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the continent as Feronia depressa, Dej., and is apparently every- 

 where uncommon. 



Stephens states that it is found under moss at the roots of 

 trees in Richmond Park. " Scarce beneath loose cinders and 

 stones on the coast at South Shields in April and May." T. J. 

 Bold. I have found it under stones by the road-side between 

 Folkstone and Sandgate in May rather plentifully. 



Genus 34. STOMIS, Clairville. 



Mentum dente medio integro. Ligula apice obtusa ; paraglossis 

 membranaceis, linearibus, earn longe superantibus. Palpi 

 articulo ultimo subfusiformi, apice truncato, penultimo sub- 

 cequali. Mandibulse elongate, porrectce. Labrum breve, 

 emarginatum. Tarsi antici maris articulis tribus dilatatis, 

 subtus biseriatlm pectinato-setosis. 



1 . S. pumicatus : nigro-piceus , nitidus; thorace elongate cordato, 

 postice coarctato utrinque unistriato punctulatoque ; elytris 

 oblongis, punctato-striatis, antennis pedibusque rufis. 



Carabus pumicatus, Panz. Faun. 30. 16. 



Stomis pumicatus, Clairv. Ent. Helv.2.49. Sturm, D. F.6.4. 



Dej. Spec. 3. 435 ; Icon. 3. 207. pi. 156. Steph. Mand. 1. 



118, et Manual, p. 34. Erichson, Kafer, 76. Heer, Faun. 



Helv. 64. 

 Harpalus pumicatus, Gyll. Ins. Suec. 3. 693. 



Elongate, wingless, pitchy black, shining. Head narrow, 

 smooth, with a small impression in the centre of the crown and 

 a slight punctured fovea on each side, palpi and antennae red. 

 Thorax elongate cordate, sides very much rounded and dilated 

 below the anterior angles, much contracted behind, posterior 

 angles rather elevated, small and acute, disk convex, the dorsal 

 line bordered by a few punctures, the base with an even transverse 

 depression and an oblong striated fovea on each side of it. Elytra 

 elongate ovate, having the shoulders narrowed and rounded, 

 punctate-striated and somewhat crenulated; underside of the 

 thorax, breast and sides of the abdomen punctured, legs red. 

 Length 3 lines. 



Not uncommon beneath stones in England, Scotland and 

 Ireland, though apparently nowhere abundant. 



Genus 35. BROSCUS, Panzer. 



Mentum dente medio integro. Ligula apice truncata ; paraglossis 

 membranaceis, apice rotundatis, ei cequalibus. Palpi articulo 



