478 TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



with a few punctures at base each side before the intermediatd 

 feet. 



This species occurs not unfrequently. As Panzer has given 

 the name gagathQs to a German insect which is distinct from 

 this species, I have of course adopted a new one. 



[A Plati/nus afterwards described as Anchomcnus (/agates Dej. 

 and A. coracinus Lee. — Leg. J 



34. F. EXTENSicoLLis. — Head and thorax greenish ; elytra 

 gvecn or purplish, beneath piccous-black ; feet testaceous. 



Length seven-twentieths of an inch. 



Carabus extensicoUis Melsh. Catal. 



Head dusky green; antennae and palpi rufous; labrum trun- 

 cate ; thorax narrower than the elytra, longitudinal, immargined, 

 blackish-purple or greenish, gradually contracted behind, slightly 

 excuvvcd at the hind angles, base somewhat scabrous, basal lines 

 dilated, concave, dorsal line distinct ; scutel blackish-purple ; ely* 

 tra green or purple, striae impuncturcd, interstitial lines convex, 

 third one with four or five obsolete remote punctures ; feet testa" 

 ceous. 



[Also a Platynns. — Lkc] 



35. H. OCHROPEZA. — Blackish; thorax rounded behind ; ely- 

 tra witb perlaceous reflections ; feet testaceous. 



Length one-fourth of an inch. 



Carahus ochropezus Melsh. Catal. 



Body glabrous, blackish, beneath piceous; antennas brown; 

 base and palpi rufous ; thorax somewhat rounded, posterior angles 

 very obtusely [55] rounded, dorsal line obsolete, basal lines ex- 

 cavated, base with numerous small punctures, edge dull rufous ; 

 elytra dark brown or blackish, with obsolete perlaceous reflec- 

 tions, stria; impunctured, interstitial lines depressed, sutural edge 

 and deflected margin rufous or piceous ; pectus and postpectus 

 impunctured; feet testaceous. 



Var. a. Elytra blackish-testaceous, almost destitute of the 

 perlaceous reflections. 



[Belongs to Stenolophtts. — Lec] 



3G. F. LUCUBLANDA. — Grreen or reddish-purple, polished, all 

 beneath black; head and thorax impunctured, margin of the 

 thorax depressed. 



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