150 CARABID^E. HARPALUS. 



26. H. melancholicus : oblongus, subdepressus, niger ; thorace 



subquadrato, antrorsum subangustato, postice utrinque im- 

 presso, angulis posticis subrectis ; elytris subparallelis, 

 striatis, interstitio octavo apice punctis impresso ; antennis 

 ferrugineis nigro-maculatis ; pedibus piceis. (PL II. f. 1.) 



Dej. Spec. 4. 359; Icon. 4. 213. pi. 195. Erichson, Kafer, 55. 

 Redt. Faun. Aust. 99. 



Rather smaller and narrower than tardus, and as depressed as 

 the ? of that species, with which it cannot be confounded on 

 account of its remarkably parallel form. Head smooth, with an 

 impression on each side in front ; palpi and antennae red, the 

 second, third and fourth joints of the latter dusky. Thorax sub- 

 quadrate, a little narrowed in front and rounded below the angles, 

 but the hinder portion of the sides straight, and the posterior 

 angles not quite rectangular but a little obtuse, disk very much 

 corrugated, base considerably depressed, with a fovea on each 

 side midway between the dorsal furrow and the exterior margin. 

 Elytra rather parallel, the apex obliquely sinuated and contracted, 

 the striae much deeper than in tardus, with some impressions on 

 the eighth interstice from the suture behind and numerous 

 punctures all along the margin ; legs pitchy, tarsi palest. Length 

 4^ lines. 



Examples of this insect, which I have recorded for the first 

 time among our indigenous Harpali, were captured by Mr. 

 Wollaston near Swansea in 1845. 



27. H. serripes : oblongo-ovatus, convexus, niger ; thorace 



antrorsum subangustato, postice utrinque impresso, angulis 

 posticis subrectis ; elytris striatis ; antennis ferrugineis 

 nigro-maculatis ; pedibus nigro-piceis. 



Carabus serripes, Schonh. Syn. 1. 199. Dufts. Faun. 2. 98. 

 Harpalus serripes, Sturm, D. F. 4. 26. pi. 81. Steph. Mand. 



1. 142, et Manual, p. 40. Dej. Spec. 4. 371 ; Icon. 4. 222. 



pi. 196. Erichson, Kafer, 55. 

 H. stygius, Steph. Mand. 1. 142, et Manual, p. 40. 

 H.fuscipalpis, Steph. Mand. 1. 144, et Manual, p. 40. 

 H. tenebrosus, Steph. Mand. 1. 382, et Manual, p. 45. 



Oblong-ovate, convex, deep black. Head depressed in front, 

 with a fovea on each side at the base of the antennae connected 

 by a transverse line and also a small round pit in the centre of 

 the crown ; the basal joint of the antennae bright red, the rest 

 dull ferruginous with the second and some of the following joints 

 dusky at their base. Thorax with the anterior margin curved 

 inwards in the middle so that the angles appear prominent, a 



