi. f. 2. — Testaceous-yellow • 

 thorax with a black dorsal line, and on each side with a curved impressed 

 striola at the base ; elytra obscurely striated, 2 of the stria? distinctly 

 punctated, the disc with an irregular black patch in front, and another 

 behind, united by 3 or 4 black lines. ( L. 1^-1^ 1. ) River Cawder, near 

 Carlisle ; Tavy, Devon ; Netley, &c. ; rare : 3-6. 



492 Stephensii liudd. — Ste. M. v. 391 Black ; above testaceous-yellow ; 



. thorax with a faint cloud on the disc, the base with an impression on each 



side; elytra with a large black patch at the base, and 2 smaller ones near 

 the tip, united by black lines, occasionally interrupted and partially confluent ; 

 legs and antennas rusty. (L. l^-li 1. ) Stockton on Tees. 



493 assimilis Pk. F. i. 236. — Ste. M. ii. 46. — Pitchy-ferruginous ; above 

 dull red, and thickly punctured : thorax with an obscure transverse im- 

 pression in which are 2 dusky spots, the base with a curved fovea on each 

 side ; elytra with 5 more or less confluent longitudinal lines, the 2 outer 

 ones shortest and interrupted by a large pale spot ; suture fuscous. 

 (L. 1^ 1.) River Plym, Devon; Netley; Aldborough : 3-5. 



494 decoratus Gyll. ii. 16. — Ste. M. ii. 47. — Cur. xii. pi. 531. — Rusty- 

 red : eyes black ; elytra smooth shining pitchy-brown, with several deep 

 scattered punctures and minute impressions, a large double pale spot at the 

 base, and a transverse crescent of the same, connected with the outer margin, 

 (L. \\ 1.) Askham Bryan, Yorks. ; and near Cambridge : 4-5. 



495 confluens Fab. E. i. 270. — Pz. F. xiv. f. 5. — Ste, M. ii. 47. — 

 Glabrous ; black : head and thorax pale rust-colour ; elytra pale, with the 

 suture and 4 abbreviated, more or less united, lines black, (L. 1^-lf 1. ) 

 Common near London ; Kimpton ; Newcastle ; Whittlesea Mere ; Nor- 

 folk, &c. : 0. 



496 collaris Pz. F. xxvi. f. 4. — Ste. M. ii. 47. — Ferruginous : thorax 

 with the hinder margin dusky ; elytra with the base and suture black, a 

 short broken line parallel thereto, a 2d bent obliquely outward from the 

 shoulder, and a short irregular double 1, frequently hooked, behind; some- 

 times united to the other ; legs pale testaceous. (L. 1|-1^ 1. ) 



Var. ? Hy. affinis Ste. M. ii. 48. — Hinder margin of thorax black : elytra 

 with the disc black, with several obscure interrupted lines, and the outer 

 margin rusty. — London district ; S. Wales ; Devon, &c. : 4-6. 



497 reticularis Fab. E. i. 273. — Ste. M. ii. 48. — Dull-red; thickly 

 punctured: hinder margin of thorax dusky in the middle ; elytra coarsely 

 punctured, with minute punctures intermixed ; disc black, the lateral 

 margin, an angulated spot near the base, a line near the suture, and some 

 interrupted ones in the middle, dull red ; legs testaceous. (L. 1^ 1.) Lon- 

 don district ; Devon ; S. Wales ; Suffolk, &c. : 4-6. 



498 iiiEequalis Fab. E. i. 272. — Oliv. E. iii. pi. 3. f. 29. — Ste. M. ii. 48. 

 — Dull red ; deeply punctured : thorax with the anterior and posterior 

 margins black ; elytra black, the lateral margin, and some irregular, more 

 or less united, streaks on the disc dull red ; legs pale rust-colour. 

 (L. 11-1^1.) S. of England; Bottisham ; Marton ; Newcastle; Carlisle, 

 &e. : 3-6. 



499 scitulus Spence. — Ste. M. ii. 49. pi. xi. f. 3. — Black ; punctate : 

 thorax with the sides dull red ; elytra with the lateral margins irregularly 

 pale testaceous, branching off towards the suture near the base, in the 

 middle, and at the tip ; near the scutel is a pale red spot ; legs ferruginous, 

 the posterior pair pitchy-black. (L. l|-l| 1.) London district ; Cambridge; 

 Kimpton ; York ; Carli&le ; Devon ; Ireland, &c. : ©, 



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