242 NOTES ON THE AMAILE. 



Sp. Char — Above bright coppery ; hd. with an impression on each side be- 

 tween the eyes ; thx. anteriorly convex ; with a dorsal channel, and ab- 

 breviated obsolete transverse impression, and two fovea? on each side at 

 the base ; the inner one oblong, obsoletely punctated ; the outer one 

 broad, shallow, and very distinctly punctate ; elyt. with punctate striae, 

 and an interrupted series of impressions on the margin ; body beneath, and 

 fern, black ; tib. and tarsi ferruginous ; ant., with the three basal joints, 

 and bases of the fourth and fifth, rufous ; the remainder, dusky ; palpi 

 pitchy. Length 3| lines. 

 Allied to A. puncticollis, Ryl., but is distinguished by the impressions on the 

 thorax, the color of the antennae, legs, &c. Only one specimen has occurred, 

 which I captured this spring near Warrington. 



Syn. — A. convexior, Wilk. ; Steph. Mand. 1, 132. 

 Sp. Char. — Rather convex ; deep blue black above ; thx. anteriorly smooth 

 with a very slender dorsal channel ; the base with an obsolete transverse 

 impression, and towards the angles a little punctulate, with two indis- 

 tinct foveae, approximating to each other, and to the margins ; elyt. deli- 

 cately striated, the striae impunctate, with a continuous series of impres- 

 sions on the margin; body beneath, and thighs, deep pitchy black ; tib. 

 and tar. ferruginous ; ant. pitchy, with the three basal joints rufous. 

 Length 3^ lines. — Steph. 

 " Found near London, Hertford, and Norwich." — Steph. Mand. 

 Sp. 18. Amara plebeia, Stephens. 

 Syn. — Harpalus plebeius, Gyll. ; A. plebeia, Steph. Mand. 1, 132. 

 Sp. Char. — Above brassy ; thx. anteriorly convex, with the lateral and pos- 

 terior margins depressed ; the dorsal channel is faint, and on each side at 

 the base, are two deep, thickly punctate foveae ; elyt. rather convex, with 

 obsoletely punctate striae ; body beneath, and thighs, pitchy black ; 

 tibiae testaceous, and tarsi pitchy ; three basal joints of the ant., rufous ; 

 palpi pitchy. Length 3| lines. 

 Abundant near Warrington. " Not very common near London." — Stephens. 

 Sp. 19. Amara obtusa, Stephens. 

 Syn. — A. obtusa, Steph. Mand. 1, 132. 

 Sp. Char. — Allied to the last ; above brassy ; thx. with a delicate dorsal 

 channel, and two deep punctate foveae on each side at the base ; the in- 

 termediate space also punctate ; elyt. punctate-striated, with an inter- 

 rupted series of impressions on the margin ; body beneath, and fern., deep- 

 black; tib., and four basal joints of the ant., testaceous red ; tarsi pitchy. 

 Length 3i lines. 

 Rare near London, Warrington, &c. 



