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684 truncatellus Fab. E. i. 255. — Ste. M. ii. 120. — Hy. parvulus Herbst. 

 viii. pi. 114. f. 10. — Short, ovate, obtuse behind: deep black, very 

 smooth and glossy, with the lateral margins of the thorax and of the elytra 

 concolorous ; legs pitchy ; palpi reddish. (L. 1-1^1.) London; Netley ; 

 Norfolk; Suffolk: 4-6. 



685 marginalis Ste. M. ii. 120. — Short, ovate : glossy black ; with the hinder 

 angles of the thorax and lateral margins of the elytra pitchy-testaceous ; the 

 tip of the latter sometimes reddish ; legs pitchy. (L. 1 1.) London; 

 Netley ; Devonshire : 4-6. 



686 nigrinus Marsh, i. 77. — L. nigricans Ste. M. ii. 121. —Oblong- 

 ovate, obtuse: black, slightly glossy, smooth ; the lateral margins of the thorax 

 and of the elytra concolorous ; legs and antennae pitchy : sometimes pitchy- 

 testaceous, with the legs and antennae paler. (L. ^-1^1.) Near London ; 

 Kimpton ; Bottisham ; Dorset; &c. : 4-6. 



687 lutosus Marsh, i. 407. — Ste. M. ii. 121. — Oblong-ovate ; dusky 

 black, or brown, shining ; elytra veryobsoletely punctate-striate ;legs pitchy ; 

 thorax rough, with transverse fiexuous elevated lines. (L. f L) Near 

 London ? 



688 mollis Marsh, i. 407. — Ste. M. ii. 121. — Ovate, slightly narrowed 

 behind ; rather convex, black, shining : thorax, elytra, and legs testaceous- 

 brown, the lateral margins of the former palest. (L. a 1.) Near London ; 

 Bottisham: 4-6. 



689 picinus Marsh, i. 407. — Ste. M. ii. 121. — Ovate, narrowed behind, 

 slightly convex, shining piceous ; the margins of the thorax rather paler ; 



legs pale testaceous or reddish. (L. £ 1.) Near Lond 



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690 nitidus Marsh, i. 407. — Ste. M. ii. 122. — Ovate, flattened; glossy 

 black, with the margins of the thorax, and the legs pale red, or pitchy. 

 (L. §-fl.) Near London : 4-6. 



119 Hydrophilus Geoffroy. 



691 piceus L. ii. 664. — Cur. v. pi. 239. — Ste. M. ii. 122. — Olive-black, 

 the edges of the elytra with a purplish or greenish tinge : the disc of the 

 latter with 8 simple striae, the alternate interstices with a continuous row 

 of irregular punctures, deepest towards the apex ; abdomen deep black, 

 with dull testaceous marginal spots ; legs pitchy ; antennae reddish ; club 

 dusky. (L. 1 in. 4-8 1.) Ponds in brick-fields, Chelsea ; Copenhagen- 

 fields ; Camberwell ; at Ealing ; Paddington ; Croydon Canal ; Bottis- 

 ham Fen ; Whittlesea and Yaxley Meres ; Newcastle ; Dorset ; &c. : 3-6. 



120 HmRiECHUs Stephens. 



692 caraboides L. ii. 664. — Cur. iv. pi. 159. — Ste. M. ii. 123. — Ovate; 

 shining black ; sometimes tinted with violet or greenish : head punctured 

 on the sides ; thorax the same, and with 2 oblique punctate fovea? on the 

 disc in front ; elytra with 5 punctate striae, the 2 lateral ones somewhat 

 confluent, and between each stria 2 obtuse lines of punctures ; tibiae and 

 tarsi pitchy ; antennae and palpi dull-red, the club of the former black. 

 (L. 8-10 1.) London district; Whittlesea Mere, &c. : 0, -K-. 



121 Spercheus Fabricius. 



693 emarginatus Fab. E. i. 248. — Ste. M. ii. 124. — Cur. ix. pi. 394. — 

 Dusky ; rather opaque : head blackish, flat ; thorax pitchy-brown, the 

 sides pale ; elytra coarsely and irregularly punctate-striate, the alternate 

 interstices somewhat elevated, especially behind ; ashy-brown, with scat- 

 tered dusky spots ; body dusky beneath ; legs dull red, or pitchy, tibia? 

 and tarsi paler ; palpi and antenna? pale testaceous, club of the latter 



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