180 STERNOXI. — ELATERIDJE. 



silken pubescence, disposed in somewhat irregular bands on the elytra ; 

 legs testaceous-brown, tibia? and tarsi palest. (L. 4^-6 1.) Hedges, &c, 

 Coombe and Darenth Woods ; Epping ; Swansea ; Devon ; Newcastle ; 

 Edinburgh : 5-6. 



216 Agrypnus Eschscholtz. 



1414 murinus L. ii. 655. — Mart. pi. 31. f. 17.— Ste. M. iii. 259.— Broad; 

 dusky-black ; densely pubescent ; variegated with whitish above ; beneath 

 uuiform griseous-ash ; thighs and tibia? pitchy ; tarsi and antenna? dull 

 red. (L. 5-8^ 1.) Very abundant, everywhere: 5-6, '%. 



(1415 1 fasciatus~£. ii. 655.— Pz. F. lxvi. f. 2. — Ste. M. iii. 259. note 



Black : thorax shagreened, clothed with small silvery scales; elytra varied 

 with white scales, and with a waved band of silvery ones a little beyond 

 the middle. (L. 6 1.) Erroneously stated to be British.) 



1416f varius Fab. E. ii. 229. — Pz. F. lxxvi. f. 3.— Ste. M. iii. 275. — 

 Black, with a reddish tinge : side of the thorax, base of the elytra, and a 

 broad band near the tip of the latter densely clothed with yellowish down; 

 legs and antenna? dull red. (L. 5h 1.) Windsor Forest : 6. 



277 Hvpolithus Eschscholtz. 



1417 riparius Fab. E. ii. 243.— Ste. M. iii. 260. — Herb st. x. pi. 165. 

 f. 12. — Glossy brassy-brown ; slightly punctured: elytra finely striated; 

 legs testaceous-red ; antenna? with 2 or 3 basal joints testaceous, remainder 

 black. (L. 2^-3^ 1.) Grassy places: rare in London district; in N. 

 of mountainous parts of Wales ; Barmouth ; Swansea ; Edinburgh abun- 

 dantly, &c. : 5-6. 



1418 rivularius Gyll. i. 403 Ste. M. iii. 261. — El. riparius Pz. F. xxxiv. 



f. 12. — Black; above brassy; slightly punctured: head with a broad 

 frontal impression : thorax with the hinder angles rusty-red ; elytra rather 

 deeply striated, the outer margin more or less dull red ; legs and antenna? 

 wholly testaceous-red. (L. 2|-3 1.) Gloucestershire: 6. 



278 Crvptohvpnus Eschscholtz. 



1419 Agricola Zetterstedt. — Gyll. iv. 357. — Ste. M. iii. 261. — Black, 

 slightly pubescent : thorax short, convex, sides expanded in front, hinder 

 angles pale, disc not carinated ; elytra with a large oblong pale spot on 

 the shoulder and a small narrow one near the tip ; legs, mouth, and 

 antenna? pale red. (L. 1^-1^1. ) Grassy places : Bristol; Netley : 5-6. 



1420 4-pustulatus Fab. E. ii. 248. — Don. xvi, pi. 545. — \Ste. M. iii. 261. 

 — Black, slightly pubescent : thorax convex, the sides dilated in the 

 middle, the disc with a slight dorsal ridge ; elytra flattish ; with a pale 

 yellowish spot on the shoulder and a smaller rounded one near the tip 

 (rarely wanting) ; mouth and legs ochreous ; antenna? black, the base tes- 

 taceous. (L. 1^-1^1.) Grassy places : Dulwich ; Hertford; Battersea 

 and Copenhagen fields ; Epping ; Swansea ; Devonshire ; Dublin ; Edin- 

 burgh, &c. : 6. 



1421 Dermestoides Herbst. x. 85. pi. 165. f. 10. — Ste. M. iii. 262.— 

 Black, slightly pubescent : thorax short, sides scarcely dilated ; angles 

 concolorous, disc not carinated : elytra faintly striated, spotless ; legs and 

 antenna? pale red. (L. lj|-l-| ^) London district, &c, in grassy 

 places : 6. 



1422 pulchellus L. ii. 656. — Pz. F. lxxvi. f. 8. — Ste. M. iii. 262.— 

 Oblong ; black ; convex : thorax rather long, the sides rounded and di- 

 lated in the middle ; disc very convex, with a faint dorsal ridge ; elytra 

 deeply punctate-striate, interstices slightly raised; disc more or less spotted 



