latus Payk. &c.) by the bilobed penultimate joint of the tarsi, 
the more robust neck and obtuse apex of the thorax, the styli- 
form processes to the abdomen of the female, and other less 
conspicuous differences, which will be explained when we 
figure that genus. 
The pretty group under consideration consists of 5 British 
species, remarkable for the gaiety and contrast of their co- 
lours, all of them partaking more or less of an orange-colour. 
1. Paederus riparius Linn . — Don . Brit. Ins . v. 5. pi. 167. 
2. littoralis Grav. 
3. fuscipes Nobis. 
4. ruficollis Fab. Panz.fasc. 27. pl» 22. 
5. sanguinicollis ( Dahl ?) Steph. 
The first of these species appears to be found every where 
during April and May, upon banks, under stones, and 
amongst grass. 
The second, which is very similar to the former, but has a 
less globose thorax, and red instead of black mandibles, is not 
so frequent. It has been found in Norfolk and Devonshire. 
The third (a male of which is figured) is much smaller than 
the two former, very similar to them in colour; but is character- 
ized by fuscous legs and feet (from whence its name). It was 
discovered in the month of September amongst the lichen 
which clothes the old white thorn bushes in the New Forest 
near Brockenhurst, by Mr, Chant and Mr. Bentley, to whom 
I am obliged for specimens. 
The fourth is in Mr. Stephens’s cabinet. The thorax alone 
is rufous. 
The fifth species is in the British Museum. 
Specimens of the fine and rare plant delineated, Leucojam 
cestivum (Summer Snow-Flake), were gathered last April by 
Mr. Dale, near Wimborne, Dorsetshire, and communicated 
to the author. 
