130 CARABID^E. AMARA. 



Amara aulica, Dej. Spec. 3. 515 ; Icon. 3. 308. pi. 170. 

 A.picea, Sturm, D. F. 6. 10. Erichson, Kafer, 80. 

 Curtonotus piceusy Steph. Manual, p. 39. 



Pitchy black. Head convex, with two fovese between the eyes 

 and a transverse line in front ; mouth pitchy, palpi and antennae 

 red. Thorax with the sides rounded and widest about the 

 middle, much contracted behind, the posterior angles acute, disk 

 convex, anterior and posterior margins punctulated, the base with 

 two very deep stria? on each side terminating below in a broad 

 punctured fovea and exterior to these an elevated ridge running 

 into the angle. Elytra ovate, widest behind the middle, deeply 

 striated, the striae finely punctured, the margin with about eight 

 deep impressions placed between the middle and the extremity ; 

 underside pitchy, legs red. Length 5-6 lines. 



The name given to this insect by Linnaeus and Schrank is 

 restored in right of priority. It is generally distributed, but 

 apparently not very abundant. 



22. A. convexmscula : elongata, fusco-picea, subanea ; thorace 

 lateribus rotundato, postice coarctato punctato utrinque 

 bifoveolato ; elytris punctato-striatis ; antennis pedibusque 

 rufis. 



Carabus convexiusculus, Marsham, Ent. 462. 



Curtonotus convexiusculus, Steph. Mand. 1. 138. pi. 8, et 



Manual, p. 39. 

 Amara convexiuscula, Dej. Spec. 3. 517; Icon. 3. 310. pi. 170. 



Narrower and more elongate than the preceding species; 

 pitchy fuscous with a slight brassy tinge. Head smaller, the 

 impressions between the eyes slighter, the mouth, mandibles 

 (except the tip which is black), palpi and antennae red. Thorax 

 short, narrower, the anterior angles more rounded, sides less 

 dilated, hinder angles acute, disk convex, the anterior margin 

 either not at all punctulated or with merely a few scattered 

 punctures, and the basal fovese less deep and rugged. Elytra 

 narrower and more elongate, striated, the striae more distinctly 

 punctured ; body beneath pitchy, legs and apex of the abdomen 

 wholly red. Length 5| lines. 



An abundant species on the banks of the Thames, below 

 Gravesend ; near Southend, Whitstable and Herne Bay ; Ryde ; 

 shores of the Tees, &c., &c. ; and in the salt marshes near 

 Cork. 



