GtRlttlfS. ORECTOCHElLtfS. 79 



612 minutus Fab. E. i. 276. — Ste. M. ii. 96. pi. xiii. f. 1. — Oblong- 

 ovate ; greenish-blue, shining ; beneath dull red, with the base of the 

 abdomen black : elytra regularly punctate-striate, the reflexed margin and 

 legs pale testaceous. (L. l|-2£l. ) Bristol; Swansea; Ashburton; 

 Netley ; Water of Leith, &c. : 3-6. 



613 aeratus Ste. M. v. 395. — Oblong-ovate; above shining brassy-black; 

 beneath bright brassy : elytra deeply punctate-striate, the reflexed margin 

 brassy; femora pitchy; tibiae and tarsi testaceous. (L. 2 1.) The 

 Cam, near Cambridge : 6. 



614 natator L. ii. 567. — Samon. pi. 2. f. 2. — Ste. M. ii. 97.— Ovate; 

 bluish-black, very glossy : elytra very finely punctate-striate, the reflexed 

 margin, apex of the abdomen, and the legs pale rust-colour ; base of the 

 abdomen brassy-black ; mouth reddish. (L. 2^-3^ 1.) Abundant every- 

 where in England ; also in Scotland : 3-9. *. 



615 substriatus Ste. M. ii. 97. — Gy. mergus Ahr. F. ii. f. 6. ? — Some- 

 what ovate ; above bluish-black, shining, and obscurely tinged with green 

 on the outer edges : elytra very faintly punctate-striate, the striae composed 

 of remote punctures, the reflexed margin bright ferruginous ; apex of 

 abdomen and legs dull red. (L. 3 1.) Near London; Yaxley Fens; 

 Bottisham ; Kimpton ; Yorkshire, &c. : 3-9. 



616 lineatus Hoffmansegg ? — Ste. M. ii. 97. pi. xiii. f. 2. — Ovate; above 

 shining brassy-black, beneath rusty-pitchy : elytra very faintly striated, the 

 dorsal striae nearly obliterated, and their places indicated by obscure 

 reddish lines, visible in certain lights ; outer margin greenish-brass, the 

 reflexed one dull red: legs pale red. (L. 3-3^1.) Slapton Ley, near 

 Dartmouth : 6. 



617 bicolor Fab. E. i. 274. — Cur. ii. pi. 79. — Ste. M. ii. 97. — Oblong; 

 somewhat cylindric, or linear ; blue-black, extremely glossy : elytra elon- 

 gated, slightly narrowed behind, finely punctate-striated, the outer edge 

 brassy, the reflexed one dull red ; body brassy beneath, with the tip of the 

 abdomen pitchy; middle of the breast and the legs dull red. (L. 3-41.) 

 Salt-marshes in Devonshire ; Southend ; Tenbury ; Norfolk ; Covehithe, 

 Suffolk: 4-7. 



105 Orectocheilus Eschscholtz. 



618 villosus ///. K. i. 271. — Pz. F. ci. f. 7 Ste. M. ii. 98. — Oblong; 



above black, or dull brass, clothed with a griseous pile ; beneath pale ferru- 

 ginous : elytra thickly punctured, the reflexed margin reddish ; legs pale ; 

 antennae black, the base and apex pale. (L 2f-3| 1.) Rare near London ; 

 Netley ; Dart, and rivulets near Dartmoor ; Slapton Ley : 4-7. 



§ 2. RYPOPHAGA Stephens (p. 2.) 

 Stirps 1. PHILHYDRIDA MacLeay. 



Fam. 10 Heterocerid^e. Ant. 11 -jointed, 2 basal joints large, the rest form- 

 ing an obscurely serrated mass thickened towards the apex : body flattish : 

 head elongate, deeply inserted into the tho., which is transverse; tibia 

 compressed, spinous; tarsi 4-jointed. 



Fam. 1 1 Parnid^e. Ant. 9-jointed, the 2d with a lobate appendage, the rest 

 forming a clavate serrated mass : body rather cylindric, convex : head 

 deeply inserted into the tho., which is somewhat 4-drate, slightly narrowed 

 in front : tibia cylindric, unarmed ; tarsi filiform, long, 5-jointed. 



Fam. 12 Limniid^e. Ant. 9-, 11-jointed, somewhat filiform, the terminal 

 joints rather largest, and forming a club : body ovate, or subglobose, 

 convex : head inflexed, deeply inserted into the tho., which is rather 4- 



