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548 semipunctatus Fab. E. i. 271. — sparsus Cur. v. pi. 236. — Ste. M. ii. 



63. — Dark ferruginous, shining: elytra darker, or dusky, with the mar- 

 gins paler, the disc with numerous coarse punctures, placed in 3 somewhat 

 regular lines at the base, but scattered irregularly towards the tip ; 

 abdomen pale ferruginous. (L. 2-2f 1.) Near London; Kimpton ; 

 Southend; in Norfolk and Suffolk; 3-6. 



97 Laccophilus Leach. 



549 minutus L. ii. 667. — Dy. interruptus Pz. F. xxvi. f. 5. — Ste. M. ii. 



64. — Ovate ; slightly convex ; pale : head and thorax yellowish ; elytra 

 dusky-greenish, with the outer margin, some irregular spots connected 

 therewith, and 1 or 2 faint lines, pale ; legs dull red. (L. 2 1.) London 

 district; Cambridge; Norfolk; Suffolk; near Marton, Carlisle, &c. ; 

 Duddingston Loch, Scotland ; #. 



550 hyalinus Be. G. iv. 406. pi. 15. f. 21-23. — La. minutus? Ste. M. ii. 

 64. — Oblong-ovate, flattish : thorax yellow, spotless ; elytra greenish- 

 brown, with the outer margin and some spots connected therewith, and at 

 the base paler ; legs yellowish. (L. 2 1.) With the preceding ; but more 

 frequently. Q %.. 



98 Colymbetes Clairville. 

 § A. Lab. palpi with 2d joint longer than 3d : elytra striated transversely : — 



CYMATOrTERUS EscflScholtz. 



551 Paykulli Erich. K. i. 149. — Co. striatus Clair, ii. 198. pi. 29 f. A.— 

 Oblong ; above fuscous : thorax dull red, blackish in the middle, elytra 

 very tinely striated transversely ; body beneath epipleura? and legs pitchy- 

 black. (L. 8-9 1.) London district : 3-6. 



552 striatus L. ii. 665.?— Ste. M. ii. 68. — Mart. C. pi. 34. f. 27.? — 

 Oblong ; above fuscous : thorax testaceous, with a short black stripe in 

 the middle ; elytra transversely strigose ; body beneath black, epipleuras 

 testaceous ; legs and edges of the abdominal segments dull red. (L. 8-9^ 1. ) 

 London district ; Norfolk ; Suffolk ; Devon ; Dorset ; Cambridge ; 

 Glouc. ; Marton ; Carlisle ; Scotland, &c. . 



553 fuscus L. ii. 665. — Clair, ii. 200. pi. 29. f. B. — Ste. M. ii. 69. — 

 Oblong-ovate ; above fuscous : thorax and lateral margin of the elytra 

 testaceous, and the latter transversely strigose ; the former dusky in the 

 middle ; body beneath black ; epipleura? testaceous ; and legs fuscous. 

 (L. 8-9 1.) With the preceding; most abundant at Whittlesea Mere; 

 3-6. 



§ B. Palpi as in § A : — Elytra not striated transversely, sometimes acicu- 

 lated in ^ : — Rant us Eschscholtz. 



554 pulverosus Knock. — Ste. M. ii. 69. pi. xii. f. 2. — Oblong-ovate ; 

 slightly depressed ; above yellowish ; beneath black : head behind, and a 

 transverse spot in the middle of the thorax, black ; elytra very thickly 

 irrorated with black, leaving the outer edge and a narrow line on the 

 suture spotless ; on the disc are 3 punctate lines ; 4 anterior legs yellow, 

 hinder pair black with tips of thighs pale. (L. 6-6^ 1.) London district j 

 Kimpton ; Appleshaw ; Cambridge, &c. , 3-5. 



555 notatus Fab. E. i. 267. — Oliv. iii. pi. 5. f. 47 Ste. M. ii. 70 



Oblong-ovate, slightly convex ; above testaceous ; beneath black : crown 

 black, with two pale spots ; thorax with the base and a spot in the middle 

 black ; elytra thickly irrorated with black, the outer edge and a narrow 

 sutural line pale ; tip of sternum testaceous ; abdomen of $ with edges of 



