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legs : nevertheless it recedes from it in having the terminal joint of its palpi large 

 and fusiform (instead of conical), in its males having four joints of theii- feet dilated 

 (instead of two), and in its ligula l^eing more or less sinuated at the apex (instead 

 of rounded), with the paraglossse scarcely extending beyond it, whereas in Trechus 

 the latter are exceedingly long and linear. 



§ I. Ligula apice sinuata, paraglossis earn vix sitperantibus ; tarsi antici maris a/rticulo prvnio subquadrato. 



44. Bradycellus fulvus. 

 B. oblongo-ovatus rufescenti-piceus, prothorace subquadrato postice leviter attenuate, elytris piceis 



profunde striatis, antennis pedibusque ferrugineis. 

 Long. Corp. lin. 2\. 



Carabusfulms, Marsh. Ent. JBrit. i. 456 (1802). 

 Trechus fulm,s, Stepb. Bl. Brit. Ent. i. 169 (1828). 

 Acupalpus harpalinus, Dej. Spec, des Col. iv. 471 (1829). 

 •, Heer, F/ia Col. Helv. 118 (1841). 



Habitat in convallibus Maderse humidiusculis, necnon sub lapidibus in graminosis editioribus, bine 

 inde, autumno prsedominans. 



B. oblong-ovate, rufo-piceous, shining; when immature almost ferruginous. Prothorax somewhat 

 short and subquadrato, slightly narrowed and transversely impressed behind, and with the sides 

 and posterior angles a little rounded; with a faint dorsal channel, and with a deep coarsely- 

 punctured fovea on either side at the base. Elytra often a shade darker than the prothorax, 

 deeply striated, the striae being impunctate. Legs, palpi and antenna ferruginous ; the last short 

 and robust. 



The B. fulvus, so abundant throughout Europe, occurs in Madeira only at 

 intermediate and lofty elevations, ranging from about 1500 to 5000 feet above the 

 sea, although attaining its maximum, apparently, towards the lower rather than 

 the upper extremity of those limits. At the Cui-ral das Romeiras, and the other 

 ravines above Funchal, I have taken it rather commonly during the autumnal 

 months, both by brushing the rank vegetation in damp spots and from amongst 

 loose shingle at a short distance from the streams. It is also found sparingly, 

 beneath stones, on the exposed mountain-slopes of higher altitudes, under which 

 circumstances I have observed it on the descent to the open plain of the Fateiras 

 from the Pico Poizo. The Madeiran specimens differ from their more northern 

 representatives in having the wings invariably obsolete. 



§ II. Ligula apice frwncafa, paraglossis earn parum swperantibus ; tarsi antici maris articulo prima via- 



■subquadrato. 



45, Bradycellus excultus, ww. (Tab. II. fig. 4.) 

 B. oblongo-ovatus pieeus, prothorace subquadrato postice attenuate, testaceo, in discnm leviter infus- 



