142 CARABIDjE. HARPALUS. 



longer than in honestus, sides more rounded below the anterior 

 angles, more contracted behind, dorsal furrow intersected by a 

 few transverse wrinkles, base with two oblong deep impressions. 

 Elytra oblong, finely striated, the seventh interstice impunctate 

 at the apex ; femora pitchy black, tibiae and tarsi ferruginous 

 red. Length 3| lines. 



This species is now for the first time introduced into the 

 British Fauna on the authority of an example taken near Bristol, 

 which perfectly corresponds with specimens received from Paris. 

 One of the insects standing under the name servus in the 

 Stephensian cabinet appears to correspond with this species. 



15. H. cuniculinus : capite thoraceque nigns, elytris subcyaneis; 

 thorace lateribus antice rotundato, postice subangustato, 

 utrinque unistriato, angulis posticis rectis ; elytris striatis, 

 interstitio septimo apice punctato ; antennis rufo-testaceis, 

 articulo 2, 3 et 4 nigro-maculatis ; pedibus nigro-piceis, 

 tarsis rufis. 



Carabus cuniculinus, Dufts. Faun. 2. 87 (1812). 

 Harpalus cuniculinus, Sturm, D. F. 4. 61. pi. 87 (1818). 

 Steph. Mand. 1. 152, et Manual, p. 44. 



This insect is narrower than honestus, to which it bears con- 

 siderable resemblance ; the head and thorax are shining black, 

 the elytra have a distinct purplish or cyaneous tinge, the palpi 

 and antenna? are testaceous red, the second, third and fourth 

 joints of the latter ringed with black at their base. Thorax qua- 

 drate, not so short as in honestus, the sides dilated and rounded 

 in front below the anterior angles, then contracted towards the 

 hinder angles, which are right angles, the disk smooth, the 

 dorsal furrow very fine, the base impunctate, with a single short 

 stria on each side touching the posterior margin. Elytra oblong- 

 ovate, sides nearly even or very slightly rounded, sinuated at the 

 apex, flattish on the disk, simply striated, the seventh interstice 

 with a few punctures at the extremity and the margins with a 

 series of deeper impressions; underside of the body and legs 

 pitchy black, tarsi red. Length 4 lines. 



This species was first established by Duftschmidt, on the 

 authority of a single c? in his possession, and has since been 

 received as an acknowledged species. It bears a close affinity to 

 honestus, of which it is perhaps no more than a narrower and 

 more slender variety. Stephens^ description of cuniculinus 

 appears to correspond with this insect, but the examples stand- 

 ing under this name in his cabinet belong more properly to 



