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e. Post, tarsi with all the joints ciliated beneath in the $ . 



580 confinis Gyll. i. 511. — Ste. M. ii. 80 Oval; flattish ; black; head 



and thorax finely punctulate : elytra very smooth, the outer edge indeter- 

 minately pitchy-testaceous, the disc with 3 irregular rows of punctures at 

 the base ; hinder segments of the abdomen edged with dull red ; legs 

 pitchy-black; anterior tibiae and tarsi reddish. (L. 4 1.) London district, 

 and Netley : 5-6. 



581 Sturmii Gyll. i. 493. — Ste. M. ii. IS. — Stu.D. F. viii. pi. 195. f. 

 G. — Oval; very delicately reticulate-strigose, black: sides of thorax, 

 antennae and legs dull red ; elytra fuscous, with the outer margin pale or 

 yellowish; the disc with 3 obscure rows of punctures. (L. 4-4^1.) 

 London district; Cambr. ; Abbots' Ann ; Newcastle ; Edinburgh, &c. :(• . 



582 aterrimus Ste. M. ii. 79. — Somewhat ovate ; very obscurely striated ; 

 black, with a brassy tinge and slightly shining : crown immaculate ; elytra 

 immaculate, with 3 very obsolete rows of punctures at the base, and some 

 rather distinct ones towards the tip ; legs pitchy-black ; antennas red. 

 (L. 4 1.) London district : 6. 



583 bipustulatus L. ii. 667. — Oliv. iii. pi. 3. f. 26. — Ste. M. ii. 80. — 

 Ovate ; rather flattened behind ; the entire surface thickly and distinctly 

 covered with slender longitudinal anastomosing stria? ; black : crown with 

 2 very distinct red spots ; legs pitchy ; elytra variable in tint, more or less 

 pitchy, or testaceous, with 3 rows of punctures. (L. 4^-5^ 1.) 



Var. Co. Snowdonius Ent. M. (Newm.) i. 55. — Ste. M. v. 394. — Blackish 

 , brass; elytra with 3 obscure elevated lines. Common everywhere: 0. *. 

 Var. Snowdon. 



584 Grapii Gyll. i. 505. Ahr. F. vi. 1 . — Ste. M. ii. 67. — Oblong-ovate ; 

 flat; finely punctulated ; black; crown with a dull red crescent; thorax 

 short, waved behind, the hinder angles acute ; elytra with 3 faint punctate 

 striae ; mouth, antennae and anterior legs dull red ; hinder legs pitchy- 

 black. (L. 5^-6 1.) Ditches, Birch Wood ; Whittlesea Mere ; Norfolk: 

 4-6. 



(585f cicur Fab. E. i. 262. — Ste. M. ii. 67. note. — Co. consobrinus Cur. 

 v. pi. 207. — Oblong-ovate ; smooth ; shining black : crown with a rusty 

 spot; thorax with its outer margin and an obscure central line dull rusty- 

 red; elytra yellowish, irrorated with black, with 3 yellow lines, and 3 

 obscurely punctate striae; legs dusky- testaceous. (L. 8 1.) Said to be 

 taken at Snaresbrook ; but a native of the Cape of Good Hope. ) 



§ E. Lab. palpi with 2d joint nearly equal in length with 3d ; body very convex ; 

 narrowed behind : elytra not striated transversely : — Ilybius Erichson. 



586 fuliginosus Fab. E. i. 263. — Ste. M. ii. 67. — Dy. lacustris Pz. F. 

 xxxviii, f. 14. — Oblong-ovate; above obscure brass, or bronzed, with the 

 lateral margins broadly yellowish, or testaceous ; beneath rusty-brown : 

 elytra with an obscure punctate stria ; legs and antennae pale reddish. ( L. 

 A\-5 1. ) Clear streams, London district ; Bottisham ; Andover ; Bristol ; 

 West of England ; Swansea; Norfolk; Scotland, &c. : 3-7. 



587 subaeneus Erich. K. i. 116. — Oval, cenvex ; above obscure brassy, 

 opaque : thorax and elytra with a narrow brown margin ; the latter with 



2 minute whitish spots ; beneath brown ; legs reddish. (L. 5 1.) London 

 district : 3-5. 



588 fenestratus Fab. E. i. 264. — Ste. M. ii. 82. — Dy. aeneus Pz. F. 

 xxxviii. f. 16. — Oblong-ovate; convex; brassy-black; slightly shining: 

 thorax and elytra with a rather broad rusty-brown margin, the latter with 



3 rows of punctures placed rather irregularly, and with 2 whitish pellucid 



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