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13. H. honestus : oblongus, plerumque viridi-cyaneus ; thorace 



brevi subquadrato basi utrinque profunde unistriato / elytris 

 striatis, interstitio septimo apice punctato ; antennis rufis 

 articulo 2, 3 et 4 basifuscis ; tibiis tarsisque piceis. 



Carabus honestus ?, Dufts. Faun. 2. 85. 93. 



Harpalus honestus, Dej. Spec. 4. 299 ; Icon. 4. 162.pl. 189. 



Heer, Faun. Helv. 106. 

 Carabus ignavus $ , Dufts. Faun. 2. 85. 94. 

 Harpalus rufipalpis, Sturm, D. F. 4. 70. pi. 89. Steph. Manual, 



p. 44. 



H. annulicornis et atroc&ruleus, Steph. Mand. 1. 150. 

 H. notatus et obscuricornis, Steph. Mand. 1. 151. 

 H. nitidus, Steph. Mand. 1. 153, et Manual, p. 44. 

 H. maculicornis, Steph. Mand. 5. 381, et Manual, p. 43. 



Variable in colour, blue, blue-black, bronzed, sometimes bright 

 green, with all intermediate shades ; in this country the colour 

 is more subdued, the elytra being usually blue-black or cyaneous 

 in the < and entirely dull black in the ? , with the head and thorax 

 shining black in both sexes. Head depressed in front, with a 

 small deep pit on each side connected by a transverse line ; palpi 

 and antennae red, the second, third and fourth joints of the latter 

 more or less dusky at their base. Thorax short and broad, sides 

 rather rounded and widest about the middle, posterior angles not 

 quite rectangular, the dorsal line interrupted before and behind, 

 base with two deep stria? touching the hinder margin. Elytra 

 broader than the thorax and rather short, a little rounded at the 

 sides and sinuated at the apex, striated, the seventh interstice 

 with a few punctures at the extremity and the marginal one with 

 a series of impressions; legs pitchy black, tarsi red. Length 

 4 lines. 



H. rufipalpis, annulicornis, atroc&ruleus, notatus, obscuricornis, 

 nitidus and maculicornis, Steph., belong to this species, which is 

 plentiful in sandy districts, especially in the south ; abundant on 

 Woking Common, &c., and near Bristol. 



14. H. sulphuripes : oblongus, nigro-subcyaneus ; thorace sub- 

 quadrato, postice magis angustato utrinque unistriato, 

 angulis posticis subrectis ; elytris striatis ; antennis tibiis 

 tarsisque rufis. 



Germ. Spec. Nov. 1. 24. Dej. Spec. 4. 302; Icon. 4. 165. 

 pi. 189. Heer, Faun. Helv. 106. Redt. Faun. Aust. 100. 



Oblong, narrower than honestus, black, elytra of the <? with a 

 cyaneous tinge. Head with two small punctures between the 

 eyes ; palpi and antennae entirely red and immaculate. Thorax 



