128 CARABID.E. AMARA. 



punctatis ; elytris crenato-striatis ; antennis pedibusque 

 ferrugineis. 



Carabus consularis, Dufts. Faun. 2. 112. 



Amara consularis, Sturm, D. F. 6. 26. Dej. Spec. 3. 501 ; Icon. 

 3. 290. pi. 167. Erichson, Kiifer,82. Heer, Faun. Helv. 97. 

 Bradytus consularis, Steph. Mand. 1. 136. 

 B. crassus, Steph. Mand. 1. 131, et Manual, p. 39. 

 Harpalus latus, Gyll. Ins. Suec. 2. 133. 



Oblong-ovate, pitchy black, very shining, the elytra of the <J 

 sometimes metallic. Head smooth, a little rugose in front, palpi 

 and antennae ferruginous. Thorax short, slightly narrowed in 

 front and very little rounded on the sides, scarcely narrowed be- 

 hind, the posterior angles right angles, disk smooth and glossy, 

 with an impressed dorsal furrow and two deep punctured foveae 

 on each side at the base, the inner one largest, and exterior to 

 the outer one with an elevated fold running into the angle. 

 Elytra rather broader than the base of the thorax, sides slightly 

 rounded, crenate-striated, the striae deepening at the extremity, 

 the outer margin with a series of deeper impressions interrupted 

 in the middle ; body beneath pitchy red, breast punctured, legs 

 entirely ferruginous. Length 3^-4 lines. 



This species resembles the preceding, but is narrower and more 

 convex, and the basal foveae are less expanded. B. crassus, Steph., 

 is specifically identical with it. It is not a very common species, 

 but has been taken occasionally within the London district and at 

 Winterbourne Stoke. It is very abundant in Holme Fen, Hunt- 

 ingdonshire, under pieces of turf in May, and at Moor Park near 

 Farnham under refuse left in turnip fields. It is likewise found 

 in the north of England, in Scotland and Ireland. 



19. A. apricaria: oblongo-ovata, fusco-subanea ; thorace postice 

 subangustato bifoveolato,foveis punctatis; elytrispunctato- 

 striatis ; antennis pedibusque rufts. 



Carabus apricarius, Fab. Ent. S. 1. 163. Fab. S. El. 1. 205. 



Harpalus apricarius, Gyll. Ins. Suec. 2. 104. 



Amara apricaria, Sturm, D. F. 6. 19. Dej. Spec. 3. 506 ; Icon. 



3. 298. pi. 168. Erichson, Kiifer, 81. 



Bradytus apricarius, Steph. Mand. 1. 137, et Manual, p. 39. 

 B. torridus, Steph. Mand. 5. 379. 



Oblong-ovate, fuscous black, with a greenish brassy tinge on 

 the elytra, palpi and antennae ferruginous. Thorax convex, more 

 narrowed behind as well as in front than in the preceding, so 

 that the sides appear rather rounded and widest about the middle, 

 the posterior angles likewise are a little more acute. Elytra 



