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Genus 48. Bradytus. 



5. marginatus. Elongate-ovate, piceous; head rather small, strongly marked: 

 thorax twice as broad, transverse, semiovate, being broadest at the base, 

 on which there are two punctured striae, the outer one forming an ob- 

 lique sharpish line externally, a faint channel down the middle ; sides 

 convex, margined, bright ferruginous, depressed towards the basal 

 angle : elytra broader, oval, striae strong and crenated in the male ; 

 duller and faintly punctured in the female : palpi, antennre and legs 

 bright ferruginous: length 4 to 4|, breadth if to 2 lines. 



Having taken a male on Boxhill, Surrey, in August, I now possess 

 the sexes of this interesting species, and find that it connects Bra- 

 dytus and Amara. The habit and structure of the legs are perfectly 

 those of the latter group ; but the head and thorax are more strongly 

 marked. The palpi exhibit a very remarkable character ; the ter- 

 minal joints are compressed and truncated in the male, whilst they 

 are fusiform and longer in the female, but it is probably accidental. 

 Dejean's description of *Amara patricia, Creutzer, agrees with 

 my insect ; but it is very unsatisfactory to find him referring to 

 Sturm's two figures of A. mancipium and A. equestris\ as examples 

 of Creutzer's insect, since the former appears to be a typical Bra- 

 dytus and the latter a true Amara. It must be remembered that 

 Sturm's dissections of the genus Amara are taken from Carabus ful- 

 vus of DeGeer and not from Carabus consularis as stated bv Mr. 

 Stephens. 



Genus 49. Amaea. 

 23. septentrionalis. Elliptical, shining brassy green : thorax semiovate, being 

 narrowed before, base punctured, with 2 shallow foveae on each side, 

 and a fine channel down the centre ; elytra scarcely wider than the 

 thorax, but more than twice as long and lineai", striae firm and delicately 

 punctured, the 2nd abbreviated: trophi ochreous, palpi piceous: an- 

 tennae brown, 3 basal joints bright ochre : legs ochreous, thighs and 4 

 hinder tarsi piceous: length 3 lines, breadth 1^. 



The only specimen I have seen of this pretty species was taken in 

 Scotland, and presented to me by Mr. Lyell. 



Genus 76. Tachys. 



9, minimus. Deep dull ochreous, base of head and apex of antennae darker, 



trophi very pale; eyes black ; thorax with a faint dorsal channel ; elytra 



with several obscure striae, the 2 sutural ones the strongest : length 1 



line. 



Very similar to T. minutissimus, of which it may only be a pale 



• Species general des Coleopteres, t. 3. p. 502. 



•f Sturm's Deutschlands Fauna, vol. vi. tab. 141. figs. C, and D. 



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