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§ B. Empleurus Hope. 



652 tuberculatus Gijll i. 129 Ste. M. ii. 1 13. — Dull-black : thorax 



slightly convex, with 5 very obscure grooves, rather widest in front, sides 

 nearly straight, oblique ; elytra blackish, punctate-striate, the 3 alternate 

 dorsal interstices with several shining elevated tubercles; legs black; palpi 

 and antennae brown. (L. 1-pl^ 1.) Near Southend : 4-6. 



653 nubilus Oliv. E. iii. 6. pi. 1. f. 2.— Ste. M. ii. 113. — Ovate; testa- 

 ceous brown : thorax widest in front, the disc rather convex, punctate, and 

 with 5 grooves, the sides nearly straight and oblique ; elytra with scattered 

 brown clouds, punctate-striate, the alternate interstices elevated, the ridges 

 obscurely crenulated ; antenna?, legs, and palpi testaceous, tip of the latter 

 dusky. (L. If -2 1.) London district; Dorset; Hants; Carlisle; near 

 Edinburgh, &c. : 3-6. 



654 fennicus Pk. F. i. 243. — Ste. M. ii. 113. — Cur. x. pi. 466. — Dusky- 

 rust-colour : thorax with the lateral margins waved, the disc ruggedly 

 punctured, with 5 grooves, the 4 outer ones more or less flexuous ; elytra 

 griseous, punctate-striate, 2d stria abbreviated, the alternate interstices 

 elevated, smooth, with some raised black spots on the ridges behind : legs, 

 palpi, and antenna? pale. (L. 2^-2^1.) Battersea fields; Leith Hill; 

 Ripley; Hatfield; Netley; Dover; Isle of Thanet ; Carlisle; Pentland 

 Hills ; Norfolk, &c. : 3-6. 



114 Enicocerus Stephens. 



655 viridiaeneus Ste. M. ii. 196. pi. xv. f. 6. — Coppery or greenish, shining: 

 head and thorax slightly punctured ; the former with a frontal groove and 

 2 impressions on the crown ; the latter with 2 small fovea? and an oblique 

 stria on each side; elytra deeply punctate-striate; legs dusky-pitchy ; joints 

 and tarsi sometimes black. (L. lg-lf 1.) Near Halifax; and in White- 

 adder River, near Berwick-upon-Tweed ; Water of Leith, &c. ; under 

 stones: 3-9. 



656 Gibsoni Cur. vii. pi. 291. — Ste. M. v. 379. — Like En. viridiaeneus, 

 but the thorax more depressed, and much more strongly punctured, with 6 

 anterior impressions and the oblique stria? broad and oval. (L. l-\\ 1.) 

 With the preceding species. 



657 tristis Cur. fo. 291. — Ste. M. v. 379. — Also like En. viridiaeneus, 

 but black, the thorax less punctured, and the anterior impressions scarcely 

 visible. (L. 1-1^ 1.) Taken with the 2 foregoing insects, of 1 of which 

 it is probably a var. 



115 Ochthebius Leach. 



658 marinus Pk. F. i. 245. — Ste. M. ii. 114. — Glossy, brassy-green : head 

 and thorax punctured ; the latter with 2 transverse curved impressions on 

 the disc, which is rather high, and an obscure bent fovea on each side ; elytra 

 punctate-striate, slightly tinted with greenish-brass, the tip paler ; body 

 black; legs and antenna? pale. (L. f-1 1.) Brackish waters, Hull; 

 Southend, &c. : 5-6. 



659 dilatatus Leach. — Ste. M. ii. 114. — Dusky-brass: head and thorax 

 punctured ; the latter with the sides very much dilated anteriorly, the disc 

 with a longitudinal channel, terminating behind in 2 rather faint im- 

 pressions placed transversely, the hinder angles with a curved fovea ; 

 elytra rather convex, somewhat deeply punctate-striate ; body dusky 

 beneath; legs pitchy ; antennae and palpi pale. (L. g-lil.) London; 

 Spitchweek; Woodlands; Swansea; Netley; Parley Heath, &c. : 5-7. 



660 pygmaeus Fab. E. i. 278. — Ahr. F. viii. f. 7. — Ste. M. ii. 115.— 

 Brown-brass ; head with a transverse line and 2 frontal fovea? ; thorax 



