HETEROCERUS. 81 



3 at the tip : legs black ; tibial spines and tip of tarsi reddish. (L. 2-3 1.) 

 Shores of Thames and Medway : 4-5. 



623 pusillus Hope. — Ste. M. v. 395. — Very narrow, elongate, convex, 

 fuscous, with a golden pubescence ; elytra with very obscure reddish spots 

 and fascia; ; antennae and legs dull testaceous. (L. 1^-2 1.) 



Var. ? He. minutus De J.? — Ste. M. ii. 102. — The spots on the elytra 

 brighter. Aberystwith : 5-6. Southend : 4. var. ? 



Fam. 11. PARNID^ Leach. 



cvii. Parnus Ant. with the lobe of the 2d joint very large, and much pro- 

 duced within, the mass of the club compact, and serrated on one side, joints 

 indistinct : tho. with a longitudinal impression on each side : legs short ; 

 anter. and interm. of nearly equal length. 



cviii. Dryops Ant. with club rather sharply serrated within, the joints not 

 very compact : tho. without any longitudinal impressions : legs rather 

 long ; interm. longer than anter. 



107 Parnus Fabricius. 



624 prolefericornis Fab. E. i. 332. — Pz. F. xiii. f. 1. — Ste. M. ii. 103.— 

 Elongate, olivaceous, clothed with a griseous pubescence ; minutely punc- 

 tured : elytra very obscurely striated, the striae almost obliterated on the 

 sides and apex ; legs dull red, with the tibiae dusky. (L. 2-2^ 1.) 



Var. Pa. sericeus Leach. — Sam. pi. 3. f. 10. — Clothed with a rich golden 

 greenish pubescence. Pond sides, &c, Battersea fields; Ockham Heath; 

 Epping ; Netley; Near Carlisle ; Edinburgh, &c. : 4-5. 



625 impressus Cur. ii. pi. 80. — Ste. M. ii. 104. — Olive-brown, minutely 

 punctured, villose : thorax with a fovea on each side, near the base ; elytra 

 with 7 or 8 obscure punctured striae ; base of thighs, and tips of tibiae, 

 tarsi and antennae, and the claws dull red. (L 2-2^-1.) Near London ; 

 Battersea fields; and in Norfolk : 4. 



626 auriculatus Oliv. E. iii. pi. 1. f. 1. a. e. — Ste. M. ii. 104. — Ovate, 

 black, pubescent ; thickly punctured : scutellum clothed with tawny 

 pubescence ; elytra rather shining, deeply punctured, and clothed with 

 rather distinct, erect, fuscous hair; body pitchy-black beneath ; legs pitchy- 

 red ; tibiae dusky. (L. 2-2^1.) Wandsworth Common; Kimpton ; Mar- 

 ton ; Pentland Hills, &c. : 4-5. 



627 bicolor Curtis. — Ste. M. ii. 104. — Minutely punctured, with coarse, 

 imperfect striae at the base of the elytra ; head and thorax black ; elytra, 

 legs, and antennae ferruginous. (L. 2 1.) Norfolk. 



108 Dryops Olivier. 



628 f Dumerilii Lat. J. ii. 56. — Ste. M. v. 396. — Elliptic, somewhat 

 cylindric ; dusky ; with a golden-yellow pubescence, and covered with 

 minute elevated points : elytra with very obscure elevated lines, producing 

 the appearance of being striated; tarsi reddish. (L. 2§ 1.) Banks of 

 Wandle, near Garrat Green ; and in Yorkshire. 



Fam. 12. LIMNIID^E Stephens. 



cix. Elmis Ant. 11-jointed, as long as the tho., slightly thickened at the tip: 



body ovate, convex, 

 ex. Stenelmis Ant. 11-jointed, scarcely so long as the tho., slender: body 



narrow, linear, flattish ; terminal ventral segment notched, 

 cxi. Georyssus Ant. 9-jointed, short, terminated by a large ovate 3-articulate 



club : body subglobose, 



