CARABTD^E. PTEROSTICHUS. 101 



Germar, Spec. Nov. 19. 31 (1824). Steph. Manual, p. 35. 

 Heer, Faun. Helv. 72. 



Feronia parumpunctata, Dej. Spec. 3. 342; Icon. 3. 112. pi. 142. 

 Pterostichus brunnipes, Steph. Mand. 1. 121. 



Wingless, shining black. Head with two transverse striae in 

 front and a slight fovea on each side behind them, apex of the 

 palpi and of the antennse ferruginous red. Thorax quadrate, 

 anterior angles prominent, sides rounded and dilated in front, 

 much narrowed behind, the margins reflexed, the hinder angles 

 rectangular with their apex slightly obtuse, disk with a very 

 deeply impressed dorsal furrow and a profound stria on each 

 side at the base, exterior to which is a small ovate impression 

 close to the angle. Elytra oblong-ovate, shoulders rounded, 

 deeply striated, interstices rather coarsely elevated, with three 

 impressions on the third ; $ with a longitudinal acutely-elevated 

 ridge on the last segment of the abdomen. Length 7-8 lines. 



" Local, but abundant at Newcastle, Benwell, Ouseburn 

 Dene, Long Benton, Dunston, Ravensworth, Gateshead Fell, 

 &c.," in spring and autumn. Hardy and Bold's Catalogue. 



(PLATYSMA, Bonelli.) 



7. P. oblongo-punctatus : alatus, obscure seneus ; thorace 

 quadrato, postice angustato, basi utrinque unistriato, an- 

 gulis posticis acutiusculis ; elytris ovatis, striatis, foveolis 

 quinque impressis ; palpis, tibiis tarsisque rufo-piceis. 



Carabus oblongo-punctatus, Fab. Mant. 1. 202 (1787) Fab. 



S. El. 1. 183. Payk. Mon. 55 (1790). 

 Harpalus oblongo-punctatus., Gyll. Ins. Suec. 2. 85. 

 Platysma oblongo-punctata, Sturm, D. F. 5. 51. 

 Feronia oblongo-punctata, Dej. Spec. 3. 316; Icon. 3. 99. pi. 140. 

 Pterostichus oblongo-punctatus, Steph. Mand. 1. 122, et Manual, 



p. 35. Erichson, Kafer, 76. Heer, Faun. Helv. 71. 



Winged, obscure brassy black. Head smooth and shining, 

 with a faintly impressed fovea on each side in front connected by 

 a transverse stria, antennse black, palpi red. Thorax quadrate, 

 the length being fully equal to the breadth in front, the anterior 

 margin curved inwards in the middle considerably, so that the 

 anterior angles are very prominent, sides rounded from the 

 angles to behind the middle, then much contracted till just 

 before the posterior angles, before which they become produced, 

 so as to form, with the base, a little acute angle, the base itself 

 being nearly straight, disk transversely wrinkled, dorsal furrow 

 abbreviated in front and terminating in a curved stria, rather 

 deeper behind just before it reaches the base, the latter much 



