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especially as Mr. Rylands was not disposed to insist upon 

 their distinctiveness. 



Anisodactylus binotatus, Fab. Mant. i. 199 (Carabus); 

 Dawson, Geod. Brit. p. 131 ; Var. IT. spurcaticornis, Steph. 

 Mand. i. 157. The variety I omitted to notice in the Geode- 

 phaga Britannica. It is remarkable, much smaller than 

 the type, entirely black, except the base of the antennae, 

 which is red, and the forehead is spotless. It is very abund- 

 ant in a humid depressed spot on Woking Common, to the 

 south east of the railway station. 



Diackromus Germanus, Linn. S. N. ii. 671 (Carabus); 

 Dawson, Geod. Brit. p. 132. The Rev. A. Matthews in- 

 forms me that he possesses a specimen which was captured 

 by the late Mr. Holme, near Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, in 

 the summer of 1838 or 1839. He saw the insect when Mr. 

 Holme returned from the Isle of Wight, and has no doubt 

 of its authenticity. 



Harpalus azureus, Fab. Mant. i. 201 (Carabus); Daw- 

 son, Geod. Brit. p. 134, var. B. This species is extremely 

 abundant in the spring on the side of Buckland Hill, near 

 Reiijate, and is to be met with likewise in the summer and 

 autumn. The variety B. which I have described as rather 

 larger, with a more coarsely punctulated thorax, and elytra 

 pitchy-black, without any tinge of green, is stated by Dr. 

 Power to be not uncommonly met with in the same locality. 

 Upon an examination of the Dejeanian collection which was 

 fortunately afforded me in August, 1854, I discovered (as 

 I had suspected in fact) that this variety corresponds with 

 JT. si //tills, Dej. ; but I do not, nevertheless, believe in its 

 distinctiveness as a species. 



Harpalus cordatus, Dufts. Faun. ii. 169 (Carabus) ; 

 Dawson, Geod. Brit. p. 136. Two additional specimens 

 Mere captured by Mr. Syme, in April, 1855, at the roots of 

 the coarse grass on the sand hills, near Deal, the locality in 



