140 CARABID^E. HARPALUS. 



interstitiis subtilissime punctulatis, fulvo-pubescentibus ; 

 antennis pedibusque rufis. 



Carabus ruficornis, Fab. Mant. 1. 199. Fab. S. El. 1. 182. 

 Harpalus ruficornis, Gyll. Ins. Suec. 2. 107. Steph. Mand. 1. 



158, et Manual, p. 45. Dej. Spec. 4. 249; Icon. 4. 142. 



pi. 186. Erichson, Kafer, 47. Heer, Faun. Helv. 105. 



Oblong, head and thorax black ; mouth, palpi and antennae 

 red. Thorax subquadrate, slightly narrowed behind, posterior 

 angles right angles, disk transversely strigose, dorsal furrow met 

 in front by a longitudinally strigose impression, base punctured 

 and with two rough shallow fovese. Elytra opake, clothed with 

 a short griseous pubescence with more or less of a golden gloss, 

 finely striated, the interstices minutely punctulated, the exterior 

 margin with a series of small impressions ; underside black, legs 

 red. Length 6-7 lines. 



Very common. 



12. H. seneus : oblongus, plerumque viridi-ceneus ; thorace sub- 

 quadrato, basi utrinque foveolato punctato ; elytris striatis, 

 lateribus obsolete punctulatis, apice profunde sinuatis sub- 

 dentatis ; antennis pedibusque rufis. 



Carabus aneus, Fab. S. El. 1. 197. Dufts. Faun. 2. 74. 

 Harpalus ceneus, Gyll. Ins. Suec. 2. 116. Steph. Mand. 1. 155, 



et Manual, p. 45. Dej. Spec. 4. 269 ; Icon. 4. 148. pi. 187. 



Erichson, Kafer, 47. Heer, Faun. Helv. 105. 



Var. /3. Pedibus nigro-piceis. 



H. confusus, Dej. Spec. 4. 271 ; Icon. 4. 150. pi. 187. 

 Var. y. Elytris apice leviter sinuatis. 



This insect is extremely variable in colour, being brassy, 

 greenish brass, greenish copper, bright green, purple, blue-black, 

 or black, thorax and elytra not always concolorous. Head convex, 

 shining, with a fovea on each side in front, antennae red. Thorax 

 subquadrate, the width rather greater than the length, very slightly 

 narrowed behind, the disk convex, dorsal line met in front by a 

 transverse depression, base punctured very finely in the middle, 

 having a punctured shallow fovea on each side. Elytra oblong, 

 sides almost straight, apex obliquely sinuated and more or less 

 deeply notched, finely striated, the marginal interstice and some- 

 times the two next obsoletely punctured ; legs red, sometimes 

 pitchy black. Length 5 lines. 



The variety with pitchy black legs is very common. Indivi- 

 duals with purple elytra have their legs always dark. 

 Very common. 



