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red. (L. 2-2^1.) Grassy places : London district ; Devon; Cornwall; 

 Swansea ; Cambridge ; near Edinburgh, &c. 



1387 acuminatus Ste. M. iii. 248. — Rather narrowed behind; fuscous; 

 pubescent ; punctured : thorax obscure, hinder angles dull testaceous ; 

 scutellum dull ochreous ; elytra fuscescent, with a broad testaceous streak 

 on the disc, faintly punctate-striate, interstices thickly punctured ; legs 

 and antenna? testaceous. (L. 2^-3 1.) In hedges: near London (Coombe 

 Wood), and Devon ; 5-6. 



269 Dolopius Eschscholtz. 



1388 marginatus L. ii. 654. — Ste. M. iii. 248 El. lateralis Oliv. E. ii. 



pi. 8. f. 80. — Pitchy-brown, varying to testaceous ; slightly pubescent : 

 margin of the thorax and the legs rusty-red ; scutellum dusky ; elytra 

 testaceous, with the suture and margins generally black ; regularly punc- 

 tate-striate, interstices roughly punctured. (L. 3-3^ 1.) Among herbage, 

 in woods : London district ; Bottisham ; Swansea ; Carlisle ; Edinburgh : 

 4-7. 



270 Agriotes Eschscholtz. 



1389 sputator L. ii. 654. — Ste. M. iii. 249. — El. variabilis Herbst. C. 

 x. pi. 164. f. 11. — Black; pubescent, slightly shining: thorax longer 

 than broad, sides nearly straight ; anterior edge and hinder angles testa- 

 ceous ; elytra deeply punctate-striate, dull testaceous, or dusky, rarely 

 blackish ; legs and antenna? pale testaceous. (L. 3-3^ 1.) Meadows and 

 pastures : very abundant throughout the S. of England : 0, >|c. 



1390 obscurus L. ii. 65. — Mart. C. pi. 30. f. 20. — Ste. M. iii. 249. — 

 Short ; brown-black, pubescent ; opaque ; very obtuse in front : thorax 

 gibbous, sides rounded ; scutellum black ; elytra faintly punctate-striate, 

 pale dusky-black ; thighs pitchy-black ; tibiae, tarsi, and antenna; dusky 

 rust-colour. (L. 4-4^ 1.) Meadows, &c. : also abundant everywhere : 



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1391 lineatus L. ii. 653. — Ste. M. iii. 250. — El. striatus Pz. F. xciii. f. 

 13. — Fuscous, with a griseous pile: thorax blackish, margins nearly 

 straight, hinder angles very acute ; elytra punctate-striate, the stria; in 

 pairs ; griseous, with the narrowed interstices fuscous or dusky ; antennas 

 and legs rusty-red. (L. 4-4^1.) Pastures, &c. ; generally distributed : 

 0, *. 



1392 pilosus Fab. E. ii. 241. — Ste. M. v. 414. — Flattish ; fuscous with 

 an ashy pile : thorax coarsely punctured, hinder angles slightly bent out- 

 wards ; elytra palish fuscous, regularly punctate-striate, interstices finely 

 punctured; legs and antennae dull red. (L. 4-5 1.) In grassy places : 

 near Southend : 6. 



271 Sericosomus Serville. 



1393 fugax Fab. E. ii. 237. — Ste. M. iii. 251. — Black, very much punc- 

 tured ; clothed with a golden pile : elytra dull chestnut, or dull brown, 

 rather faintly striated ; apex of the abdomen slightly testaceous ; tip of 

 the thighs, the tibiae, and tarsi dull red. (L. 3|- 1.) Near Brocken- 

 hurst : 6. 



1394 brunnipennis Step. — El. brunneus Ste. M. iii. 252. — Dull black; 

 opaque : thorax with the anterior and hinder angles dull rusty red, the 

 sides beneath the same ; elytra dull brown, finely striated ; apex of 

 thighs, tibiae, and tarsi dull testaceous ; tip of abdomen dull red. 

 (L. 4-4^1.) Hedges: London district; New Forest and N. of Eng- 

 land : 6. 



1395 brunneus L. ii. 653. — Herbst. A. pi. 27. f. 6. — Ste. M. iii. 252. 



