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nent, disk finely and sparingly punctured, sides more coarsely 

 punctured, the base with a deep fovea near each hinder angle ; 

 scutellum pitchy red, punctured. Elytra oblong-ovate, rounded 

 at the shoulders, rather widest behind the middle, deeply striated, 

 the striae obsoletely punctured, interstices also finely punctured, 

 the outer margins testaceous almost to the extremity, and a large 

 oblong patch of the same colour on the shoulders connected with 

 the marginal streak; body beneath pitchy red, legs testaceous 

 red. Length 4-5 lines. 



This insect is larger and has a more elongate form than the 

 next species, from which it is distinguishable in the structure 

 and colour of the thorax, which is longer, narrower, and entirely 

 black. It is of very rare occurrence in Britain, but according to 

 Stephens has been taken at Swansea, and near Cuckfield, Sussex. 

 There is a single example only in the Stephen sian collection. 



2. T. axillaris : fusco-iiiger, subpubescens, subtiliter punctatus, 

 thorace rufo, elytris punctato-striatis, margine laterali 

 lineoldque humerali ore antennis pedibusque ferrugineis. 



Carabus axillaris, Fab. Ent. S. 1. 132 (1792-8). 



Tarus axillaris, Steph. Mand. 5. 388, et Manual, p. 9. 



Lebia homagrica., Dufts. Faun. 2. 240. 



Cymindis homagrica, Sturm, D. F. 7. 10. Dej. Spec. 1. 208 ; 



Icon. 1. 83. pi. 9. Heer, Faun. Helv. 7. Redt. Faun. 



Aust. 74. 



Tarus homagricus, Steph. Mand. 5. 369, et Manual, p. 10. 

 T. angularis, Steph. Mand. 1. 31, et Manual, p. 10. 

 T. Icevigatus, Steph. Mand. I. 32. 

 T. macularis, Steph. Mand. 5. 368. 

 T. coadnutus, Steph. Mand. 5. 369, et Manual, p. 9. 



Fuscous black, slightly pubescent. Head large, black, finely 

 punctured behind, but with the sides and an oblong impression 

 on each side in front more coarsely punctured; palpi and antennae 

 red. Thorax cordate, short, very wide in front (PI. I. f. 4), sides 

 rounded below the anterior angles, much rounded behind so as 

 to leave the posterior angles very minute, ferruginous red, 

 thickly punctured, more coarsely so on the sides, having a 

 slender dorsal line and a round fovea on each side at the base. 

 Elytra wide and rather short, shoulders very prominent, dilated 

 behind the middle, apex obliquely truncate, deeply striated, 

 striae finely punctured, interstices thickly punctured, the 

 punctures in some examples finer than in others, fuscous black, 

 with an oblong patch on the shoulders, and the entire margin 

 testaceous, and sometimes with a more or less pitchy-red spot 

 near the extremity of the wing-cases ; thorax and breast beneath 



