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London district ; Kimpton; Salop; Devon ; Newcastle ; near Edinburgh, 

 &c. : 2-6. 



562 chalconotus III. K. i. 260. — Pz. F. xxxviii. f. 17 Ste. M. ii. 76. — 



Oblong-ovate ; slightly convex ; very finely reticulate-strigose ; above 

 brassy-black, shining ; beneath black : sides of thorax and of" elytra dull 

 pitchy-red ; disc of the latter with 3 rows of scattered impressions ; legs 

 pitchy-red; posterior pair darkest. (L. 4 1.) 



Var. ? Co. cyaneus Ste. M. v. 394. — Elytra blue-black, shaded off towards 

 the margins to pitchy ; disc scarcely reticulated ; femora dusky. London 

 district; Kimpton; Swansea; Netley; York; Scotland, &c: (T\ 



563 montanus Leach. — Ste. M. ii. 76. — Ac. neglectus Erich. K. i. 158? 



— Somewhat ovate; slightly flattened, very finely reticulate-strigose; brassy- 

 black, with the edges of the thorax concolorous : coronal dots obsolete ; 

 elytra with the lateral margin dvdl pitchy ; the disc with 3 faint punctate 

 striae; legs pitchy-red. (L. 3-3^1. ) Dartmoor; Netley: 3-6. 



564 nigroameus Marsh, i. 428. — Ste. M. ii. 77. — Oblong-ovate ; rather 

 convex ; finely reticulate-strigose ; above brassy-black : with the mouth, and 

 margins of the thorax and of the elytra pitchy, brown ; the disc of the 

 latter with 3 punctate stria? ; body beheath, legs and antenna? pitchy-red. 

 (L. 4-4^ 1.) London district ; Epping Forest ; Southend ; in Scotland : 3-6. 



b. Post, tarsi, with 2 basal joints ciliated beneath in the g . 



565 affinis Pk. F. i. 211. — Ste. M. ii. 78. — Stu. D. F. viii. pi. 197. f. A. 



— Oblong-ovate, slightly convex ; finely punctate-strigose ; black : elytra 

 with 2 slender pale pellucid streaks, and 3 rows of irregular punctures ; 

 base of antenna? and legs red. (L. 3. 1.) Near London ; Netley; and in 

 Norfolk: 3-4. 



566 paludosus Fab. E. i. 266. — Ste. M. ii. 74. — Oval ; flatfish; smooth, 

 glossy -black : sides of thorax broadly ferruginous ; elytra with 2 regularly 

 and 1 irregularly punctate stria? ; fuscous, with the base and margins 

 testaceous-yellow ; legs dull ferruginous ; posterior pitchy ; abdomen 

 sometimes testaceous beneath. (L. 3^ 1. ) Running streams ; near London ; 

 Bottisham, Bristol, Swansea, Netley ; in Devon, Hants, Wilts, &c. : 3-9. 



567 branchiatus Loud. M. N. H. (Bab. ) v. 329. — Ste. M. v. 394. — Oblong- 

 ovate ; slightly convex; very finely punctate-strigose: elytra with an 

 obscure transparent line towards the apex ; legs fuscous ; antenna? 

 ferruginous. (L. 3 1.) North Wales: 5-6. 



c. Post, tarsi with 3 basal joints ciliated beneath in £ . 



568 congener Pk. F. i. 214. — Ste. M. ii. 73.— Oval; flatfish; very finely 

 punctulate, substrigose ; black : elytra fuscous, with the outer margin paler, 

 the disc with 3 irregular punctate stria? : legs dull red ; thighs pitchy, with 

 dusky spots. (L. 3\ 1.) Suffolk and Norfolk; rare near London: 6. 



569 femoralis Pk. F. i. 215.— Ste. M. ii. 77 Co. assimilis Stu. D. F. 



viii. pi. 196. f. C. — Oblong-ovate; flattish ; punctulated ; brassy-black, 

 with the sides of the thorax and of the elytra paler ; legs reddish ; anterior 

 thighs thickened, of the £ with a dense pale fringe of hairs beneath, of the 



$ with a slighter one. (L. 2f-3 1. ) Kensington Gardens; Southend; 

 Cambridge; S. Wales; Longnor, Salop; Parley Heath, &c. : 3-9. 



570 uliginosus L. ii. 667. — Ste. M. ii. 78. — Stu. D. F. viii. pi. 196. f. B. 

 — Oval ; convex ; slightly punctulated ; shining black, or with a brassy 

 tinge ; with the sides of the thorax and of the elytra, and the legs and 

 antennae, rusty-red. (L. 3^-1.) Windsor; Southend ; Winterborne Stoke, 

 Weyhill ; Edinburgh ; and Aberdeenshire : 4-9. 



571 abbreviatus Fab. E. i. 265. — Pz. F. xiv. f. 1.— Ste. M. ii. 75.— 



