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Herbst. vii. pi. 114. f. 4.? — Oval, convex; above testaceous, finely 

 punctured : head and disc of thorax black, the former with a pale crescent 

 before each eye, the latter with 2 small black spots towards the margin ; 

 elytra with a dusky spot on the shoulder, and a deep sutural stria ; legs 

 pale dull red, thighs mostly pitchy-black. (L. 2-3 1. ) London district; 

 Bottisham ; Southend ; Norfolk ; in Scotland, &c. : 4-5. 



703 testaceus Fab. E. i. 252. — Ste. M. ii. 129. — Hy. grisescens Stu. 

 D. F. x. pi. 217. f. 8. — Oblong-ovate, moderately convex ; black; above 

 testaceous ; very much punctured : crown black ; elytra with a deep sutu- 

 ral stria : legs pale. (L. 2-3^ 1.) 



Var. Hy. torquatus Marsh, i. 405. — Ste. M. ii. 129. — Thorax with an 

 obscure brown cloud on the disc ; the base of the elytra rather mottled 

 with dusky. 



Var. Hy. ochropterus Marsh, i. 409. — Ste. M. ii. 1 30. — Black, with the 

 sides of the thorax and the elytra lurid-ochreous ; and a lurid spot before 

 each eye. London district ; Southend ; Norfolk ; in Scotland, &c. : 4-6. 



704 fulvus Marsh, i. 408. — Ste. M. ii. 130. — Oblong-ovate ; black ; 

 punctured : head tawny, crown sometimes dusky ; eyes black ; thorax 

 tawny, disc cloudless ; elytra spotless, with obscure longitudinal dusky 

 lines, and a deep sutural stria; legs testaceous ; thighs dusky. (L. 2^-2^1.) 

 London district ; Southend ; Dorset, &c. : 4-6. 



705 lividus Forst. C. i. 52. — Ste. M. ii. 130. — Hy. chrysomelinus Pz. F. 

 lxvii. f. 15. — Oblong-ovate, flattish ; above pale griseous-yellow, very 

 thickly and finely punctured : crown rather dusky ; disc of thorax some- 

 times clouded with the same ; elytra without a sutural stria ; body dusky- 

 black beneath ; legs reddish ; thighs dusky ; palpi very long ; tips black. 

 (L 2^-3 1.) London district; Bottisham; Kimpton ; Southend; Norfolk: 

 4-6. 



706 marginellus Fab. E. i. 252. — Herbst. viii. pi. 114. f. <2. — Ste. M. ii. 

 131. — Oblong-ovate, flattish; very thickly punctured: shining black, 

 with the outer margins of the thorax and of the elytra dull testaceous, the 

 latter with a sutural stria ; body beneath and legs dull black ; tarsi reddish ; 

 palpi and antennas pale testaceous, club of the latter dusky. (L. 1^-2 1.) 

 London district ; Southend; Kingston-upon-Hull ; Suffolk: 4-6. 



707 affinis Pk. F. i. 185. — Ste. M. ii. 131. — Oblong-ovate, flattish; 

 black ; very thickly punctulated : thorax black, the lateral margins broadly 

 testaceous-brown ; elytra obscure testaceous-brown, the suture darker, and 

 with a single stria ; thighs dull black ; tibias and tarsi dull red : sometimes 

 the thorax and elytra are wholly pale testaceous. (L. 1^-2 1.) London 

 district ; Southend : 4-6. 



708 atricapillus Marsham. — Ste. M. ii. 131. pi. xiv. f. 6. — Somewhat 

 globose ; black ; very thickly punctulated : head with a bent tawny spot 

 on each side ; thorax and elytra spotless lurid testaceous, the latter with a 

 deep sutural stria, and very obscurely punctate striate towards the tip ; 

 palpi and antennae testaceous, club of the latter dusky. (L. 2-2 \ J.) 

 Hertford ; Ripley ; Wandsworth Common ; Copenhagen fields ; Nor- 

 wich ; Southend ; Lawrence Waltham : 4-5. 



125 Laccobius Erichson. 



709 minutus L. ii. 593.? — Hy. bipunctatus Fab. — Pz. F. lxvii. f. 14. — 

 Ste. M. ii. 132. — Somewhat globose; finely punctulated; black: head 

 and disc of thorax brassy, the former with 2 pale spots in front; elytra 

 pale griseous, obscurely irrorated with fusci, and thickly punctate-striate: 

 legs pale. (L. 1|-U 1.) 



Var. Hy. striatulus Fab. E. i. 254. — Ste, M. ii. 133. — Rather larger 

 (1| 1.), the punctures and the stria? in the elytra less deep, and the latter 



