Plate III. — Continued. 



Fig. 23. MISCODERA ARCTICA, Payk. [F. Broscidae. G. Miscodera, Eschscholts.] 

 (Lciochitou Readii, Curtis.) 



Shining Ijluish or greenish-bl.ick ; parts of the mouth, antenna, and legs, red. Head smooth, 

 with two longitudinal impressions between the eyes, and a transverse impression in front. Thorax 

 globose, smooth, as long as wide, constrieted and punctate behind, the sides rounded, with a faint 

 central longitudinal imjiressed line. Elytra ovate, punctate-striate, the stria? obliterated at the 

 apex and at the sides. Beneath brown, apex of abdomen pitchy red. Length, 3 lines. 



Inhabits the mountains of Isorth Wales and Scotland, and the elevated moors of Yorkshire. 



Fig. 21. FEROXIA (STEROPUS) ^THIOPS, Panzer. \_F. Feroniidse. G. Feronia, 

 La/. s-G. Steropus, Megerle.l (Steropus concmnus, Curtis.) 



Black, shining. Head smooth with a broad, shallow impression on each side in front. Tliorax 

 transverse, its greatest width a little before the middle, rounded at the sides, narrowed behind, 

 disk convex, with a distinct central longitudinal furrow, posterior angles rounded, on each side at 

 the base a large ruggedly punctate fovea. Elytra ob-ovate, convex, deeply striate, the striae 

 impunctate, interstices convex, the third with two or three large punctures contiguous to the third 

 stria. The male has the penultimate segment of the abdomen armed beneath in the centre with 

 an acute tubercle, and the apex of the terminal segment with a shallow fovea. Length, 5-5 J lines. 



2s ot uncommon on the mountains of North Wales, Cumberland, and Scotland. 



Fig. 25. PATROBUS SEPTENTRIONIS, Dejean. [F. Feroniidre. G. Patrobus, 

 Dejean.'\ (P. alpinus, Curtis.) 



Pitchy black. Head smooth, with a deep longitudinal punctate furrow on each side between 

 the eyes, and a deep punctate transverse impression behind ; palpi pitchy red, antenna?, dark brown. 

 Thorax convex, transverse, narrowed behind, the sides rounded in front, posterior angles acutely 

 rectangular, a triangular impressed sparsely punctate space in front, a large coarsely punctate 

 fovea on each side behind. Elytra oblong ovate, the shoulders rather prominent, striate, the 

 stri;e thickly punctate, interstices flat, the third with three large punctures. Wings ample. 

 Beneath with the prothorax somewhat thickly and deeply punctate, Hanks of the metathorax 

 obsoletely punctate. Tiiighs pitchy black, tibi;o and tarsi pitchy red. Length, 4^-4^ lines. 



An alpine species, found on Ben Lomond and other mountains of Scotland. 



Fig. 26. DLVCHROMUS GERMANUS, Linn. [F. Harpalid^. G. Diachromus, EripA.] 



(Ophouus gci-manus, Curtis.) 



Above clothed with a dense short pubescence, thickly .and deeply punctate. Head reddish 

 yellow ; antenna% with the excej)tion of the four basal joints, pitchy brown. Thorax blue or bluish 

 green, its lateral margins narrowly red, heart-shaped, posterior angles acute, with a deep elongate 

 impression at the base on each side. Scutellum black. Elytra ovate, reddish yellow, with a 

 common bluish green patch at the apex within, striate, the stria? usmdbj impunctate. Beneath, 

 except the head, deej) shining black. Legs testaceous. Length, 4—4^ lines. 



Very rare in Britain. It has occurred at Kingsbridge, Hastings, and Deal. 



Fig. 27. HARPALUS LATUS, Linn., var. \_F. Harpalidre. G. Haqwlus, Latr.'] 

 (Harpalus ruficeps, Curtis.) 



Pitchy bl.ack, sides of thorax, palpi, antcnna\ and legs, and occasionally the head and lateral 

 margins of the elytra brownish red. Head wide. Thorax transverse, qn.adrate, scarcely per- 

 ceptibly narrowed behind, v. ith a distinct centrsil longitudinal furrow, posterior angles rectangular 

 with their extreme summit? lounded, base thickly rugulose jmnctate, with a shallow elongate fovea 

 on each side. Elytra ovale, slightly eniarginate near the apex, deeply striate, the stria; 

 impunctate, interstices smooth. Length, 3.f-4| lines. Common tlironghout the country. 



