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Harpalus pubescens, Gyll. Ins. Suec. 2. 109. Dej. Spec. 4. 236; 



Icon. 4. 137. pi. 185. 

 Ophonus pubescens, Steph. Mand. 1. 164, et Manual, p. 47. 



Oblong, very pubescent, sometimes entirely pitchy, with the 

 margins of the elytra testaceous, sometimes ferruginous with a 

 common black or pitchy black or brown patch on the elytra, and 

 sometimes wholly ferruginous or paler. Head punctured, usually 

 rusty red with a dusky stripe extending down the centre ; palpi 

 and antennae ferruginous. Thorax cordate, sides rounded in 

 front below the angles and narrowed behind, the entire surface 

 strongly punctured, having the usual dorsal furrow and a deep 

 impression close to each hinder angle. Elytra oblong, sides 

 nearly straight, finely striated, striae minutely punctured, inter- 

 stices distinctly but not closely punctured; legs reddish testaceous. 

 Length 3 lines. 



Common in marshy places and on the banks of tidal rivers. 



10. H. obsoletus : oblongo-ovatus, subpubescens, subtiliter punc- 



tatus, testaceus ; thorace brevi, subquadrato, basi utrinque 

 imjiresso ; elytris striatis, macula oblonga nigro-picea. 



Dej. Spec. 4. 252 ; Icon. 4. 132. pi. 184. 

 Ophonus obsoletus, Steph. Manual, p. 47. 



This insect is nearly allied to the preceding, but sufficiently 

 distinguished by several important characters. It is always a 

 broader and more robust insect, and never attains to the dark 

 colour of pubescens. It is uniformly testaceous with an oblong 

 pitchy or dusky streak on each elytron, the head being also 

 occasionally dark. Though immature examples of pubescens 

 resemble it in colour, its form and sculpture are dissimilar. 

 The thorax is shorter, broader, less convex and distinctly 

 margined ; the elytra are wider, their humeral angles prominent 

 and the sides evidently rounded, and the entire surface is minutely 

 and closely punctured, the punctuation on the interstices of the 

 wing-cases especially instead of being sparingly distributed as in 

 pubescens is very densely placed. Length 3^- lines. 



Abundant under clods of earth in the Salterns near Lymington. 



** Elytra striata, interstitia lavigata rarius subtilissimepunctulata. 



(HARPALUS pr.) 



11. H. ruficornis : oblongus nigro-piceus ; thorace sub quadrat o 



postice punctato-rugoso utrinque foveolato ; elytris striatis, 



