120 CARABID^E. AMAKA. 



Allied to vulgarix, brownish brassy with a coppery and greenish 

 hue, sometimes brassy black, often entirely brassy. Head ob- 

 scurely foveated in front, two joints at the base of the antennae 

 red, the rest wholly black and all the joints rather slender. 

 Thorax shorter and narrower in front than in the next species, 

 the dorsal furrow deeply impressed, the base with two very 

 deeply impressed foveae on each side and much punctulated, the 

 anterior angles produced and the posterior ones rather acumi- 

 nated. Elytra evenly striated throughout, the striae very faintly 

 punctulated, legs black, tibiae pitchy reddish. Length 3^ lines. 



A. curta, Steph., is a dark representative of this species, which 

 is not very common. I have taken it in Kent and in some of 

 the midland counties, and have received it from the north of 

 England. " Hertford," Mr. Stephens. " On the Bents at 

 South Shields, in May and June," Mr. Hardy. " Fifeshire," 

 Mr. Murray. 



6. A. vulgaris : oblongo-ovata, plerumque cenea ; thorace postice 

 utrinque obsolete bistriato ; elytris striatis, striis postice 

 profundioribus ; antennis basi rufis ; tibiis rufo-piceis. 



Carabus vulgaris, Linn. F.S.799. Miiller, Prod. Zool. Dan. 79. 



Harpalus vulgaris, Gyll. Ins. Suec. 2. 138. 



Amara vulgaris, Sturm, D. F. 6. 48. Dej. Spec. 3. 463; Icon. 



3. 243. pi. 160. Steph. Mand. ]. 128, et Manual, p. 36. 



Heer, Faun. Helv. 94. 

 A. convexior, Steph. Mand. 1. 131. 

 A. obtusa, Steph. Mand. 1. 132. 

 A. laticollis, Steph. Mand. 1. 133, et Manual, p. 37. 



Oblong-ovate, brassy black, or brassy brown, or dark metallic 

 green, sometimes blue-black, rarely bright green. Head with a 

 small impression on each side close to the eyes, first and second, 

 sometimes also the third joint at the base of the antennae red. 

 Thorax narrowest in front, sides gradually widening till near the 

 base when they turn a little inwards to meet the elytra, disk 

 rather convex in front, the dorsal furrow slender and interrupted 

 before, but reaching behind to the posterior margin, the base 

 depressed, having on each side a double subpunctate impression, 

 sometimes very indistinct and the usual little puncture close to 

 the angle. Elytra oblong-ovate, convex, finely striated, the striae 

 deepening towards the extremity ; legs brassy black, tibiae and 

 sometimes the tarsi pitchy red. Length 3^ lines. 



The name contrusa, given to it by Schiodte, has been adopted 

 on the Continent for this species, on the grounds that vulgaris, 

 Linn., belongs, according to the Linnaean Collection, to the 



