DIANOUS. STENUS. 409 



3258 ruficollis Fab. E. ii. 608. — Pz. F. xxvii. f 22. — Ste. M. v. 281 



Black ; slightly shining ; head bluish-black ; thorax bright red, very- 

 convex ; elytra deep blue, coarsely punctured ; legs and antenna 1 black ; 

 basal joint of the latter testaceous beneath. (L. 3 1.) On the coasts: 

 Swansea and Barmouth : 5-7. 



3259 sanguinicollis Ste. M. v. 281. — Violet, shining ; head orbiculate, 

 punctured ; thorax bright red, obcordate ; elytra bright blue, thickly 

 punctured ; abdomen black, its apex bluish ; legs and antennae wholly 

 black. (L. 3 1.) North coast of Devon and coast of Glamorganshire; 6". 



651 Dianous Leach. 



3260 caerulescens Gyll. ii. 463. — Cur. iii. pi. 107. — Di. rugulosus Ste. M. 

 v. 436. — Blue-black, rather obscure, punctured, clothed beneath with a 

 whitish down ; elytra each with a round central tawny red spot ; legs 

 long ; tibia?, tarsi, and antenna? black. $ with the penult, segment of 

 the abdomen deeply notched. (L. 2-2^ 1.) Damp places: Southgate ; 

 Hastings ; Spitchweek and Woodland, Devon ; Iioslyn Castle and banks 

 of Annan, &c. : 5-9. 



652 Stenus Latreille. 



§ A. Abdomen margined, a. Elytra spotted. 

 S261 bimaculatus Gyll. ii. 466. — Ste. M. v. 301. — Black; thickly and 

 deeply punctured, and with a scanty whitish pile ; thorax with a deep 

 dorsal furrow ; elytra with a round tawny spot ; legs tawny ; knees and 

 tarsi black ; palpi luteous, tip dusky. (L. 3 1.) In damp places : London 

 district ; Yorkshire ; S. Wales : 5-6. 



3262 biguttatus L. ii. 685. ? — Samou. pi. 4. f. 13. — Ste. M. v. 302. — Black, 

 with a brassy tinge ; very thickly and deeply punctured ; with a delicate 

 silvery pile ; thorax with a short basal impression ; elytra with a round 

 yellow dot ; legs black ; antennae pitchy ; palpi ochreous, with the tip 

 black. (L. 2-2^1.) Damp places: Hertford; Ripley; Suffolk; Nor- 

 folk: 5-6. 



3263 guttula Ger. M. (Mull.) iv. 225. — St. Kirbii Leach. — Cur. iv. 

 pi. 164. — Ste. M. v. 302. — Black; densely and deeply punctured, clothed 

 with a thick golden-ashy pile ; thorax with the disc uneven ; elytra coarsely 

 punctured, with a round ochreous spot ; legs ochreous ; tips of thighs, 

 tibiae, and tarsi, and base of tibiae, dusky-black ; palpi pale, with the tip 

 dusky. (L. 1^-2 1.) On the banks of the Croydon canal ; in Yorkshire ; 

 Devon; Suffolk: 5-6. 



3264 bipunctatus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 302. — Black, with a brassy tinge ; 

 closely and deeply punctured, with a dense whitish pile ; thorax with an 

 obscure channel ; elytra impressed behind the suture, coarsely punctured, 

 with a tawny central dot ; legs black, base of thighs and the tibia 3 luteous. 

 (L. l:f-2 1.) Damp places: Coombe Wood ; Norfolk ; Suffolk ; Carlisle ; 

 Devon : 5-6. 



3265 bipustulatus L. ii. 685. — Ste. M. v. 303. — Black, glabrous, rather 

 obscure ; thickly and coarsely punctured ; thorax with a basal impression ; 

 elytra flatfish near the suture, coarsely punctured, with a round rusty dot 

 in the middle ; legs black; base of palpi testaceous. (L. 2] 1.) Damp 

 places : Hampstead ; Hertford ; Lancashire ; Swansea : 5-7. 



3266 bimaculosus Stephens. — St. binotatus Kirby. — Ste. M. v. 303. — 

 Black, slightly punctured, with a pale ashy pile ; thorax narrowed be- 

 hind ; elytra unequal, pitchy, with a round tawny spot behind the middle ; 

 legs, antennae, and palpi black. (L. 2j ].) Damp places : London dis- 

 trict; Norfolk: 5-7. 



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