100 PHILHYDRIDA. A NISOTOMIDJE. 



Var. ? Ph. picipes Kirby. — Ste. M. ii. 161. — Striae on the elytra extending 

 from base to apex ; legs and antenna? pitchy-black. London district, 

 On ranunculus (fl.) ; Devonshire: 4-6. 



781 substriatus Gyll. iii. 428. — Ste. M. ii. 161. — Short, ovate, very con- 

 vex ; deep glossy black : elytra impunctate, regularly but faintly punctate- 

 striate, the striae not reaching to the base ; legs pitchy-black, with an ashy 

 pile; antenna; black, the terminal joint obtuse. (L. 11.) London; 

 Suffolk ; Swansea ; Norfolk : 4-6. 



782 nigrinus Ste. M. ii. 162. — Rather elongated, and depressed; black, 

 slightly shining and tinged with brassy ; impunctate : elytra with a very 

 obscure short stria near the suture; legs black. (L. 11.) Near Lon- 

 don ; New Forest ; Swansea : 4-6. 



783 Caricis Stu. D. F. ii. 80. pi. xxi. f. D. ? — - Ste. M. ii. 162. — Ovate; 

 slightly depressed, rather obtuse behind ; very deep glossy black ; im- 

 punctate : elytra obscurely striated, the striae composed of delicate punc- 

 tures; body beneath, legs, and antennae deep black. (L. ff- 1 1.) On 

 Carex acutus, near London, and in Devonshire : 4-6. 



784 Millefolii Pk. F. iii. 439. ? — Ste. M. ii. 162. — Short, ovate, slightly 

 convex ; deep glossy black, beneath pitchy : head and thorax impunctate ; 

 elytra very slightly narrowed behind, finely punctate-striated, the striae 

 rather deep ; legs pitchy-black ; antennae black, the terminal joint rather 

 acute. (L. 4-l£ !•) On Achillea millefolium (fl.) near London, and 

 Halesworth : 4-6. 



785 Achillaeae Marsham. — Ste. M. ii. 162. — Oval; pitchy-black, with a 

 brassy tinge : head and thorax extremely smooth and glossy ; elytra with 

 a single stria near the suture; body dusky -pitchy beneath. ; legs pitchy; 

 antennae black. (L. f 1.) On Achillea millefolium (fl.) near Barham ; at 

 Bristol, &c. : 6. 



786 aeneo-piceus Kirby. — Ste. M. ii. 163. — Short, ovate, convex ; pitchy- 

 brass ; very glossy : head and thorax impunctate ; elytra with a faint 

 sutural stria ; body dull pitchy beneath ; legs and antennae pitchy-red. 

 (L. 7^-f 1.) Near London, and in Norfolk and Suffolk : 5. 



787 bicolor Pk. F. iii. 439. — Ste. M. ii. 163. — Oblong-ovate; very glossy 

 black : head and thorax smooth ; mouth reddish : elytra narrowed at the 

 apex, with 2 striae near the suture, uniting near the tip ; a little within the 

 latter is a dull red spot, sometimes very large, at others almost vanishing ; 

 body beneath, legs, and antennae dull testaceous-red. (L. ^-1 1.) Near 



London, on flowers : 5~6. 



788 afHnis Stu. D. F. ii. 76. pi. xxxi. f. A. — Ste. M. ii. 163. — Ovate ; 

 deep pitchy -black, glossed with brassy ; impunctate : elytra with the apex 

 reddish, or yellowish, and faintly punctate striate on the disc ; body be- 

 neath, legs, and antennae pale reddish-yellow. (L. |1.) Near Lon- 

 don: 6. 



789 Leachiellus Ste. M. ii. 163. — Oblong-ovate; deep fuscous, very 

 glossy : head and thorax smooth, nearly black ; elytra blackish brown, 

 with the apex testaceous, with a single obscure stria near the suture ; 

 antennae and legs testaceous ; body pitchy-red beneath. (L. 1 1.) Near 

 London and Bristol : 4-6. 



790 flavicornis Stu. D. F. ii. 78. pi. 21. f. B. — Ste. M. ii. 164. — Ovate ; 

 glossy black, shining : head and thorax smooth ; elytra with a single 

 stria near the suture, the apex concolorous, or faintly pitchy ; body beneath 

 and legs dull red, the latter with a chestnut tinge ; antennae pale reddish 

 yellow. (L. 1-1 1 1. ) London and Bristol : 4-6. 



791 Stephensii Leach. — Ste. M. ii. 164. — Rather elongate-ovate, of a 

 deep shining brown, tending to chestnut, and slightly tinted with brassy ; 



