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Extremely rare in Britain, the only localities recorded being 

 " Kingsbridge, Devon ; Clengre, Gloucestershire ; and in Corn- 

 wall," in the spring. Mr. Stephens. 



9. A. fulgens : igneo-cupreus ; thorace lateribus rotundato ; ely- 



tris oblongo-ovatis, striatis, striis subtiliter punctatis, 

 punctisque majoribus 4, 5 aut 6 impressis. 



Agonum fulgens., Davis, London's Mag. Nat. Hist. 5. 247. 

 Steph. Mand. 5. 374, et Manual, p. 26. 



Brilliant fiery copper tinged with purple and green, margins 

 of the thorax and of the elytra golden green, the suture also 

 occasionally greenish. Head smooth behind, transversely strigose 

 in front, with a small fovea on each side at the base of the 

 antennae; mouth, palpi and three joints at the base of the 

 antennae black with greenish reflections, apical joints fuscous. 

 Thorax subquadrate, sides moderately rounded and narrowed 

 behind, margins broadly reflexed and with two large fovese at 

 the base very rugose, the rest of the disk transversely strigose 

 and the dorsal furrow distinctly marked. Elytra oblong-ovate, 

 slightly widest behind the middle, apex obliquely sinuated, very 

 finely punctate-striated, with five distinct impressions between 

 the second and third striae, and in some examples another nearly 

 at the termination of the seventh, and an irregular series on the 

 margin deepest at the apex ; body beneath dark shining green 

 with a brassy tinge, femora and tibiae shining black with a 

 coppery reflection, tarsi wholly black. Length 3 lines. 



Dr. Schaum in his remarks on the Stephensian species (Ent. 

 Zeitung), observes that this insect tc is identical with A. Ericeti" 

 I have compared it with typical examples of the latter insect 

 which Mr. Wollaston brought from Dr. Heer of Zurich, and 

 find that it is perfectly distinct. A. Ericeti is a variety of 

 A. sex-punctatus, and is so recorded in Heer's Fauna Helvetica, 

 p. 61 ; but it is impossible, after the most careful examination, 

 to connect the present species with that insect. 



It is found upon the high moors at Hebden Bridge, 

 Luddenden Foot, &c., near Halifax, and on other moors near 

 York, early in the spring. " Rare near Paisley," Mr. M. Young. 



1 0. A. laevis : capite thoraceque viridi-ceneis, hoc transverso, 



angulis posticis rotundatis ; elytris fusco-aneis, subtiliter 

 striatis, interstitio tertio punctis tribus impressis ; antennis 

 basi tibiisque testaceis. 



Carabus l<evis, Miiller, Prod. Zool. Dan. 78 (1776). 



