178 STERNOXI. — EEATERIDiE. 



var. — Dull rusty-red, very much punctured : thorax brighter, with a 

 black streak in the middle, and 1 on each side scarcely touching the base 

 black ; head, antenna?, breast, and base of abdomen black ; base of thighs 

 sometimes pitchy. (L. 4 1. ) In N. of England, and banks of Loch 

 Tay: 5-6. 



1396 fulvicollis Ste. M. iii. 252. — Deep black ; punctured; clothed with 

 yellowish pile : thorax bright tawny-red, rather coarsely punctured ; 

 elytra bluish-black, faintly punctate-striate ; interstices transversely rugu- 

 lose j sides of thorax beneath bright red. (L. 4 1.) Near Bristol. 



272 Ectinus Eschscholtz. 



1397 aterrimus L. ii. 653. — Ste. M. iii. 252. — Cur. xv. pi. 694. — 

 Black, opaque ; thickly punctate : thorax somewhat linear, disc very 

 convex, especially in front, the base with a channel ; elytra crenate-striate, 

 each interstice with a row of short hairs ; legs pitchy ; tarsi reddish. 

 (L. 5-6^-1.) Grassy places : near Twickenham; Deal; Swansea; Wind- 

 sor: 6-7. 



273 Limonius Eschscholtz. 



1398 cylindricus PL F. iii. 24. — Ste. M. iii. 253. — Rather narrow; 

 brassy-brown ; pubescent ; finely punctured : thorax somewhat gibbous 

 in the middle, thickly punctured ; elytra rather faintly punctate-striate ; 

 body beneath, legs and antennae brassy-black, the latter longer than the 

 thorax, slightly serrated ; pectoral mucro incurved, and with a groove. 

 (L. 5-5^1.) 



Var. ? or $ ? El. nigripes Gijll. i. 395. . — Ste. M. iii. 253. — Larger 

 (61.): thorax shorter, more deeply punctured, with a distinct dorsal 

 channel ; sternum somewhat convex ; antennas shorter than the thorax. 

 Hedges : near Birch Wood ; also in Norfolk ; Suffolk ; near Swansea, 

 &c. : 6. 



1399 serraticomis PL F. iii. 21. — Herbst. x. pi. 167. f. 7. — Ste. M. iii. 

 254. — Oblong ; brassy-black ; slightly pubescent : thorax oblong, convex 

 behind, hinder angles rather long, acute, disc thickly punctured ; elytra 

 faintly punctate-striate, interstices thickly punctured; legs fuscous ; an- 

 tennae long, acutely serrated. (L. 2^-3 1.) On flowers, &c, in hedges: 

 near London ; Bristol ; and Wood Ditton, Cambridge : 5-6. 



1400 minutus L. ii. 656. — Ste. M. iii. 254. — El. angustus Herbst. x. 

 pi. 167. f. 4. — Elongate; black; slightly pubescent: thorax shining, 

 oblong, hinder angles short, obtuse, disc punctate, convex behind, sides 

 straight ; elytra flattish ; punctate-striate ; scarcely shining : body brassy 

 beneath; legs black. (L. 3-3^1.) 



Var. ? El. nigro-asneus Marsh, i. 384. — Ste. M. iii. 254. — Above 

 brassy-black, beneath black ; thorax very glossy, faintly punctured ; elytra 

 slightly shining. In hedges : London district ; Swansea ; Edinburgh • 

 4-7. 



1401 Bructeri Fab. E. ii. 243. — Pz. F. xxxiv. f. 13. — Ste. M. iii. 255. 

 — Oblong, convex ; brown-brass : thorax short, punctate, a little waved in 

 front ; sides slightly rounded, hinder angles short, acute ; elytra acute, 

 very faintly striated; interstices punctured : legs dusky-piceous. (L. 2^ 1.) 

 In Norfolk : 6. 



1402 f nigrinus PL F. iii. 39.? — Ste. M. iii. 255. — Elongate; deep 

 opaque black, slightly pubescent : thorax rather oblong, very thickly 

 punctate, with a slight fovea behind, the hinder angles long and with a 

 ridge; elytra flattish, ruggedly punctured across. (L. 3 J 1.) Cob- 

 ham : 9. 



