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impression between the eyes; palpi and base of the antennae 

 bright red, the third and fourth joints of the latter dusky, the 

 rest dull red. Thorax subquadrate, broad, anterior angles pro- 

 minent, sides very slightly rounded, hinder angles rather obtuse, 

 disk much wrinkled transversely on each side the shallow dorsal 

 furrow, base with two obsolete greenish fovese, which, together 

 with the hinder angles, are punctured. Elytra scarcely so wide 

 in front as the base of the thorax, the sides rather rounded, but 

 again narrower at the apex which is obliquely sinuated, disk 

 deeply striated, interstices convex in the <? , the fifth and seventh 

 with several impressions near the extremity, and the margin 

 with a continuous series ; legs black, claws red. Length 6-7 

 lines. 



Rather local, but plentiful in chalky districts of the south; in 

 profusion on the side of Box Hill, also at Dover, and in the Isles 

 of Wight and Portland. 



25. H. tardus : oblongo- ovatus, niger ; thorace antrorsum sub- 

 anyustato, postice utrinque impresso ; elytris striatis, striis 

 obsoletissime punctatis ; antennis tarsisque rufo-testaceis. 



Carabus tardus, Panz. Faun. 37. Fab. S. El. 1. 194. 

 Harpalus tardus, Gyll. Ins. Suec. 2. 120. Dej. Spec. 4. 363; 



Icon. 4. 217. pi. 195. Erichson, Kafer, 54. 

 Carabus rufimanus, Marsham, Ent. 441. 

 Harpalus rufimanus, Steph. Mand. 1. 143. 

 H.fuliainosus et latus, Steph. Mand. 1. 143, et Manual, p. 40. 



Oblong-ovate, shining black, the elytra of the ? duller black. 

 Head obsoletely impressed in front, palpi and antennae testaceous 

 red. Thorax broad, slightly narrowed in front and the anterior 

 angles a little prominent, posterior angles rather obtuse, disk 

 smooth on each side the dorsal furrow, base with a more or less 

 distinct oblong impression on each side touching the posterior 

 margin. Elytra slightly narrower in front than the thorax, a 

 little sinuated at the apex, striated, the striaa less strongly im- 

 pressed in the $ and very obsoletely punctulated in both sexes ; 

 femora and tibiae pitchy black, basal part of the latter and the 

 tarsi red. Length 4|- lines. 



Carabus rufimanus , Marsham, is the insect here described, but 

 H. tardus of the Stephensian collection is identical with H. ser.- 

 ripes, from which the present species is easily distinguished by 

 its less convexity of form, its rufous tarsi, and the absence of the 

 dusky rings on the third and fourth joints of the antennas. H. 

 fuliginosus and latus, Steph., also belong to this species, which is 

 very common in sandy districts, but more sparingly distributed 

 in the north. 



