CARABID.E. DROMIUS. 11 



Trans. 1. 10. 2. Steph. Mand. 5. 367, et Manual, p. 7. Heer, 

 Faun. Helv. 10. 



Head obscurely black, smooth, slightly convex, with the fore- 

 part, mouth, palpi and antennae testaceous. Thorax quadrate, 

 anterior angles rounded, sides narrowed towards the posterior 

 angles which are obtuse, the surface entirely ferruginous red, 

 with the centre sometimes pitchy. Elytra with the humeral 

 angles slightly rounded, the sides somewhat straight, faintly 

 striated, fuscous, with two testaceous spots on each, a large 

 denticulated one in front and a smaller one at the apex ; abdomen 

 pitchy, legs pale testaceous. Length 2 lines. 



This species is nearly allied to the preceding, but may be 

 distinguished by the following characters. The head is shorter 

 and more convex, the forehead not depressed, but with merely a 

 slight impression on each side, not deeply foveated, nor distinctly 

 striated, as in the allied species ; the antennae are shorter and 

 stouter; the thorax is broader and entirely rufous; the elytra 

 are wider at the base, with the shoulders less rounded, and their 

 pattern is more varied, the anterior spots being angular and 

 denticulated instead of ovate, and the abdomen is pitchy. 



It appears to be a scarce species, but has been taken in 

 Madingley Wood, and elsewhere near Cambridge; at Colney 

 Hatch and Wimbledon Park; and near Weston-on-the-Green, 

 Oxon. 



7. D. sigma: testaceus; capite nigro, thorace subquadrato, elytris 

 substriatis, suturd fasciaque postica dentata/wsczs. 



Carabus siffma, Rossi, Faun. Etr. 1. 226 (1790). 



Dromius siffma, Dej. Spec. 1. 235; Icon. 1. 110. pi. 11. 



Erichson, Kafer, 32. Heer, Faun. Helv. 9. 

 Carabus fasciatus, Payk. Mon. 97 (1790). Fab. Ent. S. 1. 133 



(1792-8). Fab. S. El. 1. 186. 

 Dromius bipennifer, Babington, Ent. Trans. 1. 86. 9. Steph. 



Manual, p. 7. 



Oblong, depressed. Head black, round and flattish, with a 

 small fovea on each side between the eyes ; palpi and antennae 

 testaceous yellow. Thorax red, subquadrate, anterior angles 

 rounded, sides narrowed behind, with their margins elevated, 

 and a slight impression on each side at the base close to the 

 posterior angles, the dorsal furrow very distinct. Elytra testa- 

 ceous, with a brown transverse toothed fascia behind the 

 middle, leaving a pale spot at the apex, the disk more or less 

 indistinctly punctate- striated ; abdomen rufescent and margined 

 with fuscous; legs pale testaceous. Length 1| line. 



There are several varieties of this insect which present a slight 



