4 



M. Wetterhallii, Gyll. Pitchy black, shining ; antennae and 

 legs red ; base of elytra, reddish brown ; two and a half 

 lines ; under stones in estuaries. PL 3, fig. 5. 



Group II. PjECILINI. Shuckard. 



Genus [22]. Pogonus. Zieg. Four species. 



P. Burrellii, Curt, Greenish bronzy ; antennse fuscescent ; 

 elytra ochraceous ; legs testaceous ; four lines ; coasts of 

 Norfolk. PL 3, fig. 6. 

 Genus [23]. P^cilus. Bonelli. Four species, 



P. dimidiatus, Fab. Black ; head and thorax with a rich 

 coppery-red tinge ; elytra silky green ; six lines ; sandy 

 heaths. PI. 3, fig. 7. 

 Genus [24], Sogines punctulatus is not British and therefore not 



figured here. 

 Genus [25]. Omaseus. Zieg. Eleven species. 



O. melanarius, Illig. Atrous black and shining ; 7 — Qi 

 lines; common beneath stones in gardens. PI. 3, fig. 8. 

 Genus [26] . Argutor. Megerle. Nine species. 



A. inequalis, Marsh. Atrous black and shining ; three 

 lines ; under stones on the banks of the Thames. PI. 4, 

 fig. 1. 



Genus [27]. Platyderus. Steph. One species. 



P. ruflcollis, Marsh. Pitchy red, shining ; thorax and legs 

 rather paler ; 3 — 4 lines ; under moss, roots of trees. PI. 

 4, fig. 2. 



Genus [28]. Steropus. Megerle. Four species. 



S. madidus, Fab. Pitchy black, shining ; femora either red 

 or black; 6^ — 8 lines ; common. PI. 4, fig. 3. 

 Genus [29]. Broscus. Panz. One species. 



B. cephalotes, Lin. Atrous ; head and thorax shining ; 8 \ 

 — 10^ lines; sandy coasts. PI. 4, fig. 4. 



Genus [30]. Miscodera. Esch. One species. 



M. arctica, Payk. iEneous, very shining and very convex ; 

 legs red ; three and a half lines ; north of England. PL 

 4, fig. 5. 



Genus [31]. Stomis. Clairville. One species. 



S. pumicatus, Panz. Pitchy black ; antennse and legs red ; 

 three and a half lines ; under leaves and felled timber. 

 PL 4, fig. 6. 

 Genus [32]. Patrobus. Megerle. Two species. 



P. excavatus, Payk. Pitchy black ; legs reddish ; four lines ; 

 coasts. PL 4, fig. 7 . 

 Genus [33]. Pterostichus. Bonelli. One species. 



P. parumpunctatus, Germ. Atrous, shining ; apex of anten- 



