408 BRACHELYTRA. STFNID.TC. 



3249 dimidiatus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 277. — Narrow; black; obscure ; 

 glabrous ; bead 3-angular, chestnut ; thorax also chestnut, narrowed in 

 front ; with a faint dorsal ridge ; elytra rather convex and punctulated ; legs 

 and antennae testaceous; palpi red. (L. 111.) Grassy places : London 

 district; Suffolk: 4-6. 



3250 sulcicollis Kirby. — Ste. M v. 27 7. — Black ; shining; head somewhat 

 orbiculate, thorax reddish, with a short excavated line towards the hinder 

 margin ; elytra punctured, spotless ; abdomen with the edges of the seg- 

 ments reddish ; legs and antennae also reddish. (L. 1| 1.) Damp grassy 

 places : Dover and Winchelsea : 6-8. 



649 Rugilus Leach. 



3251 orbiculatus Fab. E. ii. 609. — Pz. F. xliii. f. 21. — Ste. M. v. 278. — - 

 Black ; obscure ; glabrous ; minutely rugose-punctate ; thorax with a 

 slightly raised smooth line ; elytra pitchy-black, with the tip and the legs 

 testaceous; antennae and palpi brown. (L. 2-2A 1.) 



Var. Pae. immunis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 278. — Elytra with the apex con- 

 colorous ; legs and antennae brown. Under stones, &c. ; generally distri- 

 buted : . 



3252 punctipennis Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 278. — Black ; slightly pilose ; 

 minutely punctured ; head large, orbiculate ; thorax with a very obscure 

 raised dorsal line ; elytra brassy-black, spotless ; legs testaceous, tips of the 

 4 hinder thighs dusky; antennae and palpi red. (L. 2A-S 1. ) Under 

 stones, &c. : London district ; Suffolk; Devon: 1-6. 



3253 f fragilis Grav. Mi. 140. — Cur. iv. pi. 168. — Ste. M. v. 278. — 

 Black ; rather shining ; finely punctured ; thorax bright red, or testaceous, 

 with a smooth dorsal channel ; elytra pitchy, the extreme edge reddish ; 

 legs pale red; antennae pale testaceous, the tip brighter. (L. 2il.) Moss, 

 &c. ; Walthamstow ; Epping Forest; New Forest; Humby, Lincoln- 

 shire : 1-6. 



650 Pjederus of Authors. 



3254 littoralis Grav. Mi. 61. — Pae. riparius Oliv. E. iii. 44. pi. 1. f. 2. — 

 Don. v. pi. 167. — Ste. M. v. 280. — Wingless; robust; shining red; 

 head, mandibles, apex of abdomen, breast, hinder coxae, and knees black ; 

 elytra blue, or greenish, coarsely punctured ; thorax glabose, somewhat 

 orbiculate: antennae fuscous, base and apex testaceous. (L. 3^-4 1.) 

 Roots of trees, grass, moss, &c. : London district, in Richmond Park, and 

 at Ripley abundant ; widely dispersed : 0. 



3255 riparius L. ii. 684. — Pz. F. ix. f. 11. — Pae. littoralis Ste. M. v. 279. 

 — Shining red ; head, apex of abdomen, breast, and tips of thighs black ; 

 elytra blue or greenish, rather coarsely punctured ; thorax oblong ; an- 

 tennae black, with the base testaceous; mandibles and coxae red. (L. 3|- 

 4 1.) On borders of large rivers : near Southampton ; Devon ; Carlisle ; 

 Cambridge : . 



3256 longipennis Eric. K. i. 517. — Shining red; head, apex of abdomen, 

 breast, and tips of thighs black ; elytra elongate, blue, coarsely punctured ; 

 thorax oblong, with the sides parallel ; antennae black, with the 3 or 4 

 basal joints pale red ; tips of tibiae and of tarsi blackish : mandibles pitchy. 

 (L. 3J-1. ) Banks: London district ; Hants: 4-8. 



3257 fuscipes Cur. iii. pi. 108. — Ste. M. v. 280. — Shining red; head, tip 

 of abdomen, breast, and apex of thighs black ; tibiae and tarsi pitchy- 

 brown ; elytra dark blue or deep green ; coarsely punctured and shortish ; 

 thorax oblong ; mandibles and coxae bright red ; antennae black, the base 

 testaceous. (L. 2-3 1.) On bushes : Clandon Common; New Forest: 

 5-6. 



