globe in 1801, when Fabricius published his Systema Eleuthera- 
torum . 
Nebria having been divided by Dr. Leach, it contains only 3 Bri- 
tish species. 
1. N. complanata Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. pars 2. p. 671. n. 17 .^-Don. Bint. Ins. 14. 
488. — arenarius Fab., Dej., Oliv. 
Pale ochraceous ; pellucid when alive. Elytra with 2 undulated, abbrevi- 
ated black fasciae, united by black longitudinal lines. 
Sir Joseph Banks first discovered this insect at Swansea. Dr. 
Leach many years after found it in the same situation in May; 
and in September 1822 I w r as fortunate enough to take it in great 
abundance under the stones at high-water mark, on the sandy shore 
of the river Taw, near Braunton Burrows North Devon, after 
having been searching in vain for the larva of Sphinx Euphorbias : 
it has also been observed on the coasts of Somerset and Lincoln- 
shire. 
2. N. livida Linn., Oliv., Gyll . — sabulosus Fab., Dej., Panz. 31. 4. — var. b. late- 
ralis Fab. ? Dej . 
Dejean has described the insect figured in the plate as the N. la- 
teralis of Fabricius, in whose description, however, it is said that 
the thighs are black : had it not been for this difference I should 
have considered my insect as synonymous with the latter species, 
differing as it does from the N. livida of Linnaeus by a regularly 
narrow pale margin to the elytra ; for it is remarkable that although 
a considerable number have now been taken, they all agree with the 
variety Z>, or N. lateralis Dej. 
It was first discovered in Yorkshire by Mr. Spence, and a single 
specimen was afterwards taken by Mr. Wilkin the 28th Sept. 1814? 
beneath a fragment of rock at Hilston near Hull. It was found in 
some abundance last June (1827) on the sea shore near Scarborough 
in the same county, and probably all along the eastern coast; for on 
the 11th Sept. Mr. J. B. Giles discovered one under a stone on the 
cliff at Cromer in Norfolk. 
3. N. picicornis Fab. Ent. Syst. l.pars \.p. 134. n. 44. — Dej., Panz. 92. 1. — Steph. 
pi. 4./ 3. — erythrocephalus Fab. Ent. Syst. 1. 155. 134. 
Blackish, head and anus rufous ; antennae and legs testaceous. Dej. 
First taken by Dr. Leach near Ashburton, Devon, and after- 
wards by the Rev. F. W. Hope in Longmont Forest, Shropshire. 
It inhabits the sandy sides of rivers and lakes. 
Medicago lupulina (Nonesuch, Black or Hop Trefoil), both in 
flower and fruit, is the plant figured in the plate. 
