148 CABABID^E. HARPALUS. 



Abundant in sandy and gravelly localities in the south of 

 England and midland counties, more sparingly distributed north- 

 ward of London. 



23. H. cupreus : oblong o-ovatus, latior, plerumque vmdi-aneus ; 



thorace subquadrato, postice obsolete punctato, utrinque 

 subfoveolato ; elytris profunde striatis ; antennis basi rufis; 

 pedibus nigro-piceis. 



Dej. Spec. 4. 281 ; Icon. 4. 160. pi. 188. Steph. Mand. 1. 146, 

 et Manual, p. 42. 



Larger and broader than rubripes, generally coppery, or brassy 

 green, the elytra sometimes brilliant green. Head smooth and 

 very convex, forehead with a deep impression on each side, con- 

 nected by a transverse line in front ; antenna? rusty red with 

 the basal joint brighter red. Thorax subquadrate, broad, slightly 

 narrowed in front, hinder angles rather obtuse, disk with a slight 

 dorsal line and two wide shallow foveaB, which, together with the 

 base itself and the hinder angles, are thickly and finely punc- 

 tured. Elytra deeply striated, the usual short sutural strise 

 longer than in others of the genus, interstices convex, the margin 

 with a few punctures near the apex, the suture generally brown- 

 ish brass ; underside of the body black, legs pitchy black with 

 the claws and cilia reddish. Length 6 lines. 



This insect appears to be very scarce: I have met with it only 

 at Hyde, Cowes and Sandown in the Isle of Wight. Stephens 

 gives as its locality, the shores of the Thames below Gravesend. 



24. H. depressus : oblongo-ovatus, niger, thorace viridi-cyaneo, 



subquadrato, antice subangustato, postice punctulato utrin- 

 que obsolete impresso, angulis posticis obtusiusculis ; elytris 

 profunde striatis, interstitio quinto septimoque punctis 

 impressis ; antennis basi rufis. 



Carabus depressus, Dufts. Faun. 2. 73. 



Harpalus depressus, Sturm, D. F. 4. 15. pi. 80. Steph. Mand. 



1. 146, et Manual, p. 41. Heer, Faun. Helv. 111. 

 Carabus melampus, Dufts. Faun. 2. 96. 

 Harpalus melampus, Sturm, D. F. 4. 19. pi. 80. Steph. Mand. 



5. 379, et Manual, p. 41. 



H. thoracicus, Steph. Mand. 1. 145, et Manual, p. 41. 

 H. semiviolaceus, Dej. Spec. 4. 346 ; Icon. 4. 203. pi. 194. 



Oblong-ovate, shining black, with the base of the thorax (more 

 rarely its entire surface) greenish blue or cyaneous in the c? , dull 

 black in the ? . Head depressed in front, and with a transverse 



