134 CARABIDjE. HARPALUS. 



Oblong, subpubescent, head and thorax pitchy black, strongly 

 punctured, palpi and antenna red. Thorax quadrate, sides 

 rounded, narrowed behind, posterior angles obtuse but not 

 rounded, disk very convex, more coarsely punctured than in 

 obscurus, the punctures larger and most numerous at the base, 

 the latter not depressed. Elytra violaceous, oblong, striated, 

 interstices strongly punctured, apex entire ; legs red. Length 

 51-61 lines. 



Local : Southend ; Dorking ; Winterbourne Stoke ; Hales- 

 worth, Suffolk ; abundant under stones and clods of earth about 

 the arable fields near Basingstoke and many chalky districts of 

 the. south. 



2. H. obscurus: oblongus, subpubescens, capite thoraceque nigro- 



piceis, subtiliter punctatis, hoc subquadrato, angulis posticis 

 subrotundatis ; elytris cyaneis, striatis, interstitiis puncta- 

 tissimis ; antennis pedibusque rufis. 



Carabus obscurus, Fab. S. El. 1. 192. 



Harpalus obscurus, Sturm, D. F. 4. 85. pi. 92. Dej. Spec. 4. 



197 ; Icon. 4. 96. p. 179. Heer, Faun. Helv. 102. 

 Ophonus obscurus, Steph. Mand. 1. 160, et Manual, p. 46. 

 O. stictus, Steph. Mand. 1. 159. pi. 8. 



This species bears a considerable resemblance to sabulicola, 

 but is sufficiently distinct. Head smaller, more finely punctured, 

 palpi and antennae red. Thorax subquadrate, the breadth much 

 greater than the length, so as to appear sensibly shorter than in 

 sabulicola, sides rounded, but scarcely narrower behind than in 

 front, posterior angles evidently more rounded and a little ele- 

 vated, disk less convex, more finely sculptured, base depressed 

 and with two obsolete fovese. Elytra cyaneous, striated, inter- 

 stices very closely and minutely punctured, apex obliquely 

 sinuated ; legs red. Length 5-6 lines. 



Commonly distributed in chalky districts. 



3. H. azureus: oblongo-ovatus, subpubescens, viridis vel cyaneus ; 



capite subtiliter thorace profunde punctatis, hoc subqua- 

 drato, angulis posticis obtusiusculis ; elytris striatis, inter- 

 stitiis punctatissimis ; antennis pedibusque rufa. 



Carabus azureus, Fab. Mant. 1. 201. Fab. S. El. 1. 196. 

 Harpalus azureus, Dej. Spec. 4. 207 ; Icon. 4. 107. pi. 181. 



Erichson, Kiifer, 45. Heer, Faun. Helv. 102. 

 Ophonus azureus, Steph. Mand. 1. 161, et Manual, p. 47. 

 C. chlorophanus, Panz. Faun. 73. 



