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§ I. Aim ampla ; elytra libera ; mentwm dente medio hrevi obtuso instrtictvm. 



37. Harpalus attenuatus. 



H. elongato-oblongus niger, prothorace subquadrato basi attenuate, angulis posticis subrectis et 

 utrinque distincte foveolato, elytris profunde striatis, antennis fusco-ferrugineis, tibiis tarsisque 

 rufo-piceis. 

 Var. /3. paulo longior et nitidior. (Ins. Deserta Grandis.) 



Long. Corp. lin. 3^—4^. 



Harpalus aUeimafus, Steph. III. Brit. Mnt. i. 1.52 (1828). 



consentaneus, Dej. Spec, des Col. iv. 302 (1829). 



desert us, Steven, in litt. 



Sardeus, Dalil, in litt. 



Habitat sub lapidibus in montibus Maderae necnon in ins. Desert^ Grandi, sat vulgaris. 



H. elongate-oblong, black ; the males shining, the females opake. Head rather wide, with the impres- 

 sions between the eyes exceedingly obscure. Prothorax subquadrate, and with a deep dorsal 

 channel ; narrowed towards the base, where it is very rugosely punctured and with a distinct 

 fovea on either side ; the hinder angles nearly right angles. Elytra elongate-subovate, deeply 

 striated, the strife being impunctate ; and each with a very minutely impressed point, on the 

 third interstice, behind. Antenna and palpi dull ferruginous, tibia and tarsi rufo-piceous. 

 Var. 13. slightly larger, and both sexes a little more shining. (The state peculiar to the Deserta 

 Grande.) 



The present Sarpalus is closely allied to the following one, but differs from it 

 in its uniformly smaller size, in its somewhat less convex and more elongated pro- 

 thorax (in which, also, the central channel and basal foveae are more evident, and 

 the hinder angles better defined), in its more coarsely striated elj^ra, and by its 

 femora being usually of a deeper black, which causes the tibiae and tarsi to appear 

 very distinctly rufescent. It is rather a common insect in Madeii-a, occm-ring 

 beneath stones on the grassy mountain- slopes, especially between the Ihnits of 

 from 2000 to 3000 feet above the sea. On the Dezerta Grande it is likewise 

 tolerably abundant, where however the specimens are a little larger and more 

 elongated, and just perceptibly more shinmg. It is a species of very wide geogra- 

 phical range, being recorded in England, Erance, Dalmatia, the Caucasus, Sardinia, 

 Spain, the Canary Islands, and in Algeria; and existing I believe in nearly all 

 parts of Europe. I possess specimens from the Scilly Islands, captm-ed by the 

 late E. Holme, Esq., of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. 



38. Harpalus htigiosus. 



H, elongato-oblongus niger antice subangustatus, prothorace convexo transverso-quadrato basi vix 

 attenuate, angulis posticis obtusiusculis et utrinque vix foveolato, elytris striatis, antennis fusco- 

 ferrugineis, femoribus piceis, tibiis tarsisque rufo-piceis. 



Long. Corp. lin. 4J-5|. 



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