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impressions smaller; the thorax more obliquely sloped and 

 narrowed behind, disk smoother, but the dorsal furrow deeper ; 

 the elytra also are much narrower. 



There are two examples under the name consimile in the 

 Stephensian collection. 



1 7. A. micans : subtsneo-virescens ; thorace subquadrato, postice 



subrotundato ; elytris oblong o-ovatis, subtiliter striatis, 

 punctis tribus impressis ; pedibus fusco-piceis. 



Agonum micans, Nicolai, Col. Agr. Hal. 19. 7. Steph. Mand. 



1. 91, et Manual, p. 27. 

 Anchomenus micans, Erichson, Kafer, 115. 

 Carabus pelidnus, Dufts. Faun. 2. 144. 

 Agonum pelidnum, Sturm, D. F. 5. 194. Dej. Spec. 3. 161 ; 



Icon. 2. 377. pi. 121. Heer, Faun. Helv. 63. 

 Ag. cursitor, Steph. Mand. 1. 91, et Manual, p. 27. 



Oblong-ovate, obscure brassy green. Head smooth and 

 shining, with a slight impression on each side in front ; mandibles 

 pitchy red, palpi and antennae black, sometimes the base of the 

 latter pitchy fuscous. Thorax subquadrate, delicately margined, 

 sides rounded, rather narrowed behind and the posterior angles 

 also somewhat rounded, each having a deep oblong impression. 

 Elytra with the shoulders rounded and the sides nearly straight 

 or very moderately dilated behind the middle, finely striated, 

 having about three small punctures between the second and 

 third striae, also a series of larger impressions irregularly 

 disposed along the margin ; legs pitchy, tibiae and tarsi pitchy 

 fuscous. Length 3 lines. 



Agonum cursitor, Kirby, corresponds with this species, which 

 is rather a widely-distributed insect in marshes, damp woods 

 and on river banks. " Dunston and on the banks of the Team, 

 under the bark of willows, and in the decayed stems of thistles 

 in moist ditches." Messrs. Hardy and Bold. 



18. A. piceus : capite thoraceque nigris, hoc subquadrato, an- 



gulis posticis rotundatis ; elytris oblongis leviter striatis 

 punctis quinque impressis pedibusque piceo-testaceis. 



Carabus piceus, Linn. S. N. 2. 672. 

 C. picipes, Fab. S. El. 1. 203. Dufts. Faun. 2. 243. 

 Harpalus picipes, Gyll. Ins. Suec. 2. 151. 

 Agonum picipes, Sturm, D. F. 5. 196. Dej. Spec. 3. 164 ; 

 Icon. 2. 381. pi. 122. Steph. Mand. 1. 93, et Manual, p. 27. 



Head and thorax black ; mouth, palpi, and basal joint of the 



