Having already characterized Clivina (fol. 1 75.), I shall refer 
the student to a comparison of the dissections, which will con- 
vince him that it is impossible to retain these insects in the 
same genus : the minute 2nd joint of the antennae, the cylin- 
drical terminal joint of the maxillary palpi, the dilated anterior 
tarsi, and the tibiae destitute of the obtuse terminal spines, are 
characters which show that our genus recedes very considera- 
bly from Clivina, and it will probably find a natural situation 
between Dyschirius and Stomis. 
The Rev. J. B. Reade, of Halifax, having in the hand- 
somest manner presented me with fine examples of the follow- 
ing insects, I am happy in the opportunity it affords me of 
dedicating to so zealous a naturalist the new species he has 
detected. They were all taken under small stones imbedded 
on mounds of sand and moss on Cold-edge, the moor due 
north of Halifax. 
1 . L. arcticus Paylc.Faun. Suec. 1. 85. 2 .-—Gyll. 2. 168. 1. — Dej . 
1. 420. 8. 
Blackish with a brassy tint, very smooth and highly polished : 
antennae and mouth ferruginous, legs ochreous : head with 2 
transverse channels before : thorax globose with a faint chan- 
nel down the centre, terminated anteriorly by an imperfect 
transverse one, the hinder portion produced and hoop-shaped, 
forming a deep transverse line strongly impressed with a row 
of punctures, and a shallow impression across the centre : 
elytra with 3 or 4 lines of punctures on each, the sutural one 
the strongest, broken near the base and nearly reaching the 
apex, 2nd and 3rd very faint, the former vanishing beyond, 
the latter at the middle. 
This species has been found in Lapland, and as far to the 
east as the environs of St. Petersburg ; but never before so 
far to the south as England. 
Var. /3. with 5 striae on each elytron, more strongly punc- 
tured and extending further. 
2. L. Readii Curtis's Brit. Fnt . pi. 346. 
Brilliant bluish black : antennae, mouth, and legs ochreous, 
the former rather more ferruginous: thorax narrower, the 
channel down the centre deeper, and the anterior transverse 
impression stronger, the narrowed collar behind sparingly 
punctured, elytra with 3 punctured striae on each, the 3rd 
scarcely visible, the posterior margin subferruginous. 
The plant represented is Hymenophyllum Tunbridgense (Tun- 
bridge goldilocks), for specimens of which, as well as one of 
the insects, I am indebted to Mr. S. Gibson : he informs me 
that the variety of the plant figured grows on the Rake-end 
Common near Todmerden, Lancashire. 
