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Var. Hy. rufipes Ste. M. iv. 100. — Brown, without spots; legs entirely 

 and antenna) pitchy-red. Hedges, &c. : London district ; Bristol ; De- 

 vonshire : 6. 



1866 elongata Pk. F. iii. 236. — Ste. M. iv. 101. — Black, with an ashy 

 pile ; thorax round, with 3 indistinct lines ; elytra elongate, ohscurely 

 spotted with brown ; rostrum rather short and bent ; base of antennae dull 

 red. (L. 3§ 1. ) Fields: London and Edinburgh districts : 6. 



1867 pedestris Pk. F. iii. 233 Ste. M. iv. 102. — Black ; equally clothed 



throughout with ashy scales and pile : thorax convex, rounded on the 

 sides; elytra short, spotless; rostrum shortish, curved. (L. 3 1. ) Meadows: 

 London and Edinburgh districts ; Bristol : 6. 



1868 suspiciosa Herbst. C. vi. 265. pi. 80. f. 3. — Cu. Miles Pk. F. iii. 

 233. — Ste. M. iv. 102. — Black ; densely clothed with ashy pile and 

 scales : thorax convex, rounded on each side ; elytra finely striated, spotted 

 with brown, suture white towards the tip ; antenna? rusty ; rostrum short, 

 bent. (L. 3 1.) Meadows: London district; Bristol; S. Wales: 6. 



1869 Arundinis Fab. E. ii. 521. —Herbst. C. vi. pi. 71. f. 1.— Ste. M. 

 iv. 101. — Black ; densely clothed with testaceous pile and scales : thorax 

 somewhat cylindric, with 2 brown stripes ; elytra spotless ; base of antenna? 

 pitchy; rostrum longish, black. (L. 4-4^1.) Marshy places: Exeter, 

 and in Norfolk : 6. 



383 Ellescus German 



1870 bipunctatus L. ii. 609. — Pz. F. xlii. f. 7. — Ste. M. iv. 103 



Black ; densely clothed with an ashy pile ; elytra each with a large de- 

 nuded round black spot" on the disc ; tibiae, tarsi, and antennae testaceous. 

 (L. 1^-2 1.) Hedges: New Forest ; Raehills and Whim, Peebles-shire: 6. 



384 Plinthus Germar. 



1871 caliginosus Fab. E. S. ii. 427. — Ste. M. iv. 104. — Cu. didymus 

 Don. xvi. pi. 570. — Flat ; dull black ; thorax oblong, ridged, deeply 

 pitted; elytra deeply striate-punctate, the alternate interstices elevated; 

 legs and antennae pitchy, club of the latter ashy. (L. 4^-5 1.) Under 

 stones, &c. : Dover ; Sandgate ; Hastings ; Brighton ; Charlton Wood ; 

 Hampstead : 6-7. 



385 Molytes Schdnherr. 



1872 Germanus L. ii. 613. — Mart. C. pi. 22. f. 68. — Ste. M. iv. 105. 



— Black ; thorax deeply punctured, its sides rounded ; elytra with obscure 

 round foveolets, and numerous dull yellow spots of hair; thighs obsoletely 

 toothed. (L. 8-10 1.) Chalky districts : Dover; Ashdown ; Sandgate; 

 Maidstone, &c. : 6-7. 



1873 coronatus Fourc. E. P. i. 126. — Cu. anglicanus Don. i. pi. 24. f. 2. 



— Ste. M. iv. 105. — Shining, black ; thorax finely punctured, sides 

 rounded, each with 2 yellowish spots ; base and apex with a yellowish 

 fringe ; elytra coriaceous, with some scattered yellowish hairs ; thighs 

 acutely toothed. (L. 6-9\ 1.) Hedges: Darenth Wood; Hertford; 

 Copenhagen fields ; Swansea : 4-6. 



386 Leiosoma Kirby. 



1874 ovatula Clairv. E. H. i. 84. pi. 6. f. 3—4. — Le. punctata Ste. M. 

 iv. 106. — Shining black ; glabrous : thorax thickly and coarsely punc- 

 tured ; elytra deeply punctate-striate, interstices wide ; tarsi and antennas 

 reddish : — sometimes the thorax and legs are wholly dull red. (L. Ii 1.) 



