Calathns.'\ adepiiaga. 83 



C. micropterus, Duft. Very sinning, black or pitchy black, 

 ai)t('iou.s ; hcul lilack, antennte and palpi te.staceous ; thorax sh'glitly con- 

 tracted in front and behind, broadest in middle, with side margins 

 narrowly testaceous, slightly reflexed, posterior angles obtuse, dorsal 

 furrow plainest in middle, base with a rather distinctly impressed fovea 

 on each side ; elytra finely striated, with three, sometimes four, pores on 

 the third interstice ; legs testaceous. L. 7 mm. 



A species almost entirely confined to billy or inountainoiis districts; Llangollen 

 and other lo alities in W'ale-i ; ("Imreh Stretton ; Cannofk Clnse ; Clioviots ; .Scot- 

 laiul, coniinou, both lowlands and highlands, Ilauuocli, Avrun, Hraemar, &c. Ireland, 

 Donegal. 



C. piceus, ^[arsh (rnfimdicolli.-f, Dej.). Black, or pitch-black, rather 

 shining, apterous ; mandibles pitchy, antennae and palpi ferruginous ; 

 thorax rather strongly rounded and narrowed in front, and more con- 

 tracted beliind than in our other species of the genus, side margins 

 reflexed especially at base, more or less distinctly ferruginous, posterior 

 angles rounded, dorsal furrow interruptcul in front and behind, base with 

 a large smooth fovea on each side, the space between them smooth, 

 raised ; elytra ovate, plainly broader at base than base of thorax, with 

 shoulder angles free, projecting, not strongly striated, third interstice 

 with four or five pores. L. 8-10 mm. 



Sandy places beneath moss and dead leaves ; local, but not uncommoti, and widely 

 distributed throughout Englund and Ireland. Scotland, scarce, lowland, but reaching 

 as far north as the Moray district. 



Besides the fact that the tarsi arc simple in both sexes, this species 

 diii'ers from all the othc^rs in minor particulars ; the distinction of the 

 tarsi, however, appears (piito sufficient to give it generic value, and I 

 should feel strongly inclined to revive Haliday's name of Ainiiliajyuus, 

 and restore the genus. 



TAPHRIA, r.nnelli. {Siinurlnii^, Gyll.) 



This genus comprises about hilf-a-dozen species, which form a transi- 

 tion between Calathus and Anchomenus'; thej' diifcr from Calathus in 

 having no furrow on the upper sides of the intermediate and posterior 

 tarsi, from Anchomenus in having the claws pectinate, and from both in 

 having the last joint of the labial palpi securiform ; the genus is, how- 

 ever, more closely connected with Calathus than with Anchomenus : the 

 S})ecies are confined to Europe and Siberia. 



T. nivalis, Panz. (n'ra/if, 111.). Pitch-black, very shining ; antennae 

 and palpi testaceous red; thorax somewhat broader than long, almost 

 orbicular, with sides and anterior and posterior angles rounded, margins 

 sometimes reddish, dor.sal furrow distinct, base with a deep smootli 

 fovea on each side at base; elytra long oval, somewhat broader than 

 thorax, rather strongly striated, the stria3 impnnctate, with two pores in 

 or near the second stria ; legs red. L. 6-7 ram. 



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